Somerset Waste Partnership

Somerset Waste Partnership manages recycling and waste services on behalf of Mendip, Sedgemoor, South Somerset and West Somerset District Councils, Taunton Deane Borough Council and Somerset County Council. Click here to sign up to our bi-monthly e-mail news bulletin.

Cut price compost bin offer - from just £16.50 - click here!

New Opening hours at Household Waste Recycling Centres

Household Waste Recycling Centres open from 9am to 5pm in winter months (October to April inclusive) and 9am to 7pm in summer months (May to September inclusive).

For more information click here.

Chard Household Waste Recycling Centre

Survey for Chard residents - Click here

Somerset Top for Recycling

Recycling hits 51%

Somerset recycled 50.9% of its waste in 2007/08, putting Somerset residents amongst the first in the UK to recycle more household waste than they landfill.

Click here for more information

"End Use Register" - Where does your recycling go?

What happens to all the materials we collect for recycling.

Click here for a full copy of the End Use register

SORT IT PLUS

The new 3 compartment collection vehicle

In 2008, Somerset Waste Partnership undertook trials adding cardboard and plastic bottles to kerbside recycling collections in parts of Mendip, Sedgemoor and Taunton Deane.

Click here to download the final report

or click here for more information on the trials

Bags of Fun

School children came up trumps when asked to design their own reusable bags for a competition. Click here to see the winners.

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