The extra collections for some households will ensure no-one goes more than three weeks between rubbish collections when a new set of routes and collection days start from 12 February.

The households due to have the one-off collection will have received a letter in January to explain the changes.

Some residents in Wiveliscombe and surrounding areas could be affected.  Not every household in the area will have an extra collection, but some will.

Anyone unsure if they have one of these extra Saturday collections can use the online lookup feature: www.somerset.gov.uk/reroute. A PDF version of the updated service guide and collection calendar can also be downloaded.

Residents are also reminded to re-download their collection schedule to their smart phone or tablet from Monday 12 February.  Residents may have:

• a change to collection day
• a change in week that their rubbish is collected
• a one-off extra rubbish collection

There will be no changes to:

• collection days for garden waste subscribers
• clinical waste collections
• communal property collections with shared collections (such as blocks of flats, houses of multiple occupancy and retirement developments)
• schools waste collections

The changes will make rounds more efficient and manageable for crews, whilst reducing mileage and carbon emissions.

The new guides and their delivery came at no extra cost to Somerset Council. They are funded by the council’s collections contractor Suez Recycling and Recovery UK.

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