South Gloucestershire Council has told the government it needs to reduce black bin collections to once every three weeks. The local authority, which last month launched a search for a new waste partner to collect rubbish from the kerbside, says doing this less frequently will help it plug a funding gap and hit recycling targets.
Continue reading
A long-running strike by waste and recycling operatives across South Gloucestershire is officially over after union members voted to accept a new, improved 10 percent pay increase. Kerbside collections had been disrupted since Monday 12th June as around 150 employees of SUEZ, the council’s waste contractor, took industrial action in support of a 15 percent pay claim.
Continue reading
Kerbside waste and recycling collections in South Glos are set to resume in full from Monday (31st July) after strike action was suspended. The Little Stoke Sort It recycling centre, which has been closed due to a lack of staff during the strike, will reopen from the same date. Unite the Union says it is suspending industrial action for three days while it ballots its members on an improved pay offer.
Continue reading
Council leaders have created an “environmental and public health crisis” through lack of action over bin strikes in South Gloucestershire, it is claimed. Waste has quickly piled up and recycling ‘bring banks’ are overwhelmed as residents have no kerbside collections other than black bins, while one of the district’s four Sort It recycling and waste centres, Little Stoke, has had to shut…
Continue reading
Residents affected by the ongoing bin workers’ strike in South Gloucestershire can now take their recycling and food waste (but not garden waste) to a number of additional drop-off points that have opened today (Monday 3rd July). In addition, there will be further recycling-only bins available from 12noon on Tuesday 4th July.
Continue reading
Black bin collections could be reduced to just once a month and garden waste fees hiked from £30 to as much as £75 under controversial plans being considered by South Gloucestershire Council. Changes to how the service is run are needed because the council’s 25-year Private Finance Initiative (PFI) with Suez ends in July 2025.
Continue reading
Waste and recycling collections in South Gloucestershire are being impacted by strike action being taken by employees of Suez, the council’s waste contractor. The strike began today, Monday 12th June, and is set to run until Sunday 18th June, with a second phase spanning two weeks planned from Monday 26th June until Sunday 9th July.
Continue reading
Black bin collections in South Gloucestershire could be cut to once every three or four weeks from 2025. The move could cut costs and carbon emissions while encouraging residents to recycle more and throw away less rubbish into general waste. The potential change is being considered as new figures reveal the district is now recycling 60 percent of its overall waste.
Continue reading
South Gloucestershire Council has announced that three of its four Sort It recycling centres will reopen on Saturday 16th May after being temporarily closed due to the coronavirus emergency.
Sort It recycling centres at Mangotsfield, Thornbury and Yate will open with some restrictions around the type of waste that can be disposed of, and essential social distancing measures in place to keep people safe.
Continue reading
Weekly recycling collections are to resume across South Gloucestershire from Wednesday 13th May after being temporarily changed to keep essential collections running during the Covid-19 (coronavirus) emergency.
Continue reading