🐇Almost all Easter egg packaging can be recycled in weekly kerbside collections. 📦Cardboard box – flattened and into your black recycling box. 🪩Aluminium foil – scrunched and into your Bright Blue bag. 🧋Plastic mould – into your Bright Blue Bag.

Has the sunny weather got you thinking of camping trips? 😎Don't forget, gas canisters start fires! Please do not put in with your recycling or rubbish collections. When empty, gas canisters should be taken to your local recycling site: somerset.gov.uk/bins-recycling…

Finished with your vape? Don’t throw it in the bin, they are full of harmful chemicals! If you've finished with your vape, bag it up separately. And leave on top of your recycling boxes. Vapes can also be taken to a recycling site or returned to the shop you bought them from.

Recycle your cartons! Don't forget cartons can be recycled with your weekly collections. Just flatten & add to your green box! Last year we recycled 110 tonnes of cartons, which were reprocessed in the UK & broken down to paper, plastic and aluminium, & used to make new products!

☕️Heading out for a weekend coffee? Say no to throwaway cups, and take a reusable one with you! Single-use cups often have plastic lids or film lining. Approximately 2.5 billion coffee cups are thrown away every year in the UK, and less than 1 in 400 are recycled.

Every scrap of food waste is recycled in Somerset! No piece is too small, don't feed your bin... Recycling food waste helps to protect our environment - it can be used to power our homes and help crops grow! Just add every scrap to your food waste bin 🫘🥕🥪

♻️No recycling or rubbish collections today. 📅All collections due on a Monday will be collected tomorrow instead. ✅Recycling sites will be open as usual. To check your collection day visit our website: somerset.gov.uk/collection-days

😱18% of the apples we buy are wasted! Go back to the OG way of shopping and pick up your fruit and veg loose. It reduces the amount of food that ends up in the bin and means that you can choose exactly what you want. #LoveFoodHateWaste

Coffee cups and other takeaway cups can't be recycled from home - even if they say they can be composted. ❌please don't put in the food waste or the black box with cardboard. ✅However many high street stores can accept them for specialist recycling.

When you recycle your tins, cans and foil the possibilities are endless! Recycling metals is simple just rinse them out and add them to your bright blue bag. Your tins, cans and foil could be used in anything from a kettle to a mobile phone!

Happy Somerset Day! 🐲 The Big Picnic returns to celebrate community, food and fun indoors or outdoors in 2025 Whether you’re gathering in your local hall, a community space, or hosting a garden party at home, this is your chance to come together & celebrate Somerset Day in style

Finished with your vape? Don’t throw it in the bin, they are full of harmful chemicals! If you've finished with your vape, bag it up separately. And leave on top of your recycling boxes. Vapes can also be taken to a recycling site or returned to the shop you bought them from.

Electricals don't belong in the bin - #RecycleYourElectricals! If it no longer works and has a plug, charger or battery, recycle it! Small items can be recycled with your kerbside collection. Please just put them in a small carrier bag, if it's larger - take to a recycling site.

🔔It's bank holiday on Monday 26 May and no collections will take place. 🗓️All collections will be one day later following the bank holiday. Including collections on Sat31 May for those who usually have a Friday collection Check your collection days online somerset.gov.uk/collection-days

🔔It's bank holiday today and no collections will take place. 🗓️All collections will be one day later this week. ♻️Recycling Sites will be open as per their usual schedule. Check your collection days via our website👉 somerset.gov.uk/collection-days