Ever wondered what to do with those everyday items such as coffee pods, pet food pouches, beauty items and crisp packets which contain plastic but which can’t be recycled at the kerbside? Gloucestershire’s #ClearOnPlastics can signpost you to schemes which can help recycle more of your waste plastic & give you tips on how to […]

It’s one of our biggest areas of expenditure with waste, recycling and street cleaning services costing £6.9 million in 2021/22, for comparison that’s actually £1m more than CDC will collect in council tax (~£5.8m) next year. Waste and recycling are one of the most crucial services we provide and it’s the biggest area of responsibility […]

ASK US ANYTHING! CDC LIVE is streaming from our Facebook and YouTube channels TODAY from 4 pm. Put your questions directly to the Leader of the Council, Councillor Joe Harris, Cotswolds. He will be also joined by new Chief Executive, Rob Weaver as well as the Councillors responsible for waste and recycling, finance and health […]

Recycle your advent calendars! Once the kids have demolished the chocolate (probably by day 5) they can easily be taken apart. The outer cardboard sleeve with the windows in can be treated as cardboard and recycled in your regular kerbside collections #makethemostof Stroud District Council Gloucester City Council Forest of Dean District Council Cheltenham Borough […]

Don’t forget that our household recycling centres are closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day. Book an appointment for when they reopen on our website, http://orlo.uk/mn3vu #makethemostof Stroud District Council Cheltenham Borough Council Tewkesbury Borough Forest of Dean District Council Cotswold District Council Gloucester City Council

Your recycling and waste collections may vary during the Christmas period. Visit the Gloucestershire recycles website to check with your local district, borough or town council when your collections are. http://orlo.uk/oXuQl #makethemostof Gloucester City Council Stroud District Council Forest of Dean District Council Cheltenham Borough Council Tewkesbury Borough Cotswold District Council

10 days until Christmas! Did you know that around 4,200 tonnes of aluminium foil get thrown away in the UK at Christmas – that’s over 2,000 times as heavy as a giraffe! If the foil is clean it can be recycled at your local Household Recycling Centre #makethemostof Cheltenham Borough Council Cotswold District Council Gloucester […]

Our household recycling centres still have a booking system. Visit our website to book your visit and check opening times over the festive period http://orlo.uk/CLs19 #makethemostof Cheltenham Borough Council Cotswold District Council Gloucester City Council Forest of Dean District Council Stroud District Council Tewkesbury Borough

DAY 10! Want to make sure your wrapping paper is recyclable? If it scrunches (and stays scrunched) it can be recycled! Foil or glitter-decorated paper can’t be recycled and needs to go in the general waste. http://orlo.uk/OdEjV Gloucester City Council Stroud District Council Cotswold District Council Cheltenham Borough Council Forest of Dean District Council Tewkesbury […]

Every Christmas we use 300,000 tonnes of card packaging, enough to cover Big Ben almost 260,000 times! Flatten and keep your cardboard dry in your #recycling, remove all plastic stuffing, including polystyrene chips or bubble wrap and remove loose bits of tape #makethemostof Gloucester City Council Stroud District Council Cheltenham Borough Council Forest of Dean […]