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Bassetlaw District Council e-Newsletter |
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Our new Glass Recycling Collections will begin on Monday 27th April and we’ll be collecting from your area over the next six weeks.
You should have already received a letter that tells you when your first collection date will take place, along with collection dates for the year ahead. So please check this before putting your bin out.
Your collections will take place every six weeks from your kerbside in the same way your blue and green bins do. Simply put your bin at the kerbside before 6am on the day of your collection. If you have an Assisted Bin Collection, this will also take place for your Black Bin.
The following items can be put in your Black Bin for recycling:
- Wine and beer bottles
- Sauce and condiments jars
- Cosmetics jars
- Perfume bottles
- Medicine bottles
- Glass bubble bath or bath salts containers
Please ensure that these items are clean and you’ve removed any lids that are not made of glass.
For more information about all of our waste and recycling collections, please visit our website.
Reminder - you are now able to recycle even more kerbside! Just follow these simple steps:
- Rinse out your items and leave the lid on.
- Make sure your items are dry.
- Pop your items in the recycling bin loose.
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- Plastic bottles, pots, tubs, trays and tubes
- Paper and card
- Tins, cans and aerosols
- Clean foil and metal food trays
- Cartons and Tetra Pak
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- Food waste
- Nappies and sanitary waste
- Polystyrene containers and packaging
- Plastic film, including crisp packets and pet food pouches
- Textiles and clothes
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Do not put batteries, vapes or electrical items in any of your kerbside bins.
If in doubt, use the free Recycling Checker.
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Retford Charter Day 2026
Every year, Retford celebrates its royal charter in style, throwing a huge town and country fayre to which you're all invited. Retford Charter Day 2026 takes place across Retford Town Centre and the historic Kings' Park.
Entry and all-day family entertainment is free! This is looking like the biggest Charter Day on record, with over 100 stallholders, a Market Square jam-packed with rides from the famous Tuby funfairs, many of your favourite Retford businesses participating, and blockbuster entertainment.
And from the historic to the modern, for the first year ever, Charter Day will also have a digital event guide – that means you can see every stallholder and entertainer on the map and what time you need to be there. Now you can’t miss a thing!
Please note: this event is not organised by Bassetlaw District Council.
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Bassetlaw District Council is implementing a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) to target drivers causing anti-social behaviour in the district.
The Council introduced Nuisance Vehicle Public Spaces Protection Orders from 1 April 2026 which will tackle anti-social behavior including the sounding of horns, loud music from vehicles, performing stunts, and attending gatherings which cause a public nuisance.
It follows consultation, which looked at the impact vehicle anti-social behaviour was having on residents, with positive support for the plans.
More Information.
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Businesses in Worksop’s Town Centre are getting new support through the Pride in Place Programme.
Supporting businesses and attracting new businesses to Worksop as well as reducing vacancy rates was one of the priorities identified through Worksop Together’s initial engagement activities.
The Worksop Together Board, working in partnership with Bassetlaw District Council, have launched three grants for businesses to apply for: the High Street Shop Fit Out Grant, the Worksop Shop Frontage Grant and the High Street Business Support Grant.
More Information.
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Elections in England
ou might have seen some coverage of elections taking place in other parts of the country, but there are no elections scheduled for Bassetlaw on Thursday 7th May 2026.
This year is known as a fallow year with no elections taking place for either Bassetlaw District Council, Nottinghamshire County Council, the County Combined Authority or the Police and Crime Commissioner taking place, and is part of the normal local election cycle.
At Bassetlaw, we elect all our 48 district councillors every four years and our next local elections are due to take place in May 2027.
Neighbourhood Planning Referendums in Harworth and Bircotes and Sutton cum Lound are taking place on 21st May (more information on this is available below).
If you’d like to know more about elections in Bassetlaw, please visit our website. And for information on how you can register to vote, go to the Electoral Commission website.
Neighbourhood Plan Referendums
On Thursday 21 May 2026, two neighbourhood plan referendums will take place for Harworth and Bircotes and Sutton-cum-Lound to ask residents whether they would like the Council to use the neighbourhood plan to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area.
Key Dates:
Further information is available on our Neighbourhood Plan Referendums page.
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Bassetlaw Youth Council
Bassetlaw Youth Council is accepting applications for new members ahead of the Council's restart in September of this year.
If you know a young person aged 11-19 who is passionate about the place where they live and want to ensure that young people’s views are heard, then please encourage them to look into Bassetlaw Youth Council.
More information can be found on our website.
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The Youth Voice Census 2026 is currently open to people aged 11-30 living in the UK.
The survey is an opportunity for young people to share what is important to them.
It will take between 20 to 40 minutes to complete based on the answers, and it is completely anonymous.
Find out more and complete the survey.
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Nottinghamshire Women's Aid Co-Production Service
Nottinghamshire Women's Aid's Co-production Service is an opportunity for domestic abuse survivors of any age, gender, sex, location, or profession to share experiences to help shape future services for domestic abuse survivors.
The service is confidential to ensure anonymity around sharing.
Please contact the Farr Centre on 01909 491 330 or email enquiries@nottswa.org for more information or to refer yourself in to this service.
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