Residents are being asked to help the Council improve the Borough’s recycling rate, after an analysis of bin collections across Swindon showed that several thousand tonnes of recycling material and food waste is being disposed of in black wheelie bins, costing residents £2m a year. As part of its mission to build a greener Swindon,… read more
Residents across Swindon are being asked to dispose of their plastic bags and films correctly to help a new council machine separate rubbish more efficiently. Doing so will save the Council money and be better for the environment. A new £1m recycling separator and baler at Swindon Borough Council’s Household Waste Recycling Centre has been… read more
All Swindon households will see permanent changes to their waste and recycling collections, in order to provide an efficient and reliable service to residents. From Christmas Day (25 Dec), all households will see their collection days move by two working days, due to a change in the way Swindon Borough Council operates its services. As… read more
An independent review of Swindon Borough Council’s waste and recycling service will be carried out to help address systemic issues and improve future capacity and resilience. The decision has been taken as the Council hires more vehicles and staff to get recycling collections back to normal following the Christmas period. Last November, the Council implemented… read more
Our crews are continuing their hard work to catch-up on the backlog of waste and recycling collections following the Christmas period. The current schedule suggests that we’re approx. 10,000 collections behind across the Borough, from a position of over 40,000 collections behind, with the service expected to return to normal through next week. We appreciate… read more
Waste and recycling collections won’t be taking place on Monday 25 or Tuesday, 26 December. Residents who are due to have a collection on either of these days should put their waste or recycling out ready for collection by 6.30am on Wednesday, 27 December and leave it out until it’s collected. As the crews catch… read more
The new recycling containers should have been delivered by now. If you haven’t received yours, you can log it by visiting this page: Report a missing container (Please note – Wroughton is not a core library)
SBC update on new recycling system: The launch date is from week commencing Monday, 27 November Letters drop to 88,000 households informing of the new collection dates sent. All affected households should receive a letter this week. Mop up process has been activated for households who have not received food caddies and blue weighted bags. The letter to households… read more