Cold snap waste warning
January 30, 2012Recent cold weather means Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) is reminding residents to be prepared for possible delays or disruption to rubbish and recycling collections. The advice for residents is that in severe weather, recycling and refuse crews will try to … Continue reading
Home composting – current reduced price offer ending soon
January 28, 2012With spring around the corner now is the time to prepare for the growing year ahead. By composting your vegetable peelings, unwanted garden waste and uncooked food scraps you can make a nutritious soil improving compost, saving you money and … Continue reading
Recycling plastic bottles
January 27, 2012Somerset Waste Partnership collections at the kerbside and recycling centres can only accept household plastic bottles for recycling – not pots, tubs, trays or film as end-use markets for these are limited. And no bottle tops please. To find out more, … Continue reading
Increased kerbside recycling calls time on bring banks
January 25, 2012An increase in new convenient kerbside recycling with the introduction of Sort It Plus in West Somerset will see recycling bring banks being removed from locations across the district from January 28. The first figures revealed for West Somerset under … Continue reading
Burnham-on-Sea Recycling Collections
January 20, 2012There is an incident in Burnham-on-Sea today (Friday, 20 Jan), which has resulted in a large area being cordoned off and no access to nearby roads, with no immediate prospects of an early end to this situation. As a result, … Continue reading
Recycle your Christmas (and the tree)
January 9, 2012Kerbside recycling and refuse collections are all back to their usual schedules, and the good news is that almost everything festive can be recycled. From Christmas trees to champagne bottles and greeting cards, satsuma peel to wrapping paper and mince … Continue reading
Your collections this week
January 3, 2012This week all collections are one day later than usual, including pick-ups on Saturday 7 January. We apologise that unexpected crew shortages, due to illness, and the sheer weight of extra Christmas and New Year recycling have led to delayed … Continue reading