Somerset Waste Partnership

Keep up the good work this Recycle Week

16th September 2020 0

Somerset is being urged to keep up the good work after recycling an extra 3,500 tonnes of key materials during the COVID lockdown. Ahead of Recycle Week 2020 (21-27 September) Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) is […]

‘Poor parking’ on Taunton road causes problems for recycling truck

8th September 2020 0

Somerset Waste Partnership are appealing for better parking after their recycling truck couldn’t pass through a road in Taunton. A spokesperson for Somerset Waste Partnership told Apple FM: “We are having problems again getting access […]

Somerset kerbside collections resume for wearable clothes and shoes only

2nd September 2020 0

Somerset kerbside collections of clothes and shoes start again this week, but with tough new conditions. No textiles, bedding or curtains, will be taken and the clothes and shoes must be of good enough quality […]

Somerset’s annual register reveals recycling on the up

25th August 2020 0

More recycled and reused, with £15 million of landfill costs avoided – that is the key highlight in the latest “Beyond the Kerb – Recycling to Resources” report. The pioneering Somerset Waste Partnership report analyses […]

‘Grow more, waste less’ great-value compost bin offer

10th August 2020 0

Somerset has a great new deal to help its gardens grow, from flourishing flower beds to that productive veg patch. Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) has teamed up with experts getcomposting.com for an exclusive offer of […]

Recycle More awaits green light

24th July 2020 0

A new era in Somerset recycling could start in Mendip later this year, if proposals get the green light this month. Somerset Waste Board will next week consider a timetable for rolling-out its much-anticipated Recycle […]

More items accepted at recycling sites

29th June 2020 0

All ‘business as usual’ items are now being accepted across Somerset Waste Partnership’s recycling centres. All 16 sites can now take cardboard, as well as commercial waste and other waste you pay to dispose of […]

Recycling sites: plastics and wood taken from 8 June

5th June 2020 0

Somerset’s recycling sites will accept more materials from next week. From Monday 8 June, all 16 sites will take plastic pots, tubs and trays; waste wood (man-made or natural); small household electrical items (such as […]

Somerset recycling centres reopening for essential visits only

7th May 2020 0

Eleven of Somerset’s sixteen recycling centres will reopen on Monday (11 May), but for essential visits only, in line with updated Government guidance. Garden waste collections are also set to resume on Monday after being […]

Hold on to your clothes, or lose them to landfill

29th April 2020 0

Somerset is being asked to hold on to its unwanted clothes and textiles to make sure they don’t end up in landfill. Somerset Waste Partnership is committed to making sure everything it collects that can […]