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Waste and recycling

October 28, 2024

Colourful new bench for the winners of council’s waste trail competition

Students at Willowcroft School in Didcot have a new place to rest in the playground after the school won a multi-coloured recycled plastic bench in a South Oxfordshire District Council competition. The school will now decide where the new bench’s permanent home will be as part of plans to redesign their playground. The bench was […]

October 25, 2024

Leader’s Report to Council

Waste Resources and Street Cleansing Strategy Earlier this month the Cabinet considered a new Waste Resources and Street Cleansing Strategy. We all know how good our residents are at recycling, the best in the country, but this still requires us to burn up carbon collecting this material to be recycled. This new strategy, Rethinking Waste, […]

Sewing machine at a repair cafe

October 23, 2024

Rethink waste with a trip to a local repair café!

As part of a big drive to rethink waste, residents are encouraged to check out the range of repair cafés, libraries of things, community larders, clothes swaps and other great reuse initiatives happening in their local area.

Extra garden waste in a wheelbarrow

October 17, 2024

Brown bin subscribers can have extra garden waste collected this Autumn

Residents who are subscribed to the district council brown bin garden waste service in South Oxfordshire or the Vale of White Horse can have extra garden waste collected for free, on their normal collection day only, between 28 October and 8 November. You can put out a maximum of up to four additional sacks of garden […]

a photo showing someone preparing a meal with a variety of fresh ingredients! You’ve got grains, tomatoes, an onion, an avocado and an apple.

August 27, 2024

Get inspired at the ‘Special Foodie Event’ – find out how you can turn leftovers into delicious meals

Are you looking for inspiration, ideas and recipes to turn leftover fresh ingredients into a delicious meal?  Then make sure you come to Cornerstone in Didcot on Friday 30 August for the ‘Special Foodie Event’.

A photo of a banner on the railings at Ladygrove Loop in Didcot saying Love Didcot - don't drop litter, bin it our take it home

August 5, 2024

Residents urged to ‘❤️ your area’ to help cut down on litter

A new campaign aims to tackle the issue of litter in our parks and streets.

July 18, 2024

Councils running their FREE Litter Bug activity trails competition during the school summer holidays

From Friday 19 July to Sunday 11 August South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils are once again running FREE Litter Bug Detectives activity trails for children across the districts.

Reduce, Recycle, Reuse - green arrows

July 9, 2024

Councils encourage everyone to rethink waste

We all need to rethink how we deal with our waste. That’s the strong message from South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils whose residents have consistently been among the very best recyclers in England for well over a decade. The two councils are now striving to take things to the next level […]

a photo of tree cuttings in a wheel barrow

April 4, 2024

All you need to know about April’s extra garden waste collections

Residents who are subscribed to the district council brown bin garden waste service in South Oxfordshire or the Vale of White Horse can have extra garden waste collected for free, on their normal collection day only, between 15 and 26 April.

March 13, 2024

Go compost crazy for Food Waste Action Week – free compost and a ‘hot’ composter up for grabs

To mark Food Waste Action Week 2024, South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils are giving away free compost and running a competition to win a ‘hot’ composter worth over £130!