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Bank Holiday collections one day later 19 Aug 2013 | 01:52 pm
Bank Holiday Monday 26 August moves the week’s recycling and rubbish collections one day later, including Friday’s pick-ups on Saturday 31 August. Recycling site timetables are unchanged: all sites a...
Recycling site opening times 14 Aug 2013 | 04:14 pm
There are fourteen Recycling Centres (free to enter) and four Community Recycling Sites (with a £2 entry fee) open throughout the week in Somerset. All sites are open 40 hours per week on 5 days. The...
Sign up to Green Routine 2013 8 Aug 2013 | 03:07 pm
Green Routine 2013 is SWP’s year-long campaign to help people across Somerset minimise waste, save money and have fun developing positive habits with long-term benefits. It is easy for groups and indi...
Collections in Tudor Court, Yeovil 8 Aug 2013 | 12:59 pm
Somerset Waste Partnership would like to advise residents in Yeovil, that due to circumstances beyond our control, there will be reduced collection services affecting properties in Tudor Court. Colle...
Give your kids a rubbish holiday 5 Aug 2013 | 04:03 pm
Somerset parents are being urged to turn their children into wast-rels by making creative reuse of waste, recycling and rubbish during the long holiday. With the rest of August to fill – rain or shin...
Food waste and hot weather 19 Jul 2013 | 03:37 pm
Take care and regularly empty food waste caddies in hot weather, as it creates conditions for the life-cycle of houseflies – from egg to maggot to pupa to fly – to come down to only 7-10 days. This ap...
Castle Cary bridge work risks collection delays 4 Jul 2013 | 09:01 pm
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Railtrack’s closure of Ansford Bridge near Castle Cary for 19 weeks from Monday 8 July could lead to waste collection disruption and delays ...
Mixed plastics problems – recycle bottles only 28 Jun 2013 | 06:49 pm
It has been announced that mixed plastics recycling has stopped at the UK’s largest sorting plant. The operation was not viable due to the poor quality of the material supplied and lack of end-markets...
Collection day changes in Sedgemoor 28 Jun 2013 | 06:25 pm
From week commencing Monday 8th July many households in Sedgemoor will see a change to their collection day for recycling and refuse. Letters explaining the changes are being sent to every household ...
New QueueCam at Taunton Recycling Centre 18 Jun 2013 | 07:05 pm
Beat the queues with a new QueueCam at Taunton Recycling Centre. This has a permanent link on our recycling sites opening times web-page and can also be viewed on our mobile website for smart-phones....
