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SOMERSET ACHIEVE RECYCLING TREBLE AT NATIONAL AWARDS- 22 December 2005
HAVE A SAFER GREENER CHRISTMAS- 16 December 2005
SOAP STARS BACK CHRISTMAS CARD RECYCLING- 15 December 2005
LOCAL RESIDENTS WIN BY RECYCLING- 13 December 2005
SOMERSET’S RECYCLING SERVICES SHORT LISTED FOR TOP ‘BEACON' AWARD- 07 December 2005
SORT IT! Service given the thumbs up by Yeovil residents- 09 November 2005
Highbridge Recycling Centre recognised as best in the country at national award - 08 November 2005
Somerset wins top recycling award- 02 November 2005
RECYCLING IS WELL WORTH IT WITH “3 TO WIN”- 04 October 2005
SOMERSET GOES FOR THE TREBLE IN RECYCLING AWARDS- 27 September 2005
John Craven launches a new recycling appeal to residents in Somerset- 01 August 2005
Real Nappies go on Trial- 21 April 2005
Christmas Card Recycling Success at County Hall- 21 February 2005
Chard goes green with free compost- 18 February 2005
Frome learns how to ‘Sort It’!- 08 February 2005
Olympic hero urges Somerset to recycle a boat load of cards this Christmas- 04 January 2005
Go Green this Christmas and Recycle - 20 December 2004
Protect your Christmas presents - and get recycling- 13 December 2004
Street Recycled into a New Centre - 02 December 2004
Successful Recycling Leads to Local Tree Planting- 01 December 2004
ALISTAIR McGOWAN LAUNCHES ‘the BIG recycle’ - 18 November 2004
Somerset One of the Best at Recycling in England! - 15 November 2004
Shepton Residents Thanked for Successful Start to New Recycling Scheme- 08 November 2004
Waste management costing council ‘less for more’- 05 October 2004
New Recycling Service Launched in Shepton - 01 October 2004
More recycling services on the way in West Somerset- 30 September 2004
Make Yellow Pages Green- 27 September 2004
West Somerset Schools Launch Pioneering Battery Recycling Scheme - 13 September 2004
Going Green in Mendip- 13 September 2004
Recycling Rocks Glastonbury- 07 July 2004
School Children Lead the Way in Recycling- 06 July 2004
Celebrating Recycling in Somerset- 30 June 2004
Sedgemoor and South Somerset 'We Recycle!' Prize Draws- 28 June 2004
Somerset County Council’s Waste Management Service Receives Independent Judgement. - 25 June 2004
Brassed Off with Junk Mail? Not in Somerset!- 09 June 2004
Plastic recycling available countywide- 20 May 2004
Have you woken up to waste?- 18 May 2004
Somerset backs “cans for trees” appeal- 12 May 2004
Compost Awareness Week –The chance for gardeners in Somerset to put something back!- 05 May 2004
Highbridge Household Waste Recycling Centre opens to the public- 05 May 2004
Real nappies – the real thing!- 29 March 2004
Yellow Page Recycling now available in Somerset- 19 March 2004
Highbridge Household Waste Recycling Centre to open soon- 19 March 2004
West Somerset 'We Recycle!' Prize Draw- 18 February 2004
Christmas Card Recycling Success at County Hall- 12 February 2004
Recycling Centres Recycling More in 2004!!- 09 February 2004
Compost more in 2004!!- 26 January 2004
Wake-up-to-Waste Roadshow comes to Bridgwater- 20 January 2004
Wake-up-to-Waste Roadshow comes to Brent Knoll- 20 January 2004
Golden Wilburs up for grabs for Schools excelling at recycling- 19 January 2004
Council shoebank scheme protects environment- 15 January 2004
Did you wake up to a Green Christmas?- 08 January 2004
£5 Million Recycling Grant on its way to Somerset - 17 December 2003
Go Green this Christmas and Recycle!- 17 December 2003
Cut Crime and Recycle the Christmas!- 11 December 2003
Reduce your junk mail even more! - update- 05 December 2003
A Recycling Extravaganza!- 02 December 2003
Yeovil Wakes up to Waste- 24 November 2003
Taunton Wakes up to Waste- 20 November 2003
Wincanton Races to Wake up to Waste- 11 November 2003
Turn Autumn Leaves into Gold with your own Leafmould- 28 October 2003
Minehead Wakes up to Waste- 21 October 2003
Councils urge public to ‘have your say’ on waste in Somerset- 20 October 2003
Timber Re-use Centre - Special Open Days- 20 October 2003
Wake-up-to Junk Mail – and cut the rubbish- 20 October 2003
Over 50% of Somerset’s schools ‘Wake Up To Waste’!- 10 October 2003
Somerset urged to go green and turn cans into trees!- 01 October 2003
Plastic Bottles Can Be Recycled in Sedgemoor – So Make A Start Now!- 30 September 2003
Somerset Waste Management Strategy - Have Your Say- 23 September 2003
Somerset in UK's top four for Waste Services- 19 September 2003
New Doorstep Recycling Campaign Launched- 10 September 2003
Composting Success at Local Garden Centres - 04 September 2003
Annual paper recycling scales weight of 585 elephants in West Somerset- 22 August 2003
New Operative for Somerset's Kerbside Recycling Service- 22 August 2003
Waking up to Waste at the Dunster Show- 18 August 2003
Somerset conquer the fridge mountain- 14 August 2003
Somerset Scoop Nomination For Excellence in Waste Services- 06 August 2003
Somerset recycling figures have jumped past the 20% mark- 15 July 2003
Local Schools Achieves Top Marks in the battle against Waste!- 02 July 2003
Schoolchildren join Michael Eavis to say:'Wake-up-to-Waste'- 19 June 2003



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