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Sign up for Garden Waste Collection service
With the announcement that the Garden Waste Collection service is now available to all households in South Somerset, local people are being invited to sign up.
The expanded service will be available from late October and the joining price for the wheeled bin service has been confirmed at £60 to cover the period from October through to March 2011. This includes providing and delivering the wheeled bin and allows for 25 collections per year (every fortnight excluding the Christmas weeks).
Cllr Tom Parsley, South Somerset’s portfolio holder for the Environment and Somerset Waste Board member, was pleased to support the expanded service: “Thanks to a number of factors, including new collection vehicles with more capacity we’re now in a position to offer the service across the district. I’m pleased that despite the current challenging economic conditions we’re continuing to find ways of developing services for local people.”
For people who produce smaller amounts of garden waste there is the option to buy bundles of garden waste sacks at £15 for 10 sacks.
Somerset’s household garden waste is composted in Somerset and is available to buy as Revive soil conditioner from Household Waste Recycling Centres and some garden centres in the county. Recently 50 schools across the county won free delivery of one tonne each as part of the Dig It, Grow It, Cook It, Eat It competition organised by Viridor and the Somerset Waste Action Programme.
To find out about starting garden waste collections from late October call South Somerset District Council customer services on 01935 462462.
For more information on recycling and waste in Somerset, including advice on how you can reduce the amount you produce, log on to www.somersetwaste.gov.uk
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Notes to Editors:
About Somerset Waste Partnership:
Somerset Waste Partnership manages waste and recycling services on behalf of Mendip, South Somerset, Sedgemoor and West Somerset District Councils, Taunton Deane Borough Council and Somerset County Council.
• For enquiries about the bulk purchase of Revive soil conditioner contact Richard Griffith at Viridor on 07736 374009.
• All 18 Somerset Household Waste Recycling Centres sell bags of Revive Soil Conditioner. South Somerset’s Household Waste Recycling Centres are Castle Cary, Chard, Crewkerne, Somerton and Yeovil.
• Dig It, Grow It, Cook It, Eat It encouraged local schools to start a vegetable garden in their grounds. 50 schools received one tonne of soil conditioner and a selection of seeds in the spring and are keeping diaries of their progress, with further prizes to come for the best garden.
Media Contact:
For Press enquiries, including interview requests, please contact Mark Blaker, Senior Communications Officer on 01823 625714.
General Contact:
Customer Services - 01823 625700
24 September 2009
For further details contact Mark Blaker
01823 625714
Email: Mark.blaker@somersetwaste.gov.uk
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