Bins and recycling news
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Turn your recycling into cash!
Published on 1 Dec 2024
We're celebrating the launch of a new partnership today with LitterLotto to encourage residents to recycle at home correctly for their chance to win prizes, including discounts and cash..
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Planned waste and recycling industrial action
Published on 5 Aug 2024
GMB, Unison and Unite members voted to take industrial action in 26 of Scotland's 32 councils after rejecting a pay deal from council body Cosla. Midlothian is among councils affected.
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Waste amnesty bookings open on Friday 6 October
Published on 2 Oct 2023
Local residents in some areas of Midlothian will be able to book a free collection of flammable items such as furniture, carpets and mattresses.
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Planned strike action suspended
Published on 5 Sep 2022
Following the latest offer from COSLA, Unite and GMB trade unions have agreed to suspend the planned industrial action which was due to start on Wednesday 7 September.
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Recovery from recent industrial action
Published on 31 Aug 2022
Waste services have resumed but there is likely to be some disruption as we catch up on the backlog.
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Midlothian residents praised for recycling rates
Published on 7 Dec 2021
Midlothian residents’ efforts to recycle increasing amounts of household waste have been commended following a recent study by Edinburgh University.
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£132k funding boost for Midlothian's food waste recycling service
Published on 17 Nov 2021
Householders in some rural areas in Midlothian will be offered a food waste recycling service within the next 18 months or so thanks to Scottish Government funding of £132,085 announced today.
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Setting the standards for waste services in Midlothian
Published on 24 Jun 2021
A new consultation has opened asking residents to comment on the standards they expect from waste services as well as how waste and recycling should be collected in future.
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