What you do with your food waste can make a huge difference to your environmental impact. The best way to help the planet is to reduce the amount of food waste you produce and recycle what is left. It’s easier than you think to own your impact in 2023. With free weekly food waste collections throughout Surrey, all you need ...

Surrey residents can now buy a range of reduced-price compost bins, hot composters, food waste digesters and other composting products courtesy of a subsidy provided by the Surrey Environment Partnership. There are a range of compost bins available all with a third off the normal price. You can use them to compost all your garden waste, and even some food ...

Remember, you can recycle your Christmas tree when you take down your decorations. You could even go that one step further and reuse your tree next year by re-potting or replanting it. There are a number of ways residents can recycle their tree. Trees can be taken to your local community recycling centre or to a local garden centre that ...

If you want to boss your bins in 2023, look out for your annual paper guide to recycling, waste and bin collections that is coming through your door soon. The guides include information on which items should go in which bins, a 2022 bin collection calendar to help you know which bins to put out when, details of collection date ...

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 ...