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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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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From next week (week starting 17 October) regular bin collection days will be changing in a few roads in Redhill. This is as a result of the “bedding in” of the Borough wide changes to the collection rounds in 2009, to distribute the collections more evenly across the week, improving reliability and efficiency of the […]
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Surrey County Council has asked for comments on plans to recycle more building waste in the county. Each year around 370,000 tonnes of construction and demolition aggregates, including concrete, bricks and masonry, are recycled in Surrey. The council’s aim is to increase this to 900,000 tonnes a year by 2026. By using more recycled materials […]
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Residents are reminded that their household recycling, garden waste and refuse collections will be one day later than usual over the August Bank Holiday. The day change is for collection arrangements between Monday 29 August and Friday 2 September. For residents in Redhill who usually have a collection on Thursday, the collection will be on […]
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Over 300 people took part in the Borough’s Environment Campaign as it hit the streets of Redhill over the past week. The campaign is a partnership with Horley Town Council to encourage people to make a pledge to reduce their environmental impact. So far, over 1000 people have pledged to take simple steps to be […]
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Reigate & Banstead Borough Council and Guildford Borough Council have joined forces to get the best financial deal for the paper and card collected from local people for recycling. The two Councils are the biggest in Surrey, with over 250,000 residents between them. The deal, which started in July with UPM, means that the extra […]
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Surrey has achieved a 50% recycling rate for household waste almost a decade ahead of schedule. A Government target requires councils to recycle at least half their household waste by 2020, which means Surrey is nine years ahead of time. The green milestone was reached thanks to the willingness of residents and councils to recycle […]
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A Borough wide campaign to encourage residents to think about using less energy and to be more environmentally friendly kicked off this week outside Morrions in Reigate. Reigate & Banstead Borough Council is working with Horley Town Council to run Environment Campaign events at key locations across the borough between June and September. Primary schools […]
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