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Sam Acourt
April 13, 2026
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Wildlife champions at All Saints’ Thurlestone C of E Academy, part of the Learning Academy Partnership, are taking the lead in tackling plastic waste at their school. ...
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Emily Pike
January 22, 2026
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This month a group of pupils from Dartmouth Academy, part of Education South West, participated in an exciting ‘Waste Action Day’, aimed at improving recycling across the school. ...
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Sam Acourt
August 28, 2024
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A clean marine environment remains "high on the agenda for South Hams District Council" as they "now look to expand their work in the recycling of abandoned vessels across...
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Sam Acourt
March 20, 2024
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South Hams District Council has launched an innovative project which will explore the recycling of abandoned vessels and help to reduce marine pollution.
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Sam Acourt
Updated
February 20, 2024
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South Hams District Council says that residents can now sign up to or renew their subscription for the district’s garden waste collection service for 2024/25.
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Sam Acourt
December 14, 2023
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South Hams District Council has released the timetable for their Christmas and New Year waste collections.
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Sam Acourt
November 07, 2023
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Changes are coming to the recycling and food waste collection service in the South Hams from 20 November – with residents set to start receiving letters this week, explaining...
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Sam Acourt
September 25, 2023
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Around 8,000 homes in the South Hams are set to receive new recycling containers in the next five weeks, as South Hams District Council prepares to improve its recycling...
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Sam Acourt
Updated
December 27, 2022
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South Hams District Council is running on a delayed timetable for bin collections over the festive period.
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Sam Acourt
Updated
September 28, 2022
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Garden waste collection subscription service will go ahead in South Hams as Councillor says residents will "feel cheated by the council after having paid for a service that has...
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Sam Acourt
September 21, 2022
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The Executive of South Hams District Council has agreed that residents wanting to have garden waste collections should be charged for the service from spring 2023, with the current...
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Sam Acourt
July 12, 2022
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South Hams District Council has said it will end the contract with FCC Environment after a litany of problems.
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Sam Acourt
Updated
April 20, 2022
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South Hams District Council have released an open letter after one councillor called the current brown bin collection "pathetic".
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Sam Acourt
December 30, 2021
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South Hams District Council has reminded people of the current waste and recycling collection dates around the festive season and the flurry of bank holidays.
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Sam Acourt
September 20, 2021
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South Hams District Council and its contractor FCC Environment have made the reluctant decision to keep the suspension of all garden waste collections in place and say "residents will...
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Sam Acourt
Updated
August 25, 2021
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The group of opposition councillors at South Hams District Council today released a statement saying that they plan to call for the cancellation of the current waste contract. ...
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Sam Acourt
Updated
August 18, 2021
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South Hams District Councillor John Birch released a statement that said that FCC Environment "still fails to fulfil its contractual obligations" and it was time for the contractor to...
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Sam Acourt
Updated
August 16, 2021
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South Hams District Council's recycling and waste contractor, FCC Environment, has asked the council to suspend all garden waste collections from today.
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Sam Acourt
August 12, 2021
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South Hams District Council is "experiencing disruption to some waste and recycling collection services due to driver shortages".
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Sam Acourt
Updated
July 19, 2021
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Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall visited Weaver Green in Loddiswell today, to open their new shop and cafe.
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Sam Acourt
Updated
July 09, 2021
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The number of households reporting missed recycling collections has dropped 75 percent since the peak, but 64 a day are still not receiving a service.
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Sam Acourt
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July 05, 2021
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A freedom of information request has revealed that the current Super Recycling System is costing £400,000 a year more than the previous service.
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Sam Acourt
Updated
June 21, 2021
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SHDC has been told that recycling contractor FCC Environment is expecting a "long term solution" to the collections issues "before the end of 2021", meanwhile South Hams Councillor Julian...
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Sam Acourt
Updated
June 11, 2021
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The company in charge of the new Super Recycling Service for SHDC has released a new statement following yesterday's council meeting.
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Sam Acourt
Updated
June 15, 2021
1510
The Super Recycling System run by FCC Environment on behalf of SHDC is still failing 1,000 households a day according to South Hams Councillor Julian Brazil. ...
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Sam Acourt
Updated
May 28, 2021
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South Hams District Councillor Julian Brazil has said the "levels of incompetence are jaw dropping" surrounding the new Super Recycling Service, which he called "a shambles". ...
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Sam Acourt
Updated
July 31, 2022
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Trucks being too big for the lanes in the South Hams has been one of the problems causing problems in the South Hams as the Super Recycling service is...
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Sam Acourt
Updated
May 15, 2021
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While we are looking into a story about the chaos caused by the rollout of the new recycling system, a councillor has come out to say that South Hams...
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Sam Acourt
March 30, 2021
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Easter is coming up at the end of this week, check how it will affect your waste and recycling collection.
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Sam Acourt
Updated
March 26, 2021
1943
South Hams resident has been trying to get her brown bin collected for FIVE MONTHS.
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