Sheringham Recycling Centre will become the ninth to reopen in Norfolk following the success of eight centres that reopened last week. Sheringham Recycling Centre will reopen to the public having closed on 24 March and becomes the second in the North Norfolk District Council area after Hempton Recycling Centre which opened on 11 May. Whilst…
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Pioneering food saving campaign #FoodSavvy launches a month-long Delicious Drawings competition, this Wednesday 20 May, in collaboration with East of England Co-op. Children are invited to draw a picture which shows us how you can stop tasty food from ending up in the bin. The competition will inspire primary school children in Norfolk to get…
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Reopening eight of Norfolk’s recycling centres has been a positive example of how lockdown restrictions can be eased while physical distancing measures are successfully implemented. The public have made a massive contribution to the success of the reopening process by following the advice on site and traffic management around the sites, all designed to keep…
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Norfolk County Council is re-opening eight of its larger recycling centres on Monday 11 May so that Norfolk householders can dispose of waste and recycling that may have built up at home and has started to pose a health and safety risk since the Government announced its ‘lockdown’ measures. All twenty of Norfolk’s recycling centres have been…
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Great Yarmouth Borough Council will be re-starting fortnightly collections of garden waste, from Monday, May 11. Their brown bins scheme was postponed temporarily on March 30 in order to allow crews to prioritise collections of black/grey general rubbish bins, green recycling bins and clinical waste. Garden waste collection is an opt-in paid-for scheme, so customers’…
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Norfolk County Council is launching Rooting for Nature, a campaign to spread the word on the benefits of home composting, which will include a live Q&A hosted on the County Council’s Facebook page on Thursday 7 May, beginning at 7pm. As part of the campaign, Norfolk County Council has teamed up with Get Composting to…
02/05/20 | Read More
Live Q&A with Emma Crowhurst on Facebook Wednesday 8 April 2020 at 5:30 @Hubbub Food Savvy is a collaborative partnership between Hubbub and, Norfolk and Suffolk Councils to help people make the most of their food and reduce food waste. Currently we are bringing people together (remotely) by talking about good food and sharing skills;…
07/04/20 | Read More
All recycling centres across Norfolk will be closed after today, until further notice. The decision to close your recycling centres has not been taken lightly but it is essential to encourage residents to stay at home and do all we can to limit the spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19), we need to protect our customers and…
24/03/20 | Read MoreAll Reuse Shops at Norfolk’s Recycling Centres are now closed (from 11am Monday 23 March 2020)until further notice, we have made this decision after following advice on COVID-19 (Coronavirus). The Reuse shops are located at the following Recycling Centres: Ashill, Bergh Apton, Caister, Dereham, Heacham, Ketteringham, King’s Lynn, Mayton Wood, Snetterton, Strumpshaw, Thetford, Wells-next-the-Sea and…
23/03/20 | Read More
If you have been isolating due to a suspected case of Coronavirus it is important that you dispose of your waste differently to help avoid the spread of the virus. Personal waste (such as used tissues, disposable cleaning cloths, gloves and other PPE ) should be stored securely within disposable rubbish bags. These bags should…
19/03/20 | Read More
In light of the current COVID-19 situation, new guidelines are being temporarily introduced at Recycling Centres. Staff are working hard to keep you protected with regular cleaning schedules in place and as part of this have introduced new safe practices for you to follow when on site which include: Ideally wear gloves when visiting the…
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The Broadland Recycling Team have started a recycling project on the area surrounding Atlantic Avenue estate in Sprowston that addresses recycling behaviours. They hope to engage residents in the recycling process and to encourage the right things going in the right bin. The project includes the trial of an indoor container to store and sort…
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Norfolk County Council and Action for Children launched a new Community Fridge in Norwich, last week, in a growing effort to tackle food waste. Located at Earlham Early Childhood and Family Service centre on Motum Road in Norwich, the fridge will be open from 10am to 4pm Monday to Thursday for residents and businesses to…
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Event Date: 06/06/20
Saturday 6 June 2020, 10am – 2pm, Aylsham High School. Sir Williams Ln, Aylsham, NORWICH. NR11 6AN Join Norfolk Master Composters at the Aylsham Community Trust family learning day. This fabulous event brings all of the schools in the cluster, the children’s centre, pre-schools and many local organisations together each providing an activity ranging from…
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Summer Fete, Saturday 20 June 2020, 10am-2pm, Hillside Avenue Primary School, Hillside Avenue, Norwich NR7 0QW Come along to the annual summer fete to raise funds to support the school and it’s students, a good fun day out for the local community! This year we are trying to create a different feel to our typical…
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Event Date: 11/09/20 - 27/09/20
Great British September Clean Join the Great British September Clean 2020 and get involved the country’s biggest mass-action environmental campaign. Together, we can make a massive difference. All our individual actions can help to transform our country for the better, creating cleaner streets, parks and beaches, protecting our wildlife and, ultimately, stopping the tide of…
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