South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) is now making it even easier for people to recycle their cardboard waste by providing local residents with a free bag. According to information on the SGC website, the bags are now available for collection from Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre and Bradley Stoke Library on a “one per household, first come, first served basis whilst stocks
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Liberal Democrat Councillors have welcomed news that South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) is to think again about its revamped cardboard recycling collections. Since November, local residents have no longer been able to put cardboard in their green wheelie bin, instead being asked to put it all inside a larger cardboard box or place it under another bin. Speaking after a meeting
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But have you received your new bins and recycling bags? South Gloucestershire Council’s new kerbside recycling collection service for plastic bottles and food waste begins next week (Monday 22nd November) but not all households have received their new bins. A package of two grey bins for food waste and a white bag for plastic bottles should have been delivered to
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Bin collections days are to change soon for many streets in Bradley Stoke as part of a package of measures designed to improve recycling rates. About 43,000 households in South Gloucestershire are to to see their rubbish and recycling schedules change during the last week of September. The changes are being made in preparation for the introduction of weekly food
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Kerbside collections of food waste and plastic bottles look set to be introduced in South Gloucestershire following talks between the District Council and waste contractor SITA. If approved at a cabinet meeting on Monday 17th May, the plans would see food waste (in caddies) collected weekly and plastic bottles (in a ‘green sack’) collected every two weeks. More info: Doorstep
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The local group of the Freecycle Network is the latest organisation to feature in The Journal’s Community Showcase section. The worldwide Freecycle Network is made up of many individual groups across the globe. It’s a grassroots movement of people who are giving (and getting) stuff for free in their own towns. Freecycle groups match people who have things they want
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