From 1 June it will be easier, cleaner and cheaper for Reigate & Banstead residents to recycle food waste following changes enabling them to line their silver kitchen food waste caddies with plastic bags or liners. Anything from old shopping bags to bread or salad bags can be used, as well as newspaper and the […]
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Surrey County Council is consulting on the future of its Community Recycling Centres, like the one off the A23 at Earlswood. Please have your say here: https://www.surreysays.co.uk/e-i-waste-operations/shaping-surreys-community-recycling-centres/consultation Overview Increased demand for essential services such as adult social care and school places, coupled with reduced Government funding, means Surrey County Council needs to review its spend on […]
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SITA, who will operate the new bulking/recycling facility at Earlswood, have issued the following update by letter to local residents: Dear Sir / Madam, I am writing with an update on the work to build a new materials bulking facility (MBF) and improved depot facilities at Reigate & Banstead Borough Council’s depot off the […]
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Please note the revised dates for Christmas week: If your collection would normally be on Thursday 26th December, it will now be on Friday 27th. If your collection would normally be on Friday 27th December, it will now be on Saturday 28th. Things follow the same pattern the following week: If your collection would normally […]
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Did you know that: wine spectacles bras mattresses and mobile phones can all be recycled, one way or another? To coincide with the launch of its ‘Rethink your rubbish … recycle more’ campaign Reigate & Banstead Borough Council is publishing a list of five things people don’t often think to […]
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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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The new recycling service was introduced last Monday (23rd July) for homes in Horley, and over the course of the next 8 weeks it will be introduced in stages across the rest of the Borough. Homes in Redhill, which have collections on Thursdays and Fridays, will start on the new service on 6th September (Thursday […]
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