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Clean up day in the Silk Mills
Yesterday we organised for police, transport officers, housing officers, and the council's cleaner neighbourhoods team to join us and a...
Oct 81 min read


The rundown on brown bins and food waste collections
When will new build estates get brown bins? And when will everyone get food waste collections? The short version The short answer for...
Aug 193 min read


Walking stick recycling at Meanwood recycling centre
The NHS estimate annually over 4,000 pairs of walking aids are not returned by patients in Leeds, costing £46k a year.​ With residents...
Aug 141 min read


Hedges over hanging pavements?
We get this reported to us regularly. The good news is that if the hedges/tree are on private land we can often write to the owner and...
Aug 61 min read


Getting ready for student changeover: What’s happening and how you can help
As the student changeover period approaches (30 June and 1 July), we’re working closely with the council and universities to help keep...
Jun 42 min read


Disposable vapes - banned!
For the last three years we've been involved in trying to clean up Leeds Festival. Ranging from rolling our sleeves up and physically...
May 311 min read


Empty grit bin? Tell us now!
If you have a grit bin on your street and it needs re-filling, please tell us now so we can get it refilled before the winter. Yes we...
May 211 min read


Recycling bins for flats
Residents at Bentley Court recently got in touch to let us know they weren’t receiving green bin collections. We raised this with the...
Apr 221 min read


Removing waste - easily and legally
We know that local Facebook groups tend to have daily requests for recommendations or quotes for removing waste, which is where rogue...
Apr 211 min read


Brown bin collection reminder
The garden waste (brown bin) collection service for 2025 has started. You can find your future collection dates online or get helpful...
Mar 271 min read


Food waste and bin collections
One of our priorities has been keeping bin and waste services free. Our tips are free and open 7 days a week. We have a largely free...
Mar 161 min read


Christmas Bin Collections
Tis the season for fun, family, and community. We've already been to some lovely Christmas events, including the always-ace Meanwood...
Dec 4, 20241 min read


Brown bin collection reminder
The last round of brown bin garden waste collections for this year will start on Monday 18 th November, with the last collection day...
Nov 18, 20241 min read


Leaf clearance
We're lucky to live in such a leafy area. The woods and trails around Weetwood look beautiful in the autumn. But that means the pavements...
Nov 1, 20241 min read


Food waste collections coming
We were very pleased that glass recycling collections started in Leeds on the 1st of August , this following on from other achievements...
Sep 11, 20241 min read


Glass recycling starts 1st August
Earlier in the year we reported that glass collections would start in the summer. We're very happy to confirm that from the 1st August...
Jul 17, 20241 min read


Student changeover 2024
Last year we went out door knocking to support the student chanegover process - reducing waste, boosting local charities, and keeping our...
May 22, 20241 min read


Tackling dog poo!
It's not glamorous but it is important. There does seem unfortunately to be more incidents of dog fouling in certain areas. We had some...
May 16, 20241 min read


Reminder: Brown bin collections starting
Brown bin collections started a bit later this year but a reminder that they're back up and running. You can check your first brown bin...
Apr 3, 20241 min read


Glass collections coming in summer
We've invested in technology to allow glass to be extracted from recycling. This means that in Leeds, for the first time ever, we'll soon...
Mar 18, 20242 min read

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