Axbridge: Litter & Recycling

The following services are provided by Sedgemoor District Council and by Axbridge Town Council to help keep Axbridge looking the way we would all like to see it:

Weekly rubbish collections

Axbridge's collection day is a Wednesday, and rubbish should be put out first thing. No particular time is specified, but at present it happens before 9:00am. If possible, please try not to leave rubbish bags out on the pavement overnight: the local cats may be grateful of a treat, but it doesn't make the collectors' job any easier when the bags have been shredded!

If there is a Bank Holiday, the collection day will move on to Thursday, but only for that Bank Holiday week. At Easter, the only change will be in the week after Easter, which will be on Thursday. Christmas 2006 is slightly different: collection is still on Wednesday 27 December, but the first collection of the new year 2007 will be on Thursday 4 January. Simple! We've put a calendar at the bottom of the page which we hope will be useful.

If you want more information, for example on collection of bulky items, or garden waste, visit Sedgemoor's website.

Weekly recycling collections

Most of Axbridge is served by kerbside recycling collections, except where the pavements are deemed to narrow to put the boxes out safely.

These always coincide with the relevant rubbish collection day (see the calendar at the bottom of the page).

You may put out Glass (washed), Paper (including Yellow Pages but excluding cardboard), Cans (washed) Aluminium Foil, Clothing (in a separate plastic bag), Pairs of shoes, and even Car batteries.

See Sedgemoor's website for more details.

If you don't have a green recycling box and would like one, use the link above to get in touch with Sedgemoor to request one.

Recycling bank

If you don't have kerbside collections, or if you want to dispose of all that plastic, then Meadow Street car park holds the answer. Here you can get rid of bottles, cans, clothes, and plastic bottles.

Please note that any plastic with a 1, 2 or 3 in the recycling logo can be placed here. This means that most yoghurt pots are NOT recyclable.

As most resident who use the banks will know, it gets in a bit of a mess now and again. If you find it in an unacceptable state, you can phone 0845 408 2543 to request it be cleared up.

That just leaves card and small batteries (and wood, and rubble, and so on) which we currently have to take to Cheddar Recycling Centre by the Kings of Wessex Leisure Centre. Visit the Wake Up To Waste website for more.

Daily scavenge of public places

Axbridge does get a daily visit from one of Sedgemoor's employees, who will empty the rubbish bins and scavenge the Square. He also empties the other bins in the Town (e.g. Parkfield Road and outside the School). The brief is to tackle any rubbish found, but the time for each visit is limited (half an hour a day), so if you know of particular problems you can report them directly using the 0845 408 2543 number.

Regular scavenge of the Furlong playground

This bit is paid for by the Town Council on your behalf. We expect a visit twice a week (normally Monday & Friday) to tidy up the playground and empty the bins (four bins).

Litter & dog bins

Once again, these are managed by Sedgemoor.

Street Sweeping Lorry (also known as a "Scarab")

The lorry sweeps all roads in Axbridge that have kerbs where it is possible (i.e. where there are no obstructions from parked cars). This is done every eight weeks.

Points of contact

Sedgemoor District Council, also by phone on 0845 408 2543.

If that fails, get in touch with the Town Clerk, and we will pursue it.

For a printable version of what's below, click here

Box 1 - paper, glass bottles & jars, aluminium foil, clothes, shoes and batteries.

Box 2 - plastic bottles (no tops), food and drinks cans, cardboard (flattened), brown envelopes, car batteries.

Collection Day			What is collected
2009	April	Wednesday 1	Food, Box 1, Box 2
		Wednesday 8	Food, Box 1, Box 2, Refuse, Garden
		Thursday 16	Food, Box 1, Box 2
		Wednesday 22	Food, Box 1, Box 2, Refuse, Garden
		Wednesday 29	Food, Box 1, Box 2
	May	Thursday 7	Food, Box 1, Box 2, Refuse, Garden
		Wednesday 13	Food, Box 1, Box 2
		Wednesday 20	Food, Box 1, Box 2, Refuse, Garden
		Thursday 28	Food, Box 1, Box 2
	June	Wednesday 3	Food, Box 1, Box 2, Refuse, Garden
		Wednesday 10	Food, Box 1, Box 2
		Wednesday 17	Food, Box 1, Box 2, Refuse, Garden
		Wednesday 24	Food, Box 1, Box 2
	July	Wednesday 1	Food, Box 1, Box 2, Refuse, Garden
		Wednesday 8	Food, Box 1, Box 2
		Wednesday 15	Food, Box 1, Box 2, Refuse, Garden
		Wednesday 22	Food, Box 1, Box 2
		Wednesday 29	Food, Box 1, Box 2, Refuse, Garden
	August	Wednesday 5	Food, Box 1, Box 2
		Wednesday 12	Food, Box 1, Box 2, Refuse, Garden
		Wednesday 19	Food, Box 1, Box 2
		Wednesday 26	Food, Box 1, Box 2, Refuse, Garden
	September	Thursday 3	Food, Box 1, Box 2
		Wednesday 9	Food, Box 1, Box 2, Refuse, Garden
		Wednesday 16	Food, Box 1, Box 2
		Wednesday 23	Food, Box 1, Box 2, Refuse, Garden
		Wednesday 30	Food, Box 1, Box 2
	October	Wednesday 7	Food, Box 1, Box 2, Refuse, Garden
		Wednesday 14	Food, Box 1, Box 2
		Wednesday 21	Food, Box 1, Box 2, Refuse, Garden
		Wednesday 28	Food, Box 1, Box 2
	November	Wednesday 4	Food, Box 1, Box 2, Refuse, Garden
		Wednesday 11	Food, Box 1, Box 2
		Wednesday 18	Food, Box 1, Box 2, Refuse, Garden
		Wednesday 25	Food, Box 1, Box 2
	December	Wednesday 2	Food, Box 1, Box 2, Refuse, Garden
		Wednesday 9	Food, Box 1, Box 2
		Wednesday 16	Food, Box 1, Box 2, Refuse, Garden
		Wednesday 23	Food, Box 1, Box 2
		Thursday 31	Food, Box 1, Box 2, Refuse, Garden
2010	January	Wednesday 6	Food, Box 1, Box 2
		Wednesday 13	Food, Box 1, Box 2, Refuse, Garden
		Wednesday 20	Food, Box 1, Box 2
		Wednesday 27	Food, Box 1, Box 2, Refuse, Garden