Spruce up your garden this autumn
With autumn in our midst residents are being encouraged to spruce up their gardens and get composting in time for next spring. Merton Council has partnered up with Straight, a […]
Category Archives: Recycling and waste
Merton residents can now recycle even more
Merton Council has expanded the range of materials that can be recycled in the borough so that residents can now recycle even more. The expansion of the council’s recycling service […]
Food waste bins rolled out across Merton
Merton completes roll-out of food waste bins to all households Merton Council has distributed food waste bins to more than 80,000 households across the borough in a bid to encourage […]
Merton offers special deal on compost bins – NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Merton Council is encouraging residents to “Give Back to the Earth” to promote composting at home – the theme of this year’s international Compost Awareness Week (6-12 May 2012). To […]
Flytipper picks up double fine from Merton
Merton Council successfully prosecuted a flytipper last month after he was caught dumping tyres on the roadside and was also late for court. Mr Brown, of Herne Hill, was in […]
Merton food waste collection goes borough-wide
Merton Council has given the go-ahead to roll out its food waste collections across the whole borough this year. The remaining 32,650 households, including flats, in Merton will now be […]
Sign up for half price garden waste collections
From 1 December, all residents can sign up for the garden collection service until the end of June 2012 for only £30. Over 3,170 customers signed up to the scheme […]
Don’t be a pumpkin, save waste and money this Halloween
Merton Council is calling on residents to make the most of their pumpkins this Halloween. Rather than wasting the million pumpkins sold each year over Halloween by throwing them in […]
Number of garden waste customers hits 3000
Merton saw its 3000th customer sign up to the garden waste collection service launched this summer. The new chargeable service allows residents to have their garden waste automatically collected from […]
Merton prosecutes illegal waste carrier
Merton Council successfully prosecuted a driver for illegally carrying waste without a license at the end of last month. Mr Barry Fisher failed to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on […]