Category: Waste and Recycling

Christmas Tree Recycling

Christmas tree recycling will be available again – please leave your old tree at Forest Side or Playfield Rd car park by Thursday 20th January 2022. Alternatively, if you are a brown bin customer, you can leave your tree next to your bin (not in it, as it is difficult for the crew to get …

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Do it for your Dog: Bag it and Bin it

Kennington Parish Council provides free dog waste bags around the village in case you have forgotten yours and dog waste can be placed in any bin, not just the dog waste bins. There really is no excuse not to bag it and bin it. If you see anyone failing to pick up after their dog, …

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Christmas Tree Recycling 2021

Vale of White Horse District Council has arranged for real Christmas trees to be collected as usual for recycling. It has been confirmed that this will still take place, even though brown bin collections are currently suspended. Please leave your Christmas tree at either Forest Side car park or Playfield Rd car park by Wednesday …

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Oxfordshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan: Part 2 Site Allocations Plan

Draft for Consultation under Regulation 18 of the Town & Country Planning (Local Planning) Regulations 2012 (as amended) Oxfordshire County Council have published the Draft Minerals and Waste Local Plan: Part 2 Site Allocations Plan (the Sites Plan) for consultation and we would like to make you aware and we are seeking your views.The consultation …

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Waste Tours 2020

Would you like to see what happens to the food waste or non-recyclable rubbish after it is collected? Places are available to tour the waste facilities in Oxfordshire. Tours are limited to 15 people per date, and places will be allocated on a “first come, first serve basis”. With this in mind if you are …

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Extra Garden Waste Collection This Month

Residents across southern Oxfordshire who are signed up for brown bin collections can put out twice as much garden waste during the extra garden waste weeks this month. South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils are giving those who are part of the paid-for service the opportunity to put out the equivalent of …

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August Bank Holiday bin collection changes

Householders are being reminded by Vale of White Horse District Council of changes to their bin collections during the week following Bank Holiday Monday. There will be no bin collections on Bank Holiday Monday 27 August. Everyone’s bins will then be collected one day later than usual. This includes households who normally have their bins …

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Get ready for autumn with extra garden waste collections in Southern Oxfordshire

Residents across southern Oxfordshire who are signed up for brown bin collections can put out twice as much garden waste during one week this month. South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils are giving those who are part of the paid-for service the opportunity to put out the equivalent of one extra bin’s …

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Your waste collections over Easter

As with every bank holiday, our waste crews will empty your bin on a different day. For information on your revised collection day visit the South Oxfordshire District Council and Vale of White Horse District Council websites. You can recycle all of your Easter egg boxes, plastic inserts and foil wrapping, too – they all …

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Paint Amnesty

At the March Parish Council meeting a proposal for a village wide paint amnesty was discussed – who amongst us doesn’t have a shelf in a garage or shed with part tins of paint, remnants of a long forgotten decorating project, just waiting to be called up for a touch up job? Well I for …

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Waste Vehicle Breakdowns

Due to vehicle breakdowns this week, our waste collection crews haven’t been able to finish some of their rounds. This has affected Grove and Chilton in particular, but it may have a knock-on effect to collections for the rest of the week. The waste collection crews are going back to catch up so our message …

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