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South Hams Local News - Tagged by: Recycling

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Thurlestone pupils take action on plastics
General News SA Sam Acourt April 13, 2026 332
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. ...
Young Eco-Champions Lead the Way in School Recycling Initiative
General News EP Emily Pike January 22, 2026 974
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. ...
SHDC make more moves to increase vessel recycling
General News SA Sam Acourt August 28, 2024 1660

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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...
Council embarks on "vital vessel recycling project"
General News SA Sam Acourt March 20, 2024 1533

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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.
South Hams residents can now sign up to or renew their subscription for the district’s garden waste collection service
General News SA Sam Acourt Updated February 20, 2024 1463
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. 
SHDC release Christmas waste collection timetable
General News SA Sam Acourt December 14, 2023 3106
South Hams District Council has released the timetable for their Christmas and New Year waste collections. 
Changes are coming to the recycling and food waste collection service in the South Hams
General News SA Sam Acourt November 07, 2023 2314
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...
New recycling containers to be delivered to 8,000 South Hams homes
General News SA Sam Acourt September 25, 2023 3425
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...
Waste and recycling changes over Christmas and New Year
General News SA Sam Acourt Updated December 27, 2022 1452
South Hams District Council is running on a delayed timetable for bin collections over the festive period. 
Brown bin collections to stop over winter and no longer be free when they come back
General News SA Sam Acourt Updated September 28, 2022 2537

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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...
SHDC moves closer to ending brown bin collections
General News SA Sam Acourt September 21, 2022 1978
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...
BREAKING: SHDC has ended the waste contract with FCC Environment
General News SA Sam Acourt July 12, 2022 2937
South Hams District Council has said it will end the contract with FCC Environment after a litany of problems. 
SHDC releases open letter following "pathetic" brown bin collections
General News SA Sam Acourt Updated April 20, 2022 1995
South Hams District Council have released an open letter after one councillor called the current brown bin collection "pathetic". 
Reminder: South Hams District Council's festive season waste and recycling dates
General News SA Sam Acourt December 30, 2021 2145
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. 
Garden waste collection suspended until at least the middle of October
General News SA Sam Acourt September 20, 2021 1743
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...
SHDC opposition group calls for termination of recycling contract
General News SA Sam Acourt Updated August 25, 2021 1815
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. ...
SHDC has moved to separate two reasons for recycling issues currently plaguing the council
General News SA Sam Acourt Updated August 18, 2021 1723
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...
SHDC suspends garden waste collections for at least four weeks
General News SA Sam Acourt Updated August 16, 2021 1749

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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.
Driver shortages still causing issues with waste collections
General News SA Sam Acourt August 12, 2021 1650
South Hams District Council is "experiencing disruption to some waste and recycling collection services due to driver shortages".
Duchess of Cornwall visits sustainable company Weaver Green at Heron Valley Orchard
General News SA Sam Acourt Updated July 19, 2021 4674
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall visited Weaver Green in Loddiswell today, to open their new shop and cafe. 
Missed recycling collections drops by 75% but 64 households still being missed every day
General News SA Sam Acourt Updated July 09, 2021 1321
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.
FOI request reveals that new recycling system is costing £400k/year more than before
General News SA Sam Acourt Updated July 05, 2021 1701
A freedom of information request has revealed that the current Super Recycling System is costing £400,000 a year more than the previous service. 
Recycling problems expected to continue until end of year, as councillor tells public they can't sack waste company
General News SA Sam Acourt Updated June 21, 2021 3115
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...
FCC Environment releases new statement following SHDC meeting
General News SA Sam Acourt Updated June 11, 2021 1729
The company in charge of the new Super Recycling Service for SHDC has released a new statement following yesterday's council meeting. 
Super Recycling System is still failing 1,000 households a day
General News SA 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. ...
Councillor says "levels of incompetence are jaw dropping" surrounding new Super Recycling Service
General News SA Sam Acourt Updated May 28, 2021 3131

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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". ...
Trucks too big as new Super Recycling system causes chaos across the South Hams
General News SA Sam Acourt Updated July 31, 2022 2887

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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...
Councillor says SHDC is "preventing" transparency in recycling issues
General News SA Sam Acourt Updated May 15, 2021 2246

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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...
Changes to recycling collections because of Easter - check yours
General News SA Sam Acourt March 30, 2021 1977

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Easter is coming up at the end of this week, check how it will affect your waste and recycling collection.
Brown bin is not collected for FIVE MONTHS
General News SA Sam Acourt Updated March 26, 2021 1943

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South Hams resident has been trying to get her brown bin collected for FIVE MONTHS. 
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