Bins & Recycling
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- Crews and additional staff are working hard to catch up on the missed recycling collections outstanding from this week
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- If you've spotted bright red bags next to public bins, they're a sign litter volunteers have been working in your local area.
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- Council chief executive Stephen Vickers has apologised for delays to waste and recycling collections over the past few days
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- Cabinet members have approved a plan to increase recycling rates in line with the Welsh Government's 70 per cent target.
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- A peaceful protest has been held to raise the issue of dog fouling at a local park.
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- Plastic bottles, crisp packets, vapes, a dog bed, and a lonely shoe are just some of the items of rubbish picked up as part of Torfaen's annual Spring Clean.
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- A former headteacher has thanked a council refuse team for saving his life when he had a heart attack.
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- This year's Keep Torfaen Tidy Spring Clean aims to be our biggest one yet!
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- There will be no changes to collection days in the week leading up to Christmas...
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- Cabinet members have approved a Waste Education and Enforcement Policy which will come into place in 2025...
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- Residents will start receiving their new red recycling bags this week.
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- The delivery of the red recycling bags has been delayed by a couple of weeks due to supply chain issues.
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- This year, as well as the food waste caddy, pumpkins can also be put in the garden waste bins to be recycled.
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- Households will soon receive their new red recycling bag.
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- This Recycle Week, we're backing Wales Recycles' mighty mission to get to No.1 in the world for recycling, and we need YOUR help to get us there!
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- New red recycling bags for plastics, tins, cans and cartons are being delivered to households.
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- Several primary schools have reduced their food waste by a third on average, thanks to a competition by the council's catering service...
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- Scrutiny members have given their views on a draft Waste Education and Enforcement Policy.
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- Plans to introduce new recycling bags to help improve the efficiency of the service and reduce litter have been given the go-ahead
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- Plans to introduce a new recycling bag are being considered as part of the council's Raise the Recycling Rate campaign.
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- Sixty new signs are to put up in litter and fly-tipping hotspots across the borough in a bid to deter people from dropping or dumping rubbish.
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- A scout group from Pontypool has turned items commonly found as litter into a sculpture...
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- From Friday 24 May, the locations in Torfaen where residents can collect recycling boxes, bags and caddies will change
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- The Household Recycling Centre team has resumed meeting and greeting visitors to the site in New Inn.
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- Did you know that in the first year of their life a baby will produce around 78 bin bags full of disposable nappies?...
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- Plastic bottles, crisp packets, vapes, a broken E-Scooter, and a car head rest are just some of the items of rubbish picked up as part of Torfaen's annual Spring Clean.
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- Crews will be working the Easter bank holidays this year so there are no changes to collection days...
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- Here in Wales we're proud recyclers, and that's made us the third best recyclers IN THE WORLD...
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- The Torfaen Spring Clean 2024 is due to start Saturday 30 March at Pontypool Park at 11am
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- Fortnightly garden waste collections in Torfaen will restart week beginning Monday 04 March...
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- The Torfaen Repair Café can now repair broken ceramics thanks to a new volunteer...
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- Cabinet members have approved a plan to improve the waste and recycling service and increase recycling.
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- There will be no changes to collection days in the week leading up to Christmas.
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- Cardboard recycling collections will increase from fortnightly to weekly from Monday 13 November...
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- An estimated 5 million disposable vapes are thrown away every week in the UK – equivalent to eight every second...
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- Cardboard recycling collections will increase from fortnightly to weekly from next month.
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- Torfaen Council has been working with Bron Afon Community Housing to increase the number of flats with recycling facilities...
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- Wales, we're crackin' at recycling and take pride in doing our bit, so much so that we're the 3rd best recycling nation in the world. But we can always do better, right?...
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- The amount of green waste recycled in Torfaen has increased since the start of April...
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- The amount of food waste being recycled in Torfaen has increased 13 per cent over the past five months...
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- Volunteers who repair small electrical items free of charge are celebrating their first year.
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- Primary schools in Torfaen have reduced the amount of food waste they produce by an average of 20%, thanks to a new competition...
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- Residents are helping to Raise the Rate by increasing the amount of cardboard they leave out for kerbside collections....
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- In an effort to combat litter and promote a cleaner, more sustainable environment, a new Litter Picking Hub has been officially opened today at Blaenavon Heritage VC Primary School...
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- Residents are being offered free compost as part of a trial by Torfaen Council to reuse green waste collected from local homes...
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- Crews will be working as normal this Bank Holiday Monday so there won't be any changes to waste and recycling collections next week.
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- New public recycling points for plastic bags and wrapping known as "stretchy plastic" are to be introduced by Torfaen Council's waste and recycling team..
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- Primary schools are being invited to take part in a new competition organised by Torfaen Council's Catering Service to help reduce food waste.
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- Improvements have been made to Torfaen Council's textile recycling collection service, following feedback from residents
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- As part of the Council's strategy to Raise the recycling Rate, from Monday 5 June, residents are being reminded to put black boxes out on the kerbside by 7am...
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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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