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From 16 October until December, Amey will be providing additional resources to help tackle the increased number of leaves on the streets in Elmbridge, Mole Valley and Surrey Heath. As this is a busier than usual time for our street cleaning teams, please bear with us if you have submitted a street cleaning request. Higher demand on the service means ...

Recycling can be so confusing, can’t it? If you struggle to remember the rules of recycling and find keeping up with the various do’s and don’ts daunting, you’re not alone! Recycle Week has arrived and this year the theme focuses on how we can improve our recycling habits. Putting the right things in your recycling bin is important - incorrect ...

There will be no bin collections taking place on Monday 19 September, the day of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, which has been declared a bank holiday. During the week commencing Monday 19 September, bin collections will take place one day later than usual, with bin crews working Tuesday to Saturday in Elmbridge, Mole Valley, Surrey Heath and Woking. ...

Due to hot weather conditions forecast over the next few days, bin collection crews will be out emptying bins earlier than usual in Elmbridge, Mole Valley and Surrey Heath on Thursday 11 August and Friday 12 August. In Woking, collections have already changed to start at 5.30am until Friday 9 September. Find out more here. To avoid any missed collections, ...

To help bin collection crews in Woking complete more of their rounds, collection times will temporarily change so that they begin at 5.30am. Previously, collections began at 6am. However, while there are fewer drivers available due to the national HGV driver shortage, rounds in Woking will begin earlier. This will help bin trucks reduce queuing time, allowing them to complete ...

All bin collection services have restarted in Elmbridge and Surrey Heath today following the period of strike action which was called off by the GMB Union on Friday. Bins should be put out on their normal collection day which you can check using the collection calendar. However, the additional material that was not collected during the strike will likely impact ...

Due to hot weather conditions this week, our crews will be out emptying bins earlier than usual in Mole Valley, Surrey Heath and Woking until Friday 22 July. To avoid any missed collections, we are asking all residents in the affected areas to place their bins out for collection by 5.30am. In Elmbridge, crews collected bins earlier than usual on ...

Feeling the pinch of the cost-of-living crisis? If you’re looking for savings, then why not start in the kitchen? It’s estimated that a staggering one in five bags of food shopping goes to waste each week. Across Surrey that adds up to a substantial amount of food and money that is going to waste every day. As the amount of ...

If you’ve ever wondered what happens to your recycling and rubbish once it’s collected, now you can find out. The Surrey Environment Partnership’s (SEP) new report reveals what happened to Surrey’s waste in 2020-21 and contains detailed information on the waste that was collected, what happened to it and where it went to be treated or recycled. In 2020-21, Surrey …

Spring is fast approaching and there is no better time to start composting than right now! Which is why the Surrey Environment Partnership (SEP) is holding a ‘double the discount’ sale on compost bins and hot composters this March. You can get £8 off a black, 220-litre compost bin that can compost all garden waste, and even some food waste …