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Council Leader Councillor Toby Savage next to solar panels

Positive progress shown in South Gloucestershire Council’s work to help tackle the climate and nature emergency

Editor - 9th December 2022

Zero landfill aim for South Gloucestershire waste

South Gloucestershire Council aims for fresh approach to managing waste collections from 2020

New Local Plan 2018-2036

Have Your Say on New South Gloucestershire Local Plan – Consultation Ends 30th April

Landlords prosecuted for renting unsafe property

scrap metal

Yate man fined for transporting scrap metal without the required licences

Editor - 29th April 2026
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Councillor Rachael Hunt at a South Gloucestershire Sort It recycling centre.

South Gloucestershire recycling rates continue to break records

jw47 - 10th October 2022
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Council Leader Toby Savage speaking at the West of England Nature Partnership conference.

Empower parish councils to spark a community-led nature revolution, urges council...

Editor - 9th June 2022
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Gavel and judge

Caerphilly man fined for fly-tipping fridge freezer

Editor - 6th October 2025
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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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Climate and Nature Emergency progress report marked by community projects and...

jw47 - 10th December 2020
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Recycle every week from 19 June

Editor - 25th May 2017
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Further funding will bring more electric vehicle charging points to South...

jw47 - 9th March 2021
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Residents and businesses encouraged to have their say on the future...

jw47 - 5th October 2020
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Number of tree varieties in Page Park more than doubles with...

Editor - 24th March 2017
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Gavel and judge

Rogue traders ordered to pay nearly £46,000

Editor - 4th September 2018
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a fly-tipped sofa on the roadside

Gwent man handed 120 hours community service and ordered to pay...

Editor - 13th January 2025
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Symbol of a rubbish bin

Three people prosecuted for littering offences in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 22nd February 2023
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A plan for Yate to flourish and prosper – consultation on...

jw47 - 21st June 2021
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Common Connections project gets green light

Editor - 10th February 2022
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Voluntary agency joins forces with council to help out in an...

Editor - 17th November 2015
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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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Warehouse fire update

Simon - 6th December 2017
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Little Stoke Sort It recycling centre to reopen

jw47 - 2nd July 2020
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Yate fly-tipper prosecuted

Editor - 17th December 2021
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Residents encouraged to help shape plans for Jubilee Park as potential...

jw47 - 1st June 2022
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CCTV of a man removing waste from a vehicle

Yate man ordered to pay over £4,500 following multiple South Gloucestershire...

Editor - 16th November 2023
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Wick man prosecuted for waste offence

Editor - 24th July 2018
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Children and staff from The Park Primary School in Kingswood celebrate their Modeshift STARS accreditation.

South Gloucestershire schools top national league table for sustainable and...

jw47 - 12th June 2025
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Flood gate testing

ASEA flood defence project commissions flood gates and glass panel flood...

Editor - 1st March 2023
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South Gloucestershire Council commits to phasing out single use plastics

Editor - 1st March 2019
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Children reap benefits from outdoor play session

Editor - 6th October 2016
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Public invited to hear more about changes to Thornbury High Street

jw47 - 24th August 2021
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Cllr Reade with EV at The Venue Cribbs

New EV charge points now available at Cribbs Causeway for South...

jw47 - 25th March 2022
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Caerphilly man prosecuted for waste offences in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 13th December 2018
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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...

jw47 - 11th March 2024
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Thornbury man prosecuted following country lane fly-tip

Editor - 28th August 2020
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Sign on fence saying No tipping or dumping

Mangotsfield man ordered to pay over £2,000 following fly-tip prosecution

Editor - 23rd August 2022
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ypical British terraced houses

Have your say on controls to HMO conversions in Filton and...

Editor - 12th October 2022
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Gavel and judge

North Somerset rogue trader sentenced for conning NHS worker from Thornbury

jw47 - 26th April 2021
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New planning support to help residents build annexes and outbuildings

jw47 - 7th October 2021
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Have your say on the Resource and Waste Strategy: 2020 and...

jw47 - 15th August 2019
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An image of a model of a house held up against the sun

South Gloucestershire continues to lead the way on delivering new affordable...

Editor - 26th May 2022
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Staple Hill’s Page Park receives National Lottery investment

Editor - 1st June 2016
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An image of green waste on a trailer

Thornbury man handed 12-month conditional discharge for illegally transporting waste in...

Editor - 11th January 2023
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Chris Jelf, Deputy Head at Little Stoke Primary School with pupils from the school celebrating Modeshift STARS 'outstanding' accreditation.

South Gloucestershire schools top national league table for sustainable and...

jw47 - 15th May 2024
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SGN special edition June 2019

Special edition of South Gloucestershire News

Simon - 20th June 2019
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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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A photograph of the waste pile before and after it had been set alight

Yate men handed suspended sentences, fines and behaviour orders for waste...

Editor - 2nd November 2023
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Last chance for public engagement on final draft of West of...

Editor - 4th January 2018
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cctv footage

Bradley Stoke man fined following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

Editor - 28th January 2026
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Christmas and New Year waste collections

Editor - 12th December 2018
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Fly-tipped waste

Fly-tippers face justice for illegally dumping waste in South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 31st March 2022
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Cllr Louise Harris taking part in tree planting at the new Pucklechurch Woodland

Report on biodiversity in South Gloucestershire shows council and communities working...

jw47 - 10th March 2026
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South Gloucestershire Council Cabinet agrees 2018/19 Budget

Editor - 5th February 2018
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Chair of South Gloucestershire Council, councillor Adrian Rush (right) is joined by a family (centre) and member of staff (left), at Emersons Green Library to mark the launch of the Summer Reading Challenge 2026.

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