Recycling

Competition Launched To Encourage Children To Be Creative With Recycling

How can drink cans turn into a satellite, jam jars into a window of a rocket ship, plastic drink bottles into football shirts and magazines into loo rolls? Was it Magic? Alien Forces? A Mad Scientist? Children can decide! An exciting competition for children launches this week to celebrate the power of imagination and encourage […]

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Changes to Bin Collections for Festive Season

South Cambridgeshire and Cambridge residents should double-check their bin collection dates during the Christmas and New Year festive period. The Council is also requesting that residents recycle as much as possible during the festivities.

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Date Set For Paper Caddy To Go

NEWS RELEASE  Council waste bosses have confirmed there will be no need for South Cambridgeshire residents to use paper caddies from mid-December, in a move to simplify the recycling process.   From 11 December 2017, residents should place used paper directly into their blue wheelie bins for recycling.

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Free compost to gardeners compliments of SCDC

South Cambridgeshire District Council is helping gardeners to get their gardens in order for this summer by giving away free compost this Thursday (9 May) at Morrisons supermarket car park in Cambourne from 10am to 3pm. The Council has a skip of free soil conditioner made from the composted contents of green bins to give […]

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SCDC trials textile and shoe recycling scheme

A new textile recycling trial has begun in South Cambridgeshire in a bid to stop textiles and shoes ending up in landfill.   Around 5,000 homes were given blue recycling bags in the latter part of January so they can put out spare clothing, shoes and household linen for collection alongside their blue bin.  The […]

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