Pantomime stars, the Ugly Sisters, from this year’s Harlequin Theatre Christmas pantomime Cinderella are backing the Council’s efforts to encourage residents to rethink their rubbish for a better Christmas, hot on the heels of local waste-buster resident, Suzanne Gadilhe, who teamed up with the Council to launch the campaign. Designed to encourage residents to think […]
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As described in our previous article the new recycling service is already reaching a reaching rate of 52%, saving more than £60,000 per month in landfill tax, and is set to increase further. Have your say on the service by completing our survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/newrecyclingservice Remember to recycle as much you can over Christmas, and put the […]
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Reigate & Banstead Borough Council is calling on residents to rethink their rubbish for a better Christmas. It’s providing free advice on its website about how residents can not only help reduce the amount going to landfill, but also have a little more money in their pockets this Christmas by thinking differently about recycling. Residents […]
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In the first ten weeks of the council’s new recycling and refuse service residents have proved that they are rethinking their rubbish and recycling more than ever before. Increasing amounts of rubbish are being diverted from landfill, landfill tax savings are being made and more materials are being recycled as residents embrace the new service. […]
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Reigate & Banstead Borough Council has published a “quick guide” to the new recycling service, which will be introduced this summer for households which currently have wheelie bins (next summer for flats). The guide can be viewed here: New recycling service - quick guide You can also find out more about the new service on […]
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The new easy way for residents to recycle more rubbish from their homes moved a step closer this week with the arrival of the first new refuse vehicles. The fleet of vehicles are manufactured by Dennis Eagle and NTM-GB and the Council’s collections crews have been fully trained to drive them. Around 80 per cent […]
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Residents are reminded to check for changes to their recycling, refuse and garden waste collection services over the upcoming Bank Holidays. Easter Bank Holiday Collections will not be changing over the Easter period. We will be working on Good Friday and Easter Monday to keep your collections on their usual days to minimise disruption to […]
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Cllr Rois Amiah has welcomed the significant extension of local recycling which was announced last Thursday at the Council’s Executive meeting. The new service is due to start this summer, and up until now all that was known was that the kerbside collection would be extended from the current paper, card and cans, to cover […]
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Here are a few New Year’s resolutions to help everyone get into the habit of reducing waste: Reduce your waste – buy only what you need and try to buy with little packaging. Reuse what you can – buy products that can be reused (rechargeable batteries, bottles instead of cans etc), take old carrier bags […]
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Spring is an ideal and easy time to begin composting so Surrey residents are being encouraged to go green and start, to help reduce the amount of food and garden waste going to landfill. To help residents get started, there are discounted bins available through the Surrey Waste Partnership, and step-by-step guides available online at […]
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