Waste collection service guides will arrive next week – ‘Check it, keep it’.
New service guides, including an 18-month collection calendar, will begin to arrive next week in the former Sedgemoor and Somerset West and Taunton areas, as well as a small part of South Somerset.
Everyone in these areas will be getting the guide ahead of a change to collection days for some households. Residents having a change of collection day will have already received a letter earlier in the month, letting them know that things are changing. The new guides and their delivery come at no cost to Somerset Council. They are funded by the council’s collections contractor Suez recycling and recovery UK. The changes will make rounds more efficient and manageable for crews, whilst reducing mileage and carbon emissions.
It is important that everyone looks out for their guide, checks it and keeps it for future reference. Unfortunately, crews will not be able to return for collections if bins and boxes have not been put out on the correct day.
Residents can now look up their new collection day online, and download a copy of their service guide. If a service guide is not available to download, this means you are not part of phase one.
Any changes to collection days will start from 12th February 2024, and until then collection days will remain the same. Some residents with collection changes may also have an additional one-off Saturday collection of their rubbish, on either 10th, 17th or 24th February. Residents should check their letter for details. If there is no mention of an additional one-off collection of rubbish in the letter, then residents will not need one.
Somerset Council
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