Residents are reminded that their household recycling, garden waste and refuse collections will be one day later than usual over the August Bank Holiday. The day change is for collection arrangements between Monday 29 August and Friday 2 September. For residents in Redhill who usually have a collection on Thursday, the collection will be on [...]
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Over 300 people took part in the Borough’s Environment Campaign as it hit the streets of Redhill over the past week. The campaign is a partnership with Horley Town Council to encourage people to make a pledge to reduce their environmental impact. So far, over 1000 people have pledged to take simple steps to be [...]
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Reigate & Banstead Borough Council has provided an update on its energy efficiency work, which is also adding significantly to its cost saving efforts (and hence reduced pressure on Council Tax). The main areas of savings, most of which can be followed by residents, are as follows: LED lighting We are one of the first [...]
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Reigate & Banstead Borough Council and Guildford Borough Council have joined forces to get the best financial deal for the paper and card collected from local people for recycling. The two Councils are the biggest in Surrey, with over 250,000 residents between them. The deal, which started in July with UPM, means that the extra [...]
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Surrey has achieved a 50% recycling rate for household waste almost a decade ahead of schedule. A Government target requires councils to recycle at least half their household waste by 2020, which means Surrey is nine years ahead of time. The green milestone was reached thanks to the willingness of residents and councils to recycle [...]
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Epsom and Ewell MP and Employment Minister, Chris Grayling, visited the Town Hall last week to give his backing to the Council’s Environment Campaign. The campaign is being run in partnership with Horley Town Council and encourages people to make a green pledge to reduce their environmental impact. So far, over 700 people have pledged [...]
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A Surrey-wide bid for Government transport funding has been successful, with a specific grant of £210,000 to Reigate & Banstead Bike-It, a nationally recognised success story which gets school children into cycling. See our previous features on the success of Bike-It: http://www.redhillcouncillors.co.uk/2010/07/boroughs-cycling-schoolchildren-go-from-strength-to-strength/ http://www.redhillcouncillors.co.uk/2011/05/reigate-and-banstead-bike-it-schools-newsletter-spring-2011/ Other awards were made across the county – further details can be [...]
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The Mayor of Reigate & Banstead, Councillor Brian Stead, is encouraging all residents, community groups and voluntary organisations to nominate their dedicated volunteers to receive a Mayor’s Volunteer Award, in recognition of the valuable work they do. The deadline for nominations closes on 29th July. The Mayor said: “Volunteers provide an outstanding level of care [...]
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The regeneration of Merstham estate could move a step closer next week. Proposals for improvements to the estate, particularly the Portland Drive area, are to be discussed by Reigate & Banstead Borough Council’s Executive at their meeting on Thursday 21 July. The proposals detail where new building might take place and what sort of developments [...]
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A new market that was trialled for three months is set to stay until the end of the year after being hailed a real success by traders and shoppers. Redhill Food Lovers’ Market was brought into the town centre on a Friday once a month between April and June to create a vibrant event for [...]
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