Our Waste Campaigns Team work to let people know about our services and why it's so important to reduce, re-use and recycle. We work with residents, community groups, schools and universities.  We run events, roadshows and campaigns to raise awareness of particular services and projects. Please follow the links below to find out more.

• Events - scroll down to see our diary of displays, roadshows and community events
• School lorry caption competition
• School recycling and rubbish collections - details of what we offer and who to contact
• School activities - free educational support for all schools
• University students - guidance on recycling and rubbish for students living in halls and off campus
• Second hand furniture sales in Keynsham  - Good quality items of second hand furniture for sale at bargain prices, saved for re-use from our Recycling Centres
• Bath Repair Cafes  - What do you do with a wobbly chair or when the zip breaks on your favourite jacket? Throw it away? No way! If you have an item that is broken or needs adjusting, bring it along to the Bath Repair Café! Come and learn how to fix items yourself with the help of a team of volunteer repair experts, all free of charge but donations welcomed. Monthly events at various venues www.facebook.com/repaircafebath
• Pass it on textiles campaign

Schools

Did you know that over 80% of ‘waste’ in the average primary and secondary school bin is recyclable? (WRAP report 2008) In Bath and North East Somerset we offer a comprehensive recycling and rubbish collection service for schools along with free activities for schools to encourage green behaviour from an early age.

The environment, climate change and sustainability are all highly topical subjects in the world today. They are an intrinsic element of the curriculum (including GCSE exam papers) and other aspects of school life. Learning about waste is one way to engage students with environmental issues and encourage them to take practical action at home and at school.

Take part in our Lorry Caption Competition.  Click on Lorry Caption Competition to find out more.

For more information on recycling in schools, email wastecampaigns@bathnes.gov.uk or visit The Hub.

Events

Raising awareness of how people can play their part in helping you to recycle more is a crucial part of our work. Every tonne we can save going to landfill saves the public purse from expensive charges.

We hold community road shows all year round to answer your recycling and home composting queries in person and help you save money. Our current roadshows focus on the change taking place to rubbish collections from 6 November 2017. You can view the wheeled bins and re-usable bags we are introducing for rubbish for every other week collection. Our campaigns team will give you plenty of tips and advice to help you recycle more to get ready for the change. Please see below for venues and dates - we are adding to these throughout the year.

We also offer practical advice to help you make the most of your weekly food waste recycling collection, and how to line your food waste caddy with everyday plastic bags and newspaper.

We are also happy to offer free recycling talks to community groups - contact us at wastecampaigns@bathnes.gov.uk

Displays

Our rubbish collection service will be changing from 6 November. Most people will have their rubbish collected in a 140 Litre wheeled bin.  We currently have the new bin on display in the following locations:

• Bath - Lewis House One Stop Shop
• Bath - Southdown Methodist hall
• Bishop Sutton - village hall
• Keynsham - Civic Centre One Stop Shop
• Midsomer Norton - The Hollies One Stop Shop
• Midsomer Norton - Town hall

Diary of road shows and community events 2017

Keep looking here for events as we confirm them ...

October

Saturday 21 October 2017 - Bath Repair Cafe - New Oriel Hall,  Larkhall, Bath BA1 6RA 10 - 1.00pm - What do you do with a wobbly chair or when the zip breaks on your favourite jacket? Throw it away? No way! If you have an item that is broken or needs adjusting, bring it along to the Bath Repair Café! Come and learn how to fix items yourself with the help of a team of volunteer repair experts, all free of charge.

November

Saturday 4 November 2017 - Bath Repair Cafe - Timebank, 86 High Street, Twerton BA2 1DE - What do you do with a wobbly chair or when the zip breaks on your favourite jacket? Throw it away? No way! If you have an item that is broken or needs adjusting, bring it along to the Bath Repair Café! Come and learn how to fix items yourself with the help of a team of volunteer repair experts, all free of charge.

Friday 24 November 2017 - Keynsham Winter Festival, Fear Hall 6-9pm - We’ll be on hand to answer your queries and give you tips to help you recycle even more.

Saturday 25 November 2017 - Bath Repair Cafe - New Oriel Hall,  Larkhall, Bath BA1 6RA 10 - 1.00pm - What do you do with a wobbly chair or when the zip breaks on your favourite jacket? Throw it away? No way! If you have an item that is broken or needs adjusting, bring it along to the Bath Repair Café! Come and learn how to fix items yourself with the help of a team of volunteer repair experts, all free of charge.

Second hand furniture sales in Keynsham

We have no future dates for sales for 2017 but will advertise here and in the council's quarterly magazine B&NES Together if this changes.

Promoting waste awareness

Our Waste Campaigns Officers visit thousands of homes every year giving information, hints and tips to encourage recycling and save the local taxpayer money. Find out more about the work they do in a edition of Connect Magazine.