Will you join the 60,000 subscribers to our garden waste recycling collection service?
Getting garden waste collected provides convenience for our green-fingered residents, saving them from traveling to a recycling site.
All garden waste stays in Somerset (whether collected at the kerbside or taken to the recycling site), going to one of several composting sites, including Dimmer and Walpole, where it is shredded, and turned into compost.
As you’ll all be aware over the last 6 months, we, along with our collections contractor SUEZ, have changed recycling and rubbish routes across the county.
It’s been a big change but we’re delighted to see that most people put their bins and boxes out on the correct days.
We know it hasn’t been perfect for everyone, and we thank you for bearing with us during the switchover. We’ve had extra crews out and about to help with any missed collections and hope the change of routine has now become the norm for everyone.
It’s not too late to download your collections calendar if you need a new copy.
 The Fixy team are heading on the road promoting reuse and repair, and taking donations of unwanted smart tech.
Fixy accepts items including laptops, tablets, mobile phones and smart phones, smart watches, digital cameras, game consoles and accessories, hard drives and external disk drives, and routers, all including a power supply cable, AC adaptor and charger wherever possible.
 Recycling is great but buying less, reusing and repairing is always better for the environment. As it’s the season to enjoy our gardens we wanted to bring you reuse ideas for our outside spaces.
Here’s our top 8 tips for a budget and environment friendly garden:
- Crushed eggshells can be used around seedlings to protect them from slugs and snails (although they’ll need topping up after it has rained). Coffee grounds are a good deterrent too.
- Line a hanging basket with an old woolly jumper, or a plastic bag past its best (just add a few more holes to let water drain out).
- Source or donate unwanted garden tools through Freecycle or Freegle groups.
- Ask your local garden centre if they accept old plastic flower pots for reuse or to source some new ones for yourself.
- Reuse plastic bottles as mini greenhouses to protect tender plants or half bury and use as a water reservoir during the drier months.
- Reuse broken crockery, such as mugs, in the bottom of pots as crocks to help with drainage
- Use loo roll tubes, yoghurt pots or old fruit trays as containers for seedlings.
- Use old carpet as a ‘lid’ for a compost heap.
Looking for more ideas? Find more top tips online, head to Gardener’s World’s Upcycling in the garden webpage for inspiration.
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