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Category Archives: Recycling and waste

Merton’s leafing operation is in full swing

15 December 2021by MertonJP

With the trees now almost completely bare, Veolia’s street cleaners have been incredibly busy over the last few weeks clearing fallen leaves from our streets and making sure the borough’s pavements and gutters are clear […]

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Clean streets, Environment, Keep It Clean Love Merton, Recycling and waste

A new way to report Fly-tipping in Merton

13 December 2021by MertonJP

Today, Merton Council are introducing a new way to report fly-tipping in the borough, as part of its Keep It Clean Love Merton campaign. The Fix My Street platform, already used by […]

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Clean streets, Environment, Keep It Clean Love Merton, Parks and green spaces, Recycling and waste, Traffic and Highways

Merton celebrates the success of #InTheLoop campaign

20 September 2021by MertonJP

Today, as the country marks the start of Recycling Week (20-26 September), Merton Council are releasing the results of its #InTheLoop campaign, a trial scheme run in partnership with the environmental charity Hubbub, evian (sponsors), and Sustainable Merton. […]

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Environment, Recycling and waste

Merton Council trials car-free visits to household waste centre

14 September 2021by MertonJP

Merton residents now have a more environmentally-friendly way to dispose of their household waste, as the local council has started to allow visits by foot and bike to the Garth […]

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Environment, Recycling and waste, Transport

Young people: enter our anti-litter competition to win fireworks tickets 

13 September 2021by Merton Web Team

To support our Keep It Clean Love Merton campaign, the Council is launching a competition for five to 11-year-olds to design a poster for Merton.  And if you win, not […]

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Children, Clean streets, Competitions, Environment, Recycling and waste

Donate your old gardening tools and help Merton’s green-fingered children

4 August 2021by mertonzb

Veolia is asking local residents to put their gardening tools to good use by donating them to Hillcross Primary School’s gardening club. Simply drop them off at the dedicated donation […]

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Children, Education and schools, Environment, Parks and green spaces, Recycling and waste

Council to partner with leading sustainability charity to tackle recycling contamination in Merton

13 May 2021by MertonJP

A series of extra measures are to be put in place to combat the issue of contaminated recycling in Merton’s on-street bins, after research by the council showed as much […]

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Clean streets, Environment, Recycling and waste, Wimbledon tennis championships

Have an eco-friendly Christmas

22 December 2020by mertonzb

Residents are being encouraged to reduce, reuse and recycle this Christmas to help prevent a season of waste, by Merton Council and its recycling and waste partner Veolia. Recycling and […]

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COVID-19, Environment, Merton Together, Recycling and waste

Merton’s recycling rate at record level

23 September 2019by mertonzb

Merton Council is celebrating Recycle Week with new data showing that recycling rates in the borough are at record levels, following the introduction of a new recycling and rubbish collection […]

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Environment, My Merton magazine, Recycling and waste

Joining forces for the Great British Spring Clean action

5 April 2019by mertonzb

Street cleaning crews, councillors and residents are joining forces to help give the borough a spring clean and remind everyone to bin their litter responsibly. Merton Council is inviting everyone […]

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Campaigns, Clean streets, Environment, Parks and green spaces, Recycling and waste, Volunteers
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