Bins, rubbish and recycling news
Action taken to get Swindon’s recycling service back on track
An independent review of Swindon Borough Council’s waste and recycling service will be carried out to help address systematic issues and improve future capacity and resilience.
Published: Friday, 26th January 2024-
Council’s waste crews gearing up for their busiest time of the year
Swindon residents are being encouraged to keep using their food waste caddies over the Christmas period to help boost the Borough’s recycling rate.
Published: Thursday, 21st December 2023 -
Charlie Aust-bin and Binnie Piper among names to be adorned on Swindon’s new recycling lorries
Swindon stars from screen and sport were used as the inspiration for some imaginative names that will appear on Swindon Borough Council’s new waste and recycling lorry fleet.
Published: Monday, 20th November 2023 -
Swindon households to look out for letter advising of their new bin day ahead recycling changes
Remember, remember, food waste collections this November! That’s the key message from Swindon Borough Council as food waste collections are to be rolled out to the majority of households from week commencing 27 November.
Published: Friday, 27th October 2023 -
Almost half of households have received new containers ahead of upcoming waste and recycling changes
Tens of thousands of households across Swindon have already received their new food waste caddies and weighted bag ahead of the roll out of weekly food waste collections.
Published: Monday, 9th October 2023 -
Venues prepare for plastic ban this October
Venues owned and operated by Swindon Borough Council are preparing for the England-wide ban on single-use plastics, which comes into effect from October.
Published: Friday, 21st July 2023 -
Weekly food waste collections being rolled out across Swindon this autumn
The countdown to the biggest change in waste and recycling services in Swindon for 15 years will begin in earnest over the next few months when new recycling containers start being delivered to residents.
Published: Thursday, 13th July 2023 -
Extra booking slots added to help residents visit Household Waste Recycling Centre
One thousand extra appointments are now available for residents to book visits to the Household Waste and Recycling Centre (HWRC) via the Council’s website.
Published: Wednesday, 14th June 2023 -
Minimal changes to waste and recycling collections over Christmas and New Year period
Waste and Recycling crews will be out collecting as normal for the majority of the festive season, with only collections falling on Boxing Day affected by changes to the usual collection schedule.
Published: Tuesday, 13th December 2022 -
Recycling box collections to resume
The Council's recycling box collection service will be back to normal from tomorrow (8 February) following a brief period of disruption.
Published: Monday, 7th February 2022 -
Fire at HWRC now extinguished
A fire at Swindon’s Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) in Cheney Manor industrial estate has been extinguished, with the site reopening tomorrow (5 Feb) for pre-booked visits.
Published: Friday, 4th February 2022 -
Recycling box collections this week
Due to a surge in staff shortages because of COVID-19 cases in our Waste and Recycling team, we have made the difficult decision to suspend recycling box collections for the rest of this week.
Published: Monday, 31st January 2022 -
Changes to recycling box collections this week
Swindon Borough Council has suspended recycling box collections for the remainder of this week due to a surge in staff shortages in its Waste and Recycling team.
Published: Monday, 31st January 2022 -
No changes to waste and recycling collection days over Christmas
With Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day falling over the weekend this year, there will be no changes to waste and recycling collection days over the festive period.
Published: Wednesday, 8th December 2021 -
Council tackles fly-tipping in the Borough
Swindon Borough Council is cracking down on fly-tipping in the Borough with a refreshed approach to catching culprits.
Published: Friday, 10th September 2021 -
Fortnightly recycling box collections to resume in Swindon
Fortnightly recycling box collections will restart in Swindon from next week (16 Aug) after a brief period of disruption.
Published: Thursday, 12th August 2021 -
Waste crews collect over 2,300 tonnes of recycling at Christmas
Swindon Borough Council’s waste crews collected a massive 2,358 tonnes of mixed recycling over the course of nine weeks this Christmas.
Published: Monday, 1st March 2021 -
Important changes to waste and recycling Christmas and New Year collections
Households in Swindon are being reminded about some important changes to waste and recycling collections over the festive period.
Published: Thursday, 3rd December 2020 -
Council provides update on services ahead of new national restrictions
New national restrictions which come into force from tomorrow (5 November) are expected to have minimal impact on council services.
Published: Wednesday, 4th November 2020 -
Cabinet to discuss borough-wide food waste collection service
Councillors will decide next week whether to roll out a food waste recycling service across the entire borough.
Published: Tuesday, 23rd June 2020 -
Council to trial booking-only system for Household Waste Recycling Centre re-opening
A new booking system and added restrictions will be in place when Swindon Borough Council partially re-opens its Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) next week.
Published: Friday, 15th May 2020 -
Council to prioritise waste collections over coming months
Swindon Borough Council will prioritise certain waste collections over the coming months amid the continuing coronavirus crisis.
Published: Thursday, 26th March 2020 -
New webpage goes live with updates on Council services affected by COVID-19
Only a small number of services delivered by Swindon Borough Council have so far been affected by the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).
Published: Thursday, 19th March 2020 -
Hundreds of tonnes of food waste recycled in Swindon
A food waste recycling service has been extended in Swindon following a hugely successful initial trial.
Published: Tuesday, 25th February 2020 -
The food waste trial starts today
Today Swindon became the first town in Wiltshire to start trialling the weekly collection of food waste for recycling.
Published: Monday, 2nd September 2019 -
Changes to waste and recycling services come into effect in bid to improve recycling across Swindon
Recycling is now compulsory in Swindon as part of a drive to increase the amount of household waste that is reused.
Published: Tuesday, 6th August 2019 -
Is your household on the food waste trial?
Swindon is about to become the first town in Wiltshire to collect food waste for recycling and the areas taking part in trialling the service have now been named.
Published: Wednesday, 17th July 2019 -
Important changes to your waste and recycling services are coming
Swindon will take a significant step towards expanding its recycling services by introducing a trial collection of separate food waste recycling.
Published: Thursday, 20th June 2019 -
Box sorting campaign comes to a close
Swindon Borough Council’s month-long recycling box sorting push has concluded, but residents are being encouraged to keep up the good work long after the campaign has finished.
Published: Monday, 17th June 2019 -
Residents are encouraged to sort their recycling
A month-long campaign to help Swindon Borough Council’s recycling crews sort residents’ waste quickly and more efficiently is being launched today (13 May).
Published: Monday, 13th May 2019 -
Green-fingered residents encouraged to sign up to garden waste service
With spring on the horizon, people in Swindon are being encouraged to add their names to the growing list of households signed up to Swindon Borough Council’s garden waste service.
Published: Thursday, 7th February 2019 -
Swindon refuse and recycling collections over the Christmas holiday period
Households in Swindon are being reminded of some important changes to waste and recycling collections over the festive period.
Published: Monday, 17th December 2018 -
Council puts plastic recycling proposal on hold until publication of government strategy
A proposal to turn Swindon households’ plastic waste into a fuel for industry has been put on hold until after the Government publishes its new Resources and Waste Strategy.
Published: Wednesday, 28th November 2018 -
Council strategy to deal with waste to be discussed by Cabinet
Councillors will decide on proposals to change the way Swindon Borough Council manages its waste over the next decade at next week’s Cabinet meeting (5 Dec).
Published: Tuesday, 27th November 2018 -
New truck names have wheelie bin worth it
The Council has unveiled the new names of its recycling trucks following a public competition on social media.
Published: Friday, 9th November 2018 -
Residents to have their say on the future of Swindon’s waste collection and series of drop-in events
Since the launch of an engagement period on the future of Swindon’s waste collection service more than 2,400 people have given their feedback to Swindon Borough Council.
Published: Friday, 5th October 2018 -
Residents encouraged to start recycling more this Recycle Week
Swindon Borough Council is launching a campaign to encourage people to recycle more of their waste.
Published: Wednesday, 26th September 2018 -
Public asked to feed in to Council’s Waste Strategy
Swindon Borough Council is looking at a range of options to increase recycling and reduce waste across the borough as part of its new draft Waste Strategy.
Published: Friday, 7th September 2018 -
Praise for StreetSmart team as parish and borough councillors cement close working relationship
Parish councillors have praised Swindon Borough Council’s StreetSmart team for their hard work in keeping the roads clean and tidy.
Published: Tuesday, 24th July 2018 -
Summer opening hours at HWRC to come into force from Sunday
Swindon’s Household Waste Recycling Centre will be open for longer hours from Sunday, 1 April.
Published: Wednesday, 28th March 2018 -
Green-fingered residents encouraged to sign up for garden waste collections
Fortnightly collection via green wheelie bin recycles garden waste into environmentally-friendly soil improver.
Published: Monday, 26th February 2018 -
Refuse and recycling collections over the Christmas holiday period
Council notifies Swindon residents of Christmas and New Year collection changes by attaching tags to affected bins.
Published: Friday, 15th December 2017
