News and communications

Wiltshire Council is reminding people to check what can and can't be recycled at home, as waste collection crews will be stepping up checks of blue-lidded bins.

Wiltshire Council is launching a new awareness campaign to provide people with more information about what can and can't be recycled using its kerbside collection services, and how to correctly dispose of potentially hazardous items.

A Chippenham business has been issued with multiple Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) for fly-tipping and environmental offences

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

Local residents and businesses are invited to attend a public drop-in event to find out more about the refurbishment and remodelling of the Trowbridge Town Hall and to see the stunning artist illustrations of how the building could look once the works are completed.

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.

Wiltshire Council is reminding non-retail businesses in the county that there is still time to claim a rate reduction.

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

A £400 fixed penalty notice was issued to a resident from Market Lavington who was spotted fly-tipping green waste

A Trowbridge plumber has been fined a total of £1,184 after his commercial waste from a property he worked on was illegally dumped in two separate locations on Widdington Lane, Upavon.