12 December 2011
During the festive season, the day on which waste is collected from households will change because of the Bank Holidays.
Generally the changes mean that people’s waste will be collected one day later than usual. However, if a collection falls on Boxing Day, it will actually take place earlier than usual – on Christmas Eve.
Councillor Mike Owen, Shropshire Council’s Cabinet member with responsibility for waste and recycling, said: “You can double check your collection dates by using our online collection day finder www.shropshire.gov.uk/binday Please make sure you have your bins, boxes and sacks out by 7am on the right dates.”
Donald Macphail, managing director of Veolia in Shropshire, added:“If in doubt, all of these day changes are highlighted on your calendar. Also look out for a reminder which will be placed under bin lids soon, if those with bins haven’t already received one.”
Collections will return back to the ‘normal’ days by Monday 9 January 2012.
The council’s Household Recycling Centres are open most days from 9am to 5pm, but as normal over this period they will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.
Contacts
Cat Slaytor
Communications Manager
Veolia Environmental Services (UK) Plc.
Shropshire Limited
Bolingbroke House
Vanguard Way
Battlefield Enterprise Park
Shrewsbury
SY1 3TG
Tel: +44(0)1743 452 150
DD: +44(0)1743 452 162
Mob: +44(0)7790 607 672
E: catherine.slaytor@veolia.co.uk
Notes to the editor
On 1 October 2007, Veolia Environmental Services Shropshire Limited began a 27 year contract to provide waste services for the County of Shropshire.
This means that Veolia has taken on responsibility for collecting, reducing, recycling, recovering and disposing of household waste on behalf of Shropshire Council. We will make a capital investment of more than £100m in waste infrastructure over the period of the contract to support a fully-integrated strategy for managing Shropshire’s waste.
There are plans for a number of proposals to enhance waste services across the county and to reduce the amount of household waste that is sent to landfill from 65 per cent in 2005/6 to just five per cent by 2015. There are a number of proposals which include:
- Increasing Shropshire’s recycling levels to more than 50 per cent by 2012.
- Introducing a kerbside plastic bottle collection service across the county by 2011.
- Construction of two new integrated waste management facilities (IWMF) in Oswestry and Bridgnorth which will include household recycling centres and waste transfer stations. The Oswestry facility opened in October 2009. The Bridgnorth facility opened in March 2012. Construction of an in-vessel composting facility, which will allow the treatment of all compostable wastes, including all food waste – turning it into valuable, peat-free compost whilst significantly reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill. A planning application is currently with Telford & Wreking Council.
- Provision of an Energy from Waste Facility at Battlefield Enterprise Park in Shrewsbury that will eventually produce enough electricity from residual waste to power over 10,000 homes each year. Planning permission for this facility was granted in January 2012 and the facility is due to be open by 2012. View the Shropshire Energy from Waste Facility FAQ's.
Veolia Environmental Services is the UK’s leading recycling and waste management company employing over 12,000 people serving local authorities, business and industry. We provide the full range of integrated waste management services to over a third of the UK’s population and serve more than 65,000 commercial and industrial customers.
We are committed to protecting the environment and improving the lives of the communities in which we operate and have been awarded Platinum Rating in Business in the Community’s Corporate Responsibility Index for 2012.
Veolia Environmental Services is part of Veolia Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE and NYSE: VE), the worldwide reference in environmental services. The company has operations all around the world and provides tailored solutions to meet the needs of municipal and industrial customers in three complementary segments: water management, waste management and energy management. Veolia Environnement recorded revenue of €29.6 billion in 2011
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