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Household Recycling Centres (HRCs) will be switching to their annual winter opening hours from next month

A new recycling and reuse partnership initiative is being trialled in Devizes later this month, which will see residents given the opportunity to buy bargain quality used items sourced from Wiltshire Council's household recycling centres.

A Chippenham resident has been handed a large fine at Swindon Magistrates Court for fly-tipping his domestic waste in the rural countryside.

The four individuals have been financially rewarded as part of Wiltshire Council's ongoing 'We're Targeting Fly-tippers' campaign

A Melksham resident has been successfully prosecuted by Wiltshire Council for environmental and trading standards offences whilst operating a waste clearance service on Facebook selling sites across Wiltshire.

The council has a three-year campaign to provide 100 new foster carers by spring 2023

A Swindon resident has been ordered to pay £440 in fines after giving her household waste to an unlicensed waste collector, who then fly-tipped it in Lyneham, in the Wiltshire Council authority area

The prosecution was brought following a history of poor compliance and a succession of interventions with the business to try to improve standards without success.

The council is encouraging these people to consider fostering and help meet the demand for more people to foster with Wiltshire Council

The theme for this year's Recycle Week is 'Step it Up', which encourages people to make positive changes to recycle more to reduce carbon emissions