We use 227,000 miles of wrapping paper (enough to go around the earth 9 times) and binned 108 million rolls in 2017! Try to buy #recyclable wrapping paper (hint: if it’s glittery, it’s not recyclable) #makethemostof Stroud District Council Forest of Dean District Council Tewkesbury Borough Cotswold District Council Cheltenham Borough Council Gloucester City Council […]

River quality and pollution: Three things YOU can do (more details below). 1) Show support for the “Sewage (Inland Waters) Bill” – help improve the law. 2) Make sure your roof is not adding to the problem – where does your rainwater go? 3) Stick to the “3Ps” – think about the chemicals and substances […]

Tonight, let’s include our refuse crews in the clap for key workers. With 330 tons of extra waste they’re working incredibly hard!

District Council LIVE with Joe Harris Join Cotswold District Council leader Joe Harris Tuesday at 3:30pm for District Council LIVE where you can ask your questions, understand what’s happening in your community and hear about how you can make lockdown a little bit more interesting! This week’s guests are Cllr Andrew Doherty (Cabinet Member for […]

There are no changes to recycling or general household waste collections over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. Please present your waste on your normal day – inc Good Friday & Easter Monday. Cotswold District Council confirms there are no changes to recycling and general household waste collections over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. Residents are […]

Please read the suggested tips and advice on how you can reduce the amount you put out for collection. While we’re all staying at home we’re generating much more waste and recycling than normal. At the same time the number of staff we have available has been reduced due to illness and self-isolation. Help us […]

Waste and recycling collections (Friday 27th March) in Fairford, Lechlade and some of the surrounding villages that also have Friday collections. It’s a full collection tomorrow (but not garden waste which is now suspended) so food, plastics, tins, cans, paper, glass, cardboard and your remaining non-recyclable waste all go out tomorrow. This is the new […]

If you had a problem with food collections today and your food caddy was not emptied today I apologise. There will be a catch-up collection in our areas on Monday. Please either leave your bins out until Monday or put them out again on Sunday evening. If you leave the bin out do make sure […]

CDC has had to suspend the garden waste service. We now have a 20% shortage of staff and no longer have enough experienced drivers available for vehicles on all collection routes. Therefore we are suspending the garden waste service with immediate effect so we can prioritise drivers on the main collection services. There will be […]

Ubico is the council owned company that delivers your waste services (in Cotswold District and several other districts). We’re an essential service – and we’re recruiting. To help continue our operations it is essential that we have enough staff to help us deliver our services. We are recruiting for temporary Vehicle Technicians in Stroud, South […]