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BANK HOLIDAY - There are NO changes to waste and recycling collections over the bank holiday period.
Changes to office opening hours are available here.
Bins & Recycling
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- There's just two weeks left to have your say on how you think recycling rates can be improved in Torfaen.
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- A new survey has been launched as part of a campaign to increase household recycling rates in Torfaen to 70 per cent.
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- We've had a bit of a setback this week with our garden waste and purple lidded bin collections due to vehicle issues...
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- Our recycling and waste crews will be working as normal over the three bank holidays next month...
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- Council Leader Anthony Hunt has announced a public consultation on plans to reduce residual waste collections in Torfaen is to close early.
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- From next week, residents will be able to recycle small household batteries weekly at the kerbside...
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- Crews will be working the Easter bank holidays this year, so there are no changes to collection days. Please put your recycling and waste out on your usual collection day...
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- You can have your say on plans to increase recycling collections and reduce residual waste collections in Torfaen from today.
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- At least 70 per cent of rubbish must be recycled in Wales by 2025.
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- Primary school pupils are joining the fight to reduce food waste...
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- More than 50 electrical items have been saved from the rubbish bin thanks to the Torfaen Repair Café.The café opened in Pontypool Indoor Market in October and since then 54 products have been repaired including electric drills, vacuum cleaners, kettles and toasters.
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- This week marks the start of the annual Be Mighty Recycle campaign aimed at increasing food waste recycling.
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- A report into the future of waste and recycling services in Torfaen will be discussed by scrutiny committee members next week.
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- The results of our primary school competition to name some of Torfaen Council's new recycling vehicles have been announced...
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- There will be no changes to collection days in the week leading up to Christmas, however after Christmas, collections will run one day later than usual...
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- If you are concerned about finances this Christmas, head to The Steelhouse reuse shop to grab a bargain...
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- Residents have an alternative to throwing away small items when they become broken or damaged thanks to a new repair shop...
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- Fortnightly garden waste collections in Torfaen are extended for the duration of November, after being suspended for a few weeks earlier in the year...
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- Torfaen Council is taking delivery of 19 new recycling vehicles over the next few months, and we want school children to name them...
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- From this Bank Holiday Monday, Torfaen Council will suspend Garden Waste collections for 2 weeks from Monday 29 August until Friday 9 September
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- The winners of our competition to name Torfaen's new fully-electric waste vehicles got to see the trucks for the first time today...
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- Over 100 entries were received to name the first two electric waste vehicles in the borough, and after much debate the winners have been chosen...
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- Crips packets, sweet wrappers, a park bench and a hoover! Just some of the items of rubbish picked up as part of Torfaen's annual Spring Clean events...
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- There will be no changes to collection days this year during the Easter bank holidays as crews will be working. Please put out your recycling and waste on your usual collection day...
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- Torfaen Council is taking delivery of two new electric waste vehicles in May, and we want school children to name them...
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- Fortnightly garden waste collections in Torfaen will resume the week commencing Monday 21 March...
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- This week, Torfaen Council has welcomed four new HGV drivers to the waste and recycling team...
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- Volunteers are being recruited for this year's Torfaen Spring Clean...
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- A new reuse shop at the New Inn Household Waste Recycling Centre is proving a big hit with residents since it reopened in December...
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- Car drivers will no longer need to book to visit the Household Waste Recycling Centre from next week.
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- A shop selling good quality unwanted items has reopened next to the Household Waste Recycling Centre.
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- Just as a reminder, our waste and recycling crews are working every day over the Christmas period so your collection days remain the same.
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- There will be no changes to waste and recycling collections over the festive period as crews now work the bank holidays...
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- Almost 4,000 people took part in our recent consultation about the booking system at the Household Waste Recycling Centre – and the results are in!...
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- I know many of you have been frustrated recently by an increase in missed waste and recycling collections.
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- Householders living in Wales are at high risk of being scammed by unlicensed waste removal services...
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- Residents are being asked if they think the Household Waste Recycling Centre booking system should continue...
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- If you are on collection round A or B, your last garden waste collection is this week on your usual collection day....
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- After a fire suspended collection of stretchy plastic in borough, Capital Valley Plastics are pleased to inform Torfaen residents that they are now in the position to restart collections...
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- It's spooky season and we are stocking up on pumpkins, apples, tasty treats and other hearty and seasonal foods...
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- Crutches and zimmers are being given a new lease of life, thanks to the team at Torfaen Council's Household Waste Recycling Centre which is operated by waste and recycling partner FCC Environment...
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- Winter opening times are due to come into effect at the Household Waste Recycling Centre located at New Inn from Sunday 31 October 2021...
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- Torfaen Council is urging dog owners to do the right thing and pick up after their pets as part of a new national campaign from Keep Wales Tidy...
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- A project to recycle single-use stretchy plastic in Torfaen has been temporarily suspended following a devastating fire at the Capital Valley Plastics...
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- As part of our drive to create a cleaner, greener Torfaen, the Council along with Keep Wales Tidy (KWT) are running a series of litter picks next week...
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- Wales is already the third best recycling nation in the world, and the Mighty Mission to get us to number one continues into Recycle Week 2021 from 20 to 26 September...
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- Find out what happens to the rubbish you put in your purple lidded bin by taking a virtual tour around Viridor's Trident Park Energy Recovery Facility (ERF)...
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- There will be no changes to waste and recycling collections on Monday 30 August, which is our Summer bank holiday...
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- If you're making the most of the sun this weekend by having a BBQ here's some top tips on how to make it waste free...
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- People in Torfaen and across Wales are being encouraged to 'be part of the pick' and join Spring Clean Cymru 2021...
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- The amount of cardboard being left out for recycling in Torfaen has increased by 16 per cent since the start of the pandemic.
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- Unfortunately, due to some residents using their green waste bin inappropriately our recycling contractors haven't been able to recycle everything we have sent them this week. ..
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- On Wednesday 14 April, bag sorting will restart at the HWRC located in New Inn...
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- The Council is pleased to announce that this year we will be collecting waste and recycling on Easter Monday (5th April 2021), which in previous years wouldn't have occurred...
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- We all want to see Torfaen litter free, and one of the ways residents can help is by using their recycling box nets...
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- Due to the large amount of garden waste residents are leaving out for collection, our crews are finding it difficult to collect it all on your allocated collection day...
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- Following last week's launch of Caru Cymru, Keep Wales Tidy's national campaign to eradicate litter, the Council is today launching its new five-year litter and fly-tipping strategy...
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- Torfaen County Borough Council has joined forces with Keep Wales Tidy to support Caru Cymru, the biggest ever initiative to eradicate litter and waste...
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- On Sunday 28 March, the opening hours at the Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) located in New Inn will be changing...
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- With 92% of people in Wales now recycling regularly*, Wales is one step closer on its Mighty Mission to become world number one for recycling...
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- Fortnightly garden waste collections in Torfaen will resume the week commencing Monday 22 March
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- Wasting food is one of the biggest contributors to climate change. A lot of water, land, energy, time, and transportation go into producing our food, and yet in UK homes we waste 4.5 million tonnes of edible food every year. That's enough to make 10 million meals...
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- Due to an ongoing issue with littering and fly-tipping at the Cwmavon Road stretchy plastic bring bank, the decision has been taken to move it to the entrance of Capital Valley Plastic a few hundred meters away...
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- We've had reports over the last few weeks that household waste bags are being put in litter bins. This is not the proper use of a litter bin, and can result in bins overflowing, leading to more litter in neighbourhoods...
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