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  • Major council IT system maintenance from 27 May (for around one week): we are carrying out planned essential maintenance work on the council’s IT systems. During this time, many of our online services are unavailable. Where relevant, planning consultations will be extended by 14 days. We will update this banner message as the work progresses. − During this time you can still contact us for other enquiries via our enquiry form or by phone. We apologise for any inconvenience. Find out more information on this work.
Major council IT system maintenance from 27 May for around one week

Towards the end of May, we are carrying out a major piece of planned essential maintenance work on the council’s IT systems. This work is unavoidable and has to take place in order to secure the future of our IT system and the services it enables.

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Waste

A row of waste and recycling containers and vehicles is shown on a white and magenta striped background. From left to right: two garbage bags, a small green food waste caddy, a tall black bin, a tall brown bin, a tall green recycling bin, a large green recycling dumpster, a green recycling truck, and a white street sweeper vehicle. At the bottom right, there are five colored icons: a green arrow, a purple circular arrow, a teal circular arrow, a pink check mark, and a blue exclamation mark.

May 15, 2025

Let’s talk rubbish! Tell us what you think of our waste services

Complete the 2025 Waste Survey

July 11, 2022

Councils bring back their FREE Litter Bug Detectives activity trails competition for the school summer holidays

From Saturday 6 August to Sunday 4 September South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils are once again running FREE Litter Bug Detectives activity trails for children in villages and towns across the districts.

March 4, 2021

South and Vale are among top recyclers in the country….again

Residents in southern Oxfordshire are among the top recyclers in the country yet again! Yesterday the government published the figures showing how much waste is recycled across the country. South Oxfordshire District had the second highest recycling rate in England with 64 per cent of its waste being recycled. Vale of White Horse district came […]

June 8, 2020

Council garden waste service welcomes new customers

Released on April 23, 2020 There’s good news for people in southern Oxfordshire looking for ways to dispose safely of their garden waste. South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils have reopened their paid-for garden waste service to new customers. The service has continued throughout the lockdown for existing subscribers and for a […]

June 8, 2020

Councils collect bulky household waste again and warn against fly-tipping

Released on April 19, 2020 South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils have reopened their paid for bulky waste collection service for large household items and are also issuing a warning about fly-tipping while other outlets for domestic waste remain closed. The bulky waste collection service was temporarily stopped to allow the councils’ […]

June 8, 2020

Kerbside collections of small electrical items, textiles and batteries – suspended

Released on March 31, 2020 South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils have suspended their kerbside service collecting small electrical items, batteries and textiles for recycling. This is because the recycling centres for these items are unable to accept them for processing as staff shortages due to illness and social distancing has meant […]