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• 02 May 2013 Let’s get growing this Compost Awareness Week
  Sheffield City Council and Veolia Environmental Services are going ‘compost crazy’ to celebrate Compost Awareness Week – a national week aimed at encouraging people to compost their garden and food …
• 18 April 2013 Veolia and GMB open new training facility
  Signing the Learning agreement. Left to right: Peter Davies, GMB Senior Organiser Michael Hinchliffe, Regional Convener, GMB Thomas Henthorn, Project Worker, GMB Tom Spaul, Executive Director, Veolia …
• 03 April 2013 Sign up for garden waste collections
  
  Householders across Sheffield are being encouraged to sign up for the popular garden waste collection service.
• 22 March 2013 Easter Bank Holiday waste and recycling collections
  
  Residents are reminded that both kerbside waste and recycling collections will be taking place as normal this Easter on Friday 29 March and Monday 1 April 2013.
• 20 March 2013 Go green and recycle eggstra waste this Easter
  
  Over 80 million Easter Eggs are sold on average each year with more than 4000 tonnes of extra card waste generated from the packaging.
• 09 January 2013 New prices for bulky waste collections
  From January, new prices for the bulky household waste collection service provided by Veolia Environmental Services on behalf of Sheffield City Council, mean that collections start from just £18.
• 27 December 2012 Residents encouraged to ‘Treecycle’ their unwanted real Christmas trees
  
  Once the ‘Twelve Days of Christmas are over’, Sheffield residents are being encouraged to ‘Treecycle’ their unwanted real Christmas trees.
• 20 December 2012 Festive waste and recycling collections and a reminder to ‘Treecycle’ unwanted real Christmas trees
  
  Residents due to have a waste or recycling collection on either Christmas Day or New Year’s Day are reminded that their collection dates have changed.
• 13 December 2012 Sheffield’s waste and recycling collectors clean up at award ceremony with The Lord Mayor
  Sheffield’s waste and recycling collection crews were recently recognised for excellence in their jobs at an award ceremony at Sheffield’s Town Hall. The Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Councillor John …
• 11 December 2012 Changes to waste and recycling collections during Christmas and New Year period
  Residents due to have a waste or recycling collection on either Christmas Day or New Year’s Day are advised that collections will take place on a different day during the festive period.