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Recycle your real Christmas trees

Plymouth City Council’s successful Christmas tree collection scheme starts next week.

The special tree collections start on Monday 11 January and run right up until Thursday 21 January.

All people have to do is to put the trees out next to their bins or bags and a separate crew will pick it up on the day their rubbish and recycling is collected.

The tree rounds operate...

Christmas recycling and bin collections

Plymouth folk are being reminded to recycle as much as possible and to get rid of rubbish responsibly over Christmas.

The Council is putting on a special collection to pick up all the real Christmas trees once the festive period is over. This scheme will run from the weeks beginning Monday 11 January and 18 January and will run until Thursday 21 January.

All people have to do...

Not a lot of bottles in the banks

Cheers! Residents efforts to recycle bottles through their doorstep collection has been so successful, some areas no longer need bottle banks.

A total of 18 bottle banks will be removed by the end of the month as a result of a drop in amount of glass going in them – it is down from over 200 tonnes a month to about 60 tonnes.

Stickers have been put on the banks that will be...

Trade waste savings for waterfront businesses

Plans to improve trade waste collections and reduce business overheads in Plymouth’s Waterfront area have been announced.

The Plymouth Waterfront Partnership Business Improvement District (BID) and Alpha Logic have agreed a series of measures aimed at reducing the number of bins on the street, improving the management of collection times and offering Waterfront businesses within the...

Got a question about recycling?

A question and answer session all about recycling in Plymouth is taking place this Thursday on the Council Facebook as part of Recycling Week.

People will be able to post a question about what can and can’t be recycled and waste staff will aim to answer them either on the day or within 24 hours.

With Plymouth’s new material recycling facility now operational and Recycling Week...

New apprentices getting recycling sorted

A group of young people are getting sorted at Weston Mill and Chelson Meadow Recycling Centres as apprentices.

Nine apprentices are now learning the ropes at both sites as part of an apprenticeship run by the charity, Groundwork, in conjunction with City College Plymouth. And a further eight will be starting at Chelson Meadow Recycling Centre in a few weeks time.

Apprentices...

Tonnes of trees collected across Plymouth

Plymouth’s trial Christmas tree collection proved extremely popular with tonnes of trees being picked up by Council crews.

Over 10 tonnes of fir and pine have been picked up between Monday and Thursday of this week and the scheme has proved such a hit another team is out and about today to mop up any stray trees that have been left behind.

Cabinet Member for the Environment,...

Talking rubbish and recycling

Council staff are out and about in the next few weeks to spread the ‘New Year new bin day’ message.

A number of community events are being organised across the city so that people can chat about the new arrangements that will come in on January 19.

The roadshows are a chance to ask questions about the new collections as well as get advice on what to recycle and what the...

Twelfth Night - time to recycle!

As Twelfth Night approaches, and thoughts turn to ‘un-decking’ the halls and taking down the tree, the Woodland Trust is urging everyone to help protect the UK’s woodland by dropping their Christmas cards off at their local M&S store.

For every 1,000 cards recycled in store, M&S will fund the planting of one tree.

The UK is already 8,135 trees richer thanks to customers...

Christmas tree collection arrangements

Plymouth City Council is putting on a special collection to pick up all the trees after the festive period is over.

For the first time ever, the Council will be picking up real trees after Christmas as part of a pilot scheme. The round will take place from the week beginning Monday 5 January and will run until Thursday 8 January.

All people have to do is to put the trees out...

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