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Garden waste: renew now, deadline is approaching!
Somerset’s garden waste customers have just a few more days to renew their subscriptions. With no grace periods or amnesties, they have until Friday 7
28 April 2021
Somerset’s garden waste customers have just a few more days to renew their subscriptions. With no grace periods or amnesties, they have until Friday 7
All of Somerset’s 16 recycling sites switch to their summer timetables from Thursday 1 April – but for essential journeys only to start with. When
Every household in Somerset will have Easter waste collection day changes but recycle sites will stay open, Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) has announced. With no
Spring is in the air which means it is time for garden waste subscribers to renew quickly and easily online. Reminder letters and emails are
Recycling in Mendip has continued to boom since the launch of Recycle More, new Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) figures show. In its first 15 weeks
Families getting to grips with Covid self-test kits are being asked to make sure they dispose of them correctly. Secondary schools across the county and
Nearly all Somerset recycling stays in the UK, latest Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) figures show. Some 98% of the 103,000 tonnes collected kerbside or at
Somerset Waste Partnership is asking householders to put their recycling and rubbish out early for at least the next month. From Monday 1 February, collections
Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) plans to keep the county’s 16 recycling sites open on standard winter hours for essential use during the latest COVID-19 national
Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) is asking people to say a green goodbye to their Christmas trees and other festive waste. The best option is to
Somerset’s festive gift-givers are being asked to pick their wrapping paper wisely and help soothe an annual recycling headache. Wrapping of all kinds adds lots
Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) is asking online shoppers to think outside the box this month. With COVID lockdown closing all but essential shops and Christmas
Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) plans to keep the county’s recycling sites open during the second COVID national lockdown announced at the weekend. As things stand,
Every one of Somerset’s 16 recycling sites will go over to their winter timetables from Thursday 1 October, with weekday opening hours of 9am to
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
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
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
More recycled and reused, with £15 million of landfill costs avoided – that is the key highlight in the latest “Beyond the Kerb – Recycling
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
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
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
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