South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) element of the council tax levied on local residents is to increase by 5.99 percent from April, meaning it will have risen by almost 11 percent in just two years. Meeting on 14th February, councillors agreed to set a revenue budget of £215.9 million, with the increase in the council-controlled element of council tax being made
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Rollout of smaller black bins under way
South Gloucestershire Council has begun the mammoth task of delivering 106,000 smaller 140-litre bins to residents across the district. The new bins will replace the current 240-litre black wheeled bins used for non-recyclable waste. Around 4,000 properties in Bradley Stoke received their new, smaller black bins at the end of January; the remainder should have theirs by April at the
Continue readingResidents congratulated for recycling efforts
New figures released by South Gloucestershire Council indicate that their new weekly kerbside recycling collections, which began in June 2017, are having a positive effect. An additional 1,279 tonnes of recycling has been collected, which is a 14 percent increase, including an extra 600 tonnes of paper and cardboard, an extra 364 tonnes of food waste and an extra 315
Continue readingIntroduction of slimline black bins quietly postponed to next year
The introduction of smaller black bins, previously scheduled to begin this year (2017), has been quietly postponed by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). An SGC spokesperson told the Journal: “Weekly recycling was introduced in June and is proving popular with residents who can now put out all of their recycling every week. We have seen a steady increase in mixed dry
Continue readingWeekly recycling starts 19th June, but new sorting rules criticised
Residents in the Stokes should by now have received a bin hanger (an information card hooked over the lip of the black bin) informing them of the details of South Gloucestershire Council’s new weekly recycling service which is due to be introduced from Monday 19th June. Under the new regime, households will be able to put all of their recycling
Continue readingWeekly recycling collections to start in June
Slimline black bins (140-litre in place of 240-litre) to be introduced later this year. South Gloucestershire Council has announced that weekly kerbside recycling collections will start on 19th June, marking the first stage in the introduction of a new waste strategy designed to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill, meet recycling targets and save money. Later in the
Continue readingSouth Glos council tax to rise by 4.99 percent
South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) element of the council tax levied on local residents is to increase by 4.99 percent from April and looks set to be followed by a similar above-inflation rise in 2018/19. Meeting on 15th February, councillors agreed to set a revenue budget of £193.25 million, with the increase in the council-controlled element of council tax being made
Continue readingSecond consultation on library service cuts
Residents of South Gloucestershire are being encouraged to take part in a second round of consultation on the future of library services in the area after the local authority backtracked on it original plans to close a number of libraries or severely restrict their opening hours. The council’s revised plan, which sees the targeted savings scaled back by 23 percent,
Continue readingCouncil backtracks on proposed library cuts
South Gloucestershire Council has backtracked on controversial plans to close or severely restrict opening hours at many of its libraries after thousands of people voiced opposition to a range of cost-cutting options outlined in a recent public consultation. Instead, councillors have voted to investigate the use of a new technology, known as ‘Open Plus’, which it is claimed allows users
Continue readingSouth Glos council tax to rise by 3.99 percent
South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) element of the council tax levied on local residents is to increase by 3.99 percent from April and looks set to be followed by similar increases in each of the following three financial years. Meeting on 17th February, councillors agreed to set a revenue budget of £185.2 million, with the increase in the council-controlled element of
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