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A photograph of buildings, roads and pathways in Charlton Hayes

30-year vision for South Gloucestershire neighbourhoods unveiled

Editor - 10th October 2022

Consultation launched on the West of England Joint Spatial Plan and Joint Transport Study

A large pile of tyres

Cadbury Heath man handed Conditional Discharge and fined for illegally storing waste

Michael Thompson from the Bristol Avon Rivers Trust, Jen Nightingale and Carys Peotto from the Bristol Zoological Society UK conservation team, Rowena Kenny from South Gloucestershire Council’s Climate and Nature Team and Councillor Louise Harris, South Gloucestershire Council’s cabinet member for the Climate and Nature Emergency.

Funding secured to help restore nature along the Severn Estuary

An image representing the average contents of a South Gloucestershire black bin (by volume) based on waste analysis completed in 2022.

Recycling at the heart of changes to waste management in South Glos

Daphne Dunning, Clerk of Pucklechurch Parish Council; Councillor Rick Dunning, Pucklechurch Parish Council environment lead; Councillor Gail Boyle, Chair of Pucklechurch Parish Council; Councillor Maggie Tyrrell, Leader, South Gloucestershire Council; Councillor Louise Harris, South Gloucestershire Council’s cabinet member for the climate and nature emergency; Richard Higgs, Director, Western Forest; Laura Norton, Partnerships Manager for the Forest of Avon and Mia Ridler, Green Infrastructure Officer, West of England Combined Authority.

First trees planted in Pucklechurch Wood as landmark step towards creating...

Editor - 28th November 2025
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Commercial vehicles carrying poorly secured loads stopped to help tackle roadside...

Editor - 24th May 2022
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CCTV of waste being placed in a public bin

Filton convenience store owner ordered to pay almost £500 for illegal...

Editor - 15th May 2025
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South Gloucestershire Council commits to phasing out single use plastics

Editor - 1st March 2019
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Have your say on South Gloucestershire’s new strategy for ‘Greener Places’

jw47 - 22nd June 2021
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Have your say about how South Gloucestershire grows for our future...

jw47 - 27th November 2020
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Food waste on a chopping board being placed in to a kitchen caddy

South Gloucestershire residents encouraged to recycle more food waste

Editor - 16th March 2022
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Work to start at railway bridge to support cyclist and pedestrian...

jw47 - 20th August 2021
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Councillors Louise Harris (right) and Angela Morey (left) cutting a celebration cake, along with other members of the South Gloucestershire Council Administration

South Gloucestershire Council celebrates 5 years of climate and nature action

jw47 - 18th July 2024
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Irresponsible dog owners targeted

Editor - 12th December 2018
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Single use cups and plastic cutlery to be removed from council...

Editor - 4th July 2018
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St Albans man prosecuted for waste offences in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 27th November 2017
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New multi-million pound housing development under way in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 20th December 2016
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Codrington fly-tip

Two more fly-tippers prosecuted in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 6th October 2025
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A photograph of grass and wildflowers on the roadside

South Gloucestershire Council partnered project set to receive £4.7 million Live...

Editor - 26th January 2023
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South Gloucestershire Council aims for fresh approach to managing waste collections...

Editor - 5th February 2019
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scrap metal

Yate man fined for transporting scrap metal without the required licences

Editor - 29th April 2026
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An aerial image of the green South Gloucestershire countryside

Have your say on South Gloucestershire’s Climate Change Strategy

Editor - 19th December 2017
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A photograph of the fly-tipped waste

Bradley Stoke man ordered to pay over £2,600 following fly-tip and...

Editor - 6th December 2023
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Gavel and judge

Partnership working secures Criminal Behaviour Order first for council

Editor - 22nd August 2017
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Roll out of new bins will help boost recycling rates

Editor - 11th January 2018
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Councillor Sam Bromiley, cabinet member responsible for children and young people; Council Leader Councillor Toby Savage; Councillor Elizabeth Bromiley; and Councillor Rachael Hunt, cabinet member responsible for communities and local place, at the former Warmley Pitch and Putt site

Location chosen for new Jubilee Park in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 26th August 2022
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Waste operatives loading recycling on to a truck

Council to explore options for new waste and recycling contract from...

Editor - 19th June 2023
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West of England leaders visit Bristol Port as vital flood defences...

Editor - 24th March 2022
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A tractor and container for grass cuttings

Carbon reduction scheme to be rolled out to more South Gloucestershire...

Editor - 10th April 2024
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The empty home at Marshfield

House owners prosecuted over empty and unmaintained property

Editor - 9th July 2025
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Number of affordable homes built in South Gloucestershire reaches record high

Editor - 8th August 2018
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A grass verge along Goose Green Way, Yate.

Trial for generating green energy launched in Yate

Editor - 11th September 2023
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Planning changes will encourage greater engagement

Editor - 24th July 2018
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Fly-tipped waste

Bristol man ordered to pay almost £2,000 following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

Editor - 18th March 2024
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Spray insulation scams on the rise in South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire

jw47 - 7th January 2022
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Common Connections officer David Tibbatts, Bobbie Sutherland and Paul Kearsley from Emersons Green Town Council, and Councillor Louise Harris at the bulb planting

Common Connections project sees over 85,000 spring bulbs planted in South...

Editor - 18th December 2024
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Cllr Ian Boulton and Cllr Maggie Tyrrell

South Gloucestershire Council calls on the Government to enforce planning requirements...

jw47 - 17th October 2024
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New environmentally friendly electric road sweeper introduced in Kingswood as part...

Editor - 17th October 2019
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Black bin bags dumped on a green space

Lyde Green man fined £368 following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

Editor - 10th July 2024
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Recycling vehicle

Major changes to South Gloucestershire’s recycling and waste services from August...

Editor - 17th June 2025
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Litter being thrown from a vehicle

South Gloucestershire Council takes action to help reduce littering from vehicles

Editor - 1st November 2023
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Fly-tipped waste on a grass verge

Former Patchway man prosecuted for Aust fly-tip

Editor - 29th October 2025
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New recycling bag

South Gloucestershire Council introduces new recycling bags for households

Editor - 29th January 2026
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COVID-19 enforcement action

Editor - 30th April 2020
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a bonfire burning at Rangeworthy Court

Bristol waste collector ordered to pay over £15,000 for setting alight...

Editor - 19th March 2025
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Changes to the Sort It centres

Simon - 2nd September 2015
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cctv footage

Bradley Stoke man fined following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

Editor - 28th January 2026
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Update on the Yate warehouse fire

Editor - 26th October 2017
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Have Your Say: Council launches public consultation on 2018/19 budget

Editor - 16th November 2017
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Fly-tipped bin bags

Downend woman fined for fly-tipping bin bags

Editor - 17th October 2025
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Wildflowers in South Gloucestershire

Double celebration as South Glos Council celebrates an A rating for...

jw47 - 5th June 2025
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Christmas and New Year waste collections

Editor - 12th December 2018
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A photograph of buildings, roads and pathways in Charlton Hayes

30-year vision for South Gloucestershire neighbourhoods unveiled

Editor - 10th October 2022
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South Gloucestershire man prosecuted for fly tipping waste near his home

Editor - 24th January 2017
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