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Gardening season is here, time to sign up to a garden recycling collection
13th June 2023
Somerset residents are being reminded that they can sign up for a fortnightly home garden waste recycling collection. The service run by Somerset Council has more than 56,000 subscribers and with spring well and truly here and gardens bursting into life, now is the perfect time to sign up. Subscriptions can be started any time during the year and the quickest and easiest way to subscribe is online through the somerset.gov.uk/waste page – just use the ‘Do it online/My Waste Service’ feature. …
Patience please. Some collections delayed
9th June 2023
Somerset Council is asking for patience in parts of Mendip and South Somerset following delays to some waste and recycling collections. A combination of factors has left crews unable to complete some of their scheduled collections this week. These include heavy bank holiday loads, large volumes of the cardboard, increased garden waste, vehicle breakdowns and traffic congestion linked to the Bath and West Show. As a result, some residents will need to wait two weeks for recycling collections…
Recycling sites to stop taking cartons as Recycle More makes its mark
26th May 2023
Recycling sites to stop taking cartons as Recycle More makes its mark Cartons and Tetra Pak will no longer be taken at Somerset recycling sites from mid-June thanks to the success of kerbside collections. All 12 of the 16 sites which currently take these items – commonly used for liquids such as juice - will stop accepting them from Monday 12 June. The move is down to the huge success of Recycle More expanded collections which mean cartons are collected from the kerb every week with the…
A recycling result to celebrate on Somerset Day
12th May 2023
A recycling result to celebrate on Somerset Day New figures released on Somerset Day show that nine out of ten households in the county are now recycling. Looking at a representative sample of more than 3,000 homes in March this year, 91% were found to be actively recycling and sorting items into their boxes and Bright Blue Bag. That is up from the 85% when this analysis was last carried out five years ago. And when it comes to food waste recycling the improvements are even better, with…
Sunday recycling collections as crews catch up
12th May 2023
Sunday recycling collections as crews catch up Crews will be working this Sunday (14 May) to catch-up on outstanding recycling collections in villages and towns around Frome, Wells, Shepton Mallet and in parts of Bridgwater. Collections are happening one day later all week due to the coronation bank holiday, including collections that would usually be made today (Friday 12 May) due to happen on Saturday. Staffing shortages being experienced by Somerset Council’s waste contractor, SUEZ…
Coronation celebrations mean waste collections will be a day later
9th May 2023
Coronation celebrations mean waste collections will be a day later Somerset Council is reminding residents to make sure their bins are ‘standing to attention’ as crews collect a day later in the week beginning Monday 8 May. Crews have been collecting on the usual scheduled days this week, after crews worked on bank holiday Monday 1 May. But they will NOT be collecting on the extra coronation bank holiday, Monday 8 May. Collections of recycling, refuse and garden waste will all be one day…
Sign-up for the latest climate news this Earth Day
20th April 2023
Press release For immediate release – 19 April 2023 Sign-up for the latest climate news this Earth Day Somerset Council is asking residents to celebrate this year’s Earth Day by signing-up for its new climate newsletter. Earth Day on Saturday 22 April is the annual celebration of the achievements of the environmental movement, and the perfect prompt to start getting the latest news on climate matters sent straight to your inbox. The new Somerset Council cross-county monthly newsletter will…