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Recycling and containers

Plastic bags and wrapping recycling to expand to reach 22,000 South Glos households

Editor - 8th April 2024
SGN special edition June 2019

Special edition of South Gloucestershire News

Teachers and children planting new trees

Free voucher scheme aims to encourage tree planting in South Gloucestershire

Councillor Rachael Hunt and Thornbury & Yate MP, Luke Hall

2,000 homes in South Gloucestershire to pilot plastic bags and wrapping recycling from October

Fly-tipped container

Bristol man handed extended prison term following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

The exterior of Badminton Road office in Yate.

Wind power project for Pucklechurch to be explored in detail as...

jw47 - 15th July 2025
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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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Consultation launched on the West of England Joint Spatial Plan and...

Editor - 8th November 2016
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Children reap benefits from outdoor play session

Editor - 6th October 2016
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Waste spilling from a black bin bag on the pavement

Hair salon owner ordered to pay over £1,500 after business waste...

Editor - 15th October 2024
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Wild flowers in a green open space

Biodiversity projects, school upgrades and new community centre feature in...

Editor - 7th February 2022
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Fly-tipping duo prosecuted for dumping waste in South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 15th February 2022
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New Local Plan approved for public consultation

Editor - 9th October 2020
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Destroying protected trees costs developer £2,267.46

Editor - 1st February 2017
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Gavel and judge

Rogue traders ordered to pay nearly £46,000

Editor - 4th September 2018
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Councillor Louise Harris with councillor Paul Hulbert from Dodington Parish Council and community volunteers.

Local communities take climate and nature action

Editor - 15th May 2024
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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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Planning changes proposed to encourage greater engagement

Editor - 10th July 2018
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South Gloucestershire Council shortlisted for recycling award

Editor - 1st June 2016
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Black bin-liners full of waste dumped on a pavement

Filton students handed 12 months conditional discharge and ordered to pay...

Editor - 23rd February 2024
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Food Partnership group discussion

New action plan launched to strengthen South Gloucestershire’s food system

Editor - 29th May 2026
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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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South Gloucestershire’s first ‘School Street’ to launch in Frampton Cotterell

jw47 - 22nd June 2020
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Fly-tipped waste at Serridge Lane

Frenchay man ordered to pay over £4,500 following rural lane fly-tip

Editor - 14th May 2025
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Black bin bags amongst vegetation

Emersons Green man ordered to pay over £1,000 following Warmley fly-tip

Editor - 16th November 2023
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Gavel and judge

Filton Rogue Trader arrested after failing to show up in court

Editor - 17th September 2025
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Improvement work for recycling facility at Mangotsfield

Editor - 16th January 2017
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Have your say at Community Engagement Forums

Editor - 6th October 2016
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Number of tree varieties in Page Park more than doubles with...

Editor - 24th March 2017
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Council challenges Charfield planning decision

Editor - 4th September 2018
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Pontypool man sentenced following multiple fly-tips in South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 17th July 2019
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West of England leaders

Councils working together to secure more powers

Simon - 1st September 2015
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A banner van parked on the roadside

Yate Indian takeaway ordered to pay over £4,400 following fly-posting offences

Editor - 16th October 2024
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Fly-tipped waste on the roadside

Bristol woman fined following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

Editor - 15th December 2025
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Have Your Say: Council Launches Public Consultation on 2017/18 Budget

Editor - 7th November 2016
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Gavel and judge

Partnership working secures Criminal Behaviour Order first for council

Editor - 22nd August 2017
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Planters in Staple Hill, South Gloucestershire

Grants awarded to support sustainable planting projects across South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 13th March 2024
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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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Council’s pest control team help remove bee swarm

Editor - 6th October 2016
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Have your say on South Gloucestershire’s new strategy for ‘Greener Places’

jw47 - 22nd June 2021
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Bristol landlord fined thousands for failing to make repairs to Kingswood...

jw47 - 8th September 2020
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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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Changes to the Sort It centres

Simon - 2nd September 2015
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How Bristol Parkway might look in the future.

Bristol Parkway to become station for the 21st century

jw47 - 6th December 2022
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An image of a cigarette end in the road

Bristol woman fined over £700 for littering in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 25th January 2023
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Siston man prosecuted following fly-tip in Henfield, South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 8th July 2021
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St Albans man prosecuted for waste offences in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 27th November 2017
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Sort It centre slip road gets green light as planning permission...

jw47 - 16th June 2022
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High Street changes to support traders and environment developed to help...

jw47 - 28th May 2021
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Number of affordable homes built in South Gloucestershire reaches record high

Editor - 8th August 2018
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Councillor Drew with Parkwall Primary School children and parents

School children perform wildlife show to support nature recovery project

Editor - 9th October 2023
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An image of fly-tipped waste in Hanham

Bristol man ordered to pay over £500 following fly-tip in South...

Editor - 15th December 2022
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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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New multi-million pound housing development under way in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 20th December 2016
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Have your say on changes to Thornbury High Street

jw47 - 21st July 2020
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