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General News
SA
Sam Acourt
Updated
October 19, 2026
125
South Hams District Council is taking practical steps to cut carbon emissions from its vehicles and buildings, as part of its work to create a cleaner and greener South...
General News
SA
Sam Acourt
October 06, 2026
212
Primary school children living in the South Hams have the chance to have their artwork emblazoned on the district’s waste and recycling vehicles thanks to a new competition celebrating...
General News
SA
Sam Acourt
September 02, 2026
222
Old bodyboards collected at recycling centres are helping the Environment Agency protect some of the county’s most important coastal habitats.
General News
EP
Emily Pike
March 13, 2026
883
We’re encouraging everyone in the South Hams to help the environment and take part in Keep Britain Tidy’s 11th Great British Spring Clean.
General News
EP
Emily Pike
February 17, 2026
892
South Hams residents can now sign up to or renew their subscription for the district’s garden waste collection service.
General News
EP
Emily Pike
December 04, 2025
1166
South Hams District Council is intensifying its efforts to tackle anti-social and illegal fly tipping across the district, as part of its ongoing commitment to reduce waste crime and...
General News
SA
Sam Acourt
Updated
February 13, 2025
1563
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
December 23, 2024
2295
South Hams District Council has released the dates for waste and recycling collections over Christmas and New Year.
General News
SA
Sam Acourt
November 13, 2024
2003
From 1 December, only one recycling centre in the South Hams will be able to accept upholstered furniture.
General News
SA
Sam Acourt
March 12, 2024
1492
Three months after big changes to waste and recycling collections in the South Hams were rolled out, the service has been declared a success.
General News
SA
Sam Acourt
January 15, 2024
1296
A new community composting scheme in Marldon has launched, thanks to funding from South Hams District Council.
General News
SA
Sam Acourt
December 14, 2023
3231
South Hams District Council has released the timetable for their Christmas and New Year waste collections.
General News
SA
Sam Acourt
November 07, 2023
2406
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...
General News
SA
Sam Acourt
September 25, 2023
3519
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...
General News
SA
Sam Acourt
June 22, 2023
1882
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service has reminded people not to throw batteries into the normal waste bins.
General News
SA
Sam Acourt
Updated
December 27, 2022
1779
South Hams District Council is running on a delayed timetable for bin collections over the festive period.
General News
SA
Sam Acourt
Updated
January 04, 2023
1401
The waste and recycling service in the South Hams has "seen significant improvements in performance since the service successfully came back in-house".
General News
SA
Sam Acourt
November 02, 2022
1968
South Hams garden waste service subscriptions are now live.
General News
SA
Sam Acourt
October 18, 2022
1391
SHDC says it will "aim to ensure" that all properties receive their final collection from their brown bin before the end of the month.
General News
SA
Sam Acourt
Updated
September 28, 2022
2631
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...
General News
SA
Sam Acourt
September 21, 2022
2089
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...
General News
SA
Sam Acourt
Updated
September 09, 2022
2057
South Hams District Councillors are to consider whether the council should cease its free garden waste collection service from 31 October and start charging £49 per year for an...
General News
SA
Sam Acourt
Updated
July 20, 2022
1772
As South Hams District Council announced last week that that they had ended their contract with FCC Environment, you had questions. So we asked them for you. ...
General News
SA
Sam Acourt
July 12, 2022
3087
South Hams District Council has said it will end the contract with FCC Environment after a litany of problems.
General News
SA
Sam Acourt
June 10, 2022
1614
South Hams District Councillor John Birch has said that FCC Environment delivered a "dismal collection service" and "flimsy excuses" after a special meeting to discuss their conduct. ...
General News
SA
Sam Acourt
Updated
June 08, 2022
1840
District councillors have expressed their anger at FCC Environment at a special meeting to discuss the wide-ranging issues with bin collection.
General News
SA
Sam Acourt
Updated
June 08, 2022
2435
South Hams District Council has written to FCC Environment "demanding that they rectify the situation as a matter of priority".
General News
SA
Sam Acourt
June 02, 2022
1400
The Jubilee Bank Holiday Weekend will affect your waste collection day - check your collection dates.
General News
SA
Sam Acourt
Updated
April 20, 2022
2089
South Hams District Council have released an open letter after one councillor called the current brown bin collection "pathetic".
General News
SA
Sam Acourt
December 30, 2021
2241
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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