This Monday, 6th November, is the start of the new Waste & Recycling changes brought in by the Council.
Please be aware your collection day is likely to have changed. Make sure you read the leaflet that was delivered with your bin/bag as this contains important information about your collection.
The recycling will still be collected EVERY week, however, the day for this is likely to have changed, a lot of Twerton has been altered to now be collected on a FRIDAY not a Tuesday.
Your rubbish collection will be collected fortnightly and your garden waste is staying as fortnightly. There is a calendar shown on the leaflet that you will have received. This shows the weeks are split into green week and black week. Green week will be the week your garden waste will be collected and black week is when your non-recyclable household rubbish will be collected.
After checking this information, we discovered that with this combination of changes there is going to be a 17 day wait for the first non-recyclable household rubbish collection for a number of households in the Twerton area. We have been told by a Senior Waste Officer at the council, to accommodate this change they will be accepting additional black waste sacks put along side your new container for the first couple of collections.
Your waste and recycling bins/boxes/bags should be put outside your property by 7am on the day of collection, but should not be put out before 8pm the night before. The council have said they may impose a £60 fine for anyone that is not complying with the guidelines they have provided within their leaflet, and no containers should obstruct footpaths.
If you have any questions about this please do get in touch with either the waste services team or us.
