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Households benefit from flats recycling scheme

10 November 2020

More than 2,000 households in blocks of flats across Thurrock now have access to recycling facilities.
During September and October, 222 new recycling Eurobins or wheeled bins were rolled-out in 47 high-rise and low-rise blocks across the borough, including South Ockendon, Grays, Purfleet-on-Thames, Corringham and Tilbury.
Residents in these blocks also received recycling packs, including advice and guidance and a new recycling waste bag to help them sort recycling from general waste.

Changes to boost borough recycling rates

6 October 2020

Proposed changes to waste collections in Thurrock will help boost recycling rates while ensuring that weekly collections of food waste and dry recycling are maintained.
The changes have been recommended by the cross-party Waste Management Working Group and form part of a comprehensive Municipal Waste Strategy for Thurrock, which sets the agenda to boost recycling in the next decade.
Proposals include:

Recycling scheme rolls out in flats

14 September 2020

Plans to offer recycling facilities to residents living in blocks of flats across Thurrock will commence this month under a new initiative to boost recycling rates, which has been ongoing over the previous 2 years.
From Tuesday 15 September, Thurrock Council will roll out recycling facilities to high-rise and low-rise blocks throughout 2020 and 2021, a project approved within the capital plans 2020.

Improvements to garden waste collections

23 July 2020

From Monday 27 July, brown bins will continue to follow a 2-weekly schedule but will be collected on the same day of residents’ normal blue and green/grey bin collection.
Cllr Aaron Watkins, Cabinet member for environment, said: "I know residents have experienced missed bin collections where the service has had difficulties and there has been confusion over the previous weeks, especially regarding brown bin collections.

Waste crews working hard in tough circumstances

8 July 2020

As more people understandably work from home, Thurrock is experiencing the nation-wide trend of increasing waste tonnage, which has impacted household waste collections in the borough.
Cllr Aaron Watkins, Cabinet member for environment, said: "Extra pressures created by coronavirus mean that our waste collections are not operating as they normally would. With residents working from home, or furloughed, we are seeing a significant rise in the amount of waste households are producing.

Frequency of garden waste collections increases

15 May 2020

Thurrock Council is pleased to announce that it is re-introducing a fortnightly garden waste service for all avid gardeners in the borough.
The council's reintroduced garden waste collections will increase in frequency from monthly to a 2-weekly schedule, ensuring that every home in the borough has garden waste collected fortnightly. This will help residents who are enjoying their gardens and gardening at this time of year and especially when even more time is being spent at home.

Council rolls out four-weekly garden waste collections

15 April 2020

Following a 2-week suspension, Thurrock council is re-introducing regular brown bin collections.
Cllr Aaron Watkins, Cabinet member for environment said: "I am pleased to announce that we are able to introduce a limited return to garden waste collections.
"Our current resources have allowed us to bring this service back following a brief two-week suspension. We ask residents to try to minimise garden waste at this time and compact what they have to dispose of as much as possible to ensure it will fit in the bin.

Stay green in 2019

4 January 2019

Thurrock Council is urging residents to make a New Year's resolution to stay green and recycle more during the upcoming year.
Recycling doesn't have to be a chore, reducing your carbon footprint can be easily achieved by recycling everyday household items, such as tins, aluminium cans and glass bottles by putting them in your blue bin. And don’t forget about various plastics found in your home, especially the bathroom!

Extra help recycling this Christmas

17 December 2018

It'll be easy to stay green over the festive period with extra recycling bags and special small electrical waste collections points available throughout the borough.
Clear blue bags for extra recycling can be collected from Thurrock libraries and community hubs between 17 December and 4 January. Excess recycling will be taken if it is tied up in clear blue bags put out next to bins between 24 December and 12 January on scheduled collection days.

Bin tags to help residents recycle

7 December 2018

In response to resident feedback, Thurrock Council has introduced special bin tags to let people know why waste crews have been unable to empty their recycling bin.
The bright orange 'Ooops...' tags will be used to help residents understand when something that cannot be recycled has been put in their blue bin and give them the information they need to identify items and remove them.