Waste collection and recycling in Somerset is managed
by Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP), on behalf of
all of the district councils.
District councils are responsible for waste
collection (such as kerbside recycling, emptying
of household wheelie bins, collection of black bags etc) whilst the
county council (Somerset County Council) is
responsible for waste disposal, such as Household Waste Recycling Centres, landfill
sites and more.
Bank Holiday waste collection dates
Visit the Bank Holiday page on Somerset Waste
Partnership's website to find out the revised collection dates over
the upcoming Bank Holidays.
Household Waste Recycling Centre changes - (Somerset County
Council)
To make savings required by Somerset County Council, changed opening hours
and introduction of fees are coming into place at some Household
Waste Recycling Centres
that
they
run.
To find your waste and recycling days, please use
our mapping page.
Find your waste and recycling days
Recycling centres - (Somerset County Council)
Sort It Plus - your weekly kerbside recycling
service
Sort It Plus - the weekly
kerbside recycling collection - has now been launched, which means
residents can recycle cardboard and household plastic
bottles along with all the other materials collected each
week - making recycling even easier for every household in the
district.
Somerset Waste Partnership and each of the five district
councils in Somerset have signed up to the scheme in a
groundbreaking deal involving a £1.25m five-year investment from
Marks and Spencer, who are taking a range of actions to become a
greener retailer.
To find out information about
recycling, waste collections, Christmas arrangements and more, visit Somerset Waste
Partnership's website.
Severe weather
If there is severe weather affecting the district further
information is available at Somerset
Waste Partnership - Bad Weather Advice.
If there is severe weather or any other reason why waste and
recycling collections may be disrupted, Somerset Waste Partnership
will post daily updates:
- on their website Somerset Waste Partnership
- on their Facebook page (search for
Somerset Waste)
- and on their Twitter feed, by following "@SomersetWaste' from
your Twitter account.
They will also brief local media
regularly.
Asbestos disposal
Domestic asbestos waste must be treated as hazardous waste and
as such needs to be handled carefully.
Cement asbestos sheets that are not trade waste will be accepted
at certain Household Waste Recycling Centres. Preferably not
broken, or if broken, securely bagged and placed in the dedicated
asbestos skips at the sites.
Find out more about
asbestos.
If you wish to dispose of commercial or industrial asbestos,
please contact the Environment Agency.
If you are unable to transport your household asbestos to a
Household Waste Recycling Centre, please contact the Somerset Waste Partnership.
Assisted collection
An assisted collection service is available to customers who are
physically unable to place their refuse bags or bins at the
kerbside and who currently have no other assistance available.
Apply for assisted
collection
Bulky waste collection
The Somerset Waste Partnership operates a bulky waste
collection service for household items. There is a charge of £36.50
for up to three items and £8 for each extra item payable prior to
collection. There is a limit of five
items that can be collected per visit.
The bulky waste collection service
includes fridges/freezers, cookers, tables, chairs,
three-piece suites, beds, wardrobes and other similar items.
Items such as rubble/radiators/kitchen cupboards are classified as
builder's waste and will therefore not be collected.
To request a bulky waste
collection, please call 01935 462462
Bulky household waste can also be collected from your home.
You can arrange Furnicare to collect items that are re-usable,
which are then refurbished and then sold to families on benefits at
a low cost.
For more information please
go to the Furnicare website.
Commercial Waste Collections
South Somerset's service for collections of commercial
waste from businesses is delivered by May Gurney, the contractor
for waste collections for the Somerset Waste Partnership. You
can contact them on 0845 4675901 to discuss further.
Composting your waste
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On average, about a third of the contents of your household
waste can easily be composted, rather than sending it to
landfill sites.
Low cost compost bins are available to South Somerset
residents.
Find out more about composting and how to
order
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Garden waste collections
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All households across South Somerset are able to opt in to have
their garden waste collected.
Garden Waste Bins:
The annual charge for people joining or renewing for Garden
Bins for the year commencing April 1st 2011 is £42.50, which
includes approximately 25 fortnightly collections per year.
You can now renew or apply for a new subscription online for
2011/2012.
Renew Your Garden
Bin Subscription On-line
Subscribe to Garden
Waste Collections Online
Alternatively, customers can renew
subscriptions for Garden Bins over the telephone.
Please call 01935 462462.
Garden Waste Sacks:
Alternatively, customers can apply to use compostable garden
sacks, which currently cost £25 for 10 sacks. Customers
can leave as many out for collection as needed depending on how
much waste they have produced that fortnight.
To
purchase Garden Sacks please call 01935
462462
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Hazardous waste
Kerbside recycling
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The kerbside recycling service is available to all households.
Residents place recyclable items into a green
kerbside recycling box, which is then collected every week on the
same day as your refuse collection. Residents are requested to
place their box at the edge of their property near the pavement by
7.00 am on the collection day.
Find out more on the Somerset Waste Partnership - Kerbside Recycling
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Missed a collection?
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Your refuse, recycling or food waste must be put out for
collection by 7am on the correct day. If it has
been missed, it will be collected within two working days of you
having reported it to us.
The collection may have been missed due to problems accessing
your street or if the team feel there were items placed in the
sacks or wheeled bin that they should have been collected.
If your bin contains items that should not have been
included, you should dispose of them at your local
household waste recycling centre.
Report a missed collection
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Top of the heap for recycling
We are second in the UK for sending for sending the lowest
levels of refuse to landfill. Despite being pipped to the post for
the top spot, South Somerset residents are actually sending even
less to landill than ever before, reducing the amount buried by
2,000 tonnes, which is equal to 285 double decker buses in
weight.
So keep up the good work!