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• Food waste collection service celebrates 4,600 tonnes in first year - householders urged to keep up the good work

  Published on Monday, 13 May 2013

  Householders in Northampton and Daventry District have together recycled 4,600 tonnes of food waste in the service’s first year, which would have cost more than £412,000 to send to landfill.

• Refuse and recycling collection day changes for some households in Northampton and Daventry District

  Published on Tuesday, 07 May 2013

  Refuse and recycling collection days are about to change for around 30,000 households in Northampton and 1,400 in Daventry District.

• Ranger to keep town centre up to scratch

  Published on Tuesday, 19 March 2013

  A Ranger is to be appointed to help improve the appearance and raise the standard of cleanliness in Northampton town centre.

• Waste and recycling collections update Sunday 20 January 10pm

  Published on Sunday, 20 January 2013

  Waste and recycling crews hope to be able to collect tomorrow, Monday 21 January, as scheduled.

• Let’s recycle more this Christmas and New Year

  Published on Thursday, 13 December 2012

  The waste and recycling crews will be working during the festive period to ensure all of your waste and recycling is collected.

• Performance failings identified by independent review

  Published on Friday, 19 October 2012

  An independent report reviewing the performance of Northampton Borough Council’s contract with environmental contractor Enterprise Managed Services (EMS) Ltd has been made public by the council.

• Independent review into environmental services contract

  Published on Thursday, 28 June 2012

  Northampton Borough Council and Daventry District Council are to impose penalties on contractor Enterprise Managed Services Ltd following continued concerns about the company’s performance.

• Waste & recycling collection in snow & icy weather

  Published on Tuesday, 07 February 2012

  There was no disruption to waste and recycling collections yesterday (Monday), when crews completed their rounds despite the icy and snowy conditions in many side streets in Northampton.

• Bin deliveries begin for new food recycling service

  Published on Friday, 03 February 2012

  Almost 120,00 homes to receive weekly food collections

• Christmas tree recycling in Northampton

  Published on Tuesday, 03 January 2012

  Anyone with a real Christmas tree can drop it off at one of Northampton Borough Council's tree collection points where it will be taken away for composting.

• Waste not want not

  

  Published on Tuesday, 20 December 2011

  New Northampton and Daventry food recycling service.

• Christmas collection leaflets hit doormats

  Published on Friday, 02 December 2011

  Important information on Christmas waste & recycling collections.

• Weekly collections for clothing this Autumn

  Published on Tuesday, 28 June 2011

  Plans for new weekly kerbside collections of clothing, shoes and soft toys in Daventry District and Northampton will be introduced this Autumn.

• Extra rubbish collection where new service means a long wait

  Published on Friday, 10 June 2011

  An extra bin collection will take place next week (June 13/14) for people who would have faced a long wait between household waste collections due to this week’s service changes.

• New collections leaflet hits doormats in Daventry District and Northampton

  Published on Wednesday, 01 June 2011

  Households across Northampton and Daventry District are this week receiving important information on changes to their waste and recycling collection days.

• Team clears rubbish along A45 slip road

  Published on Friday, 06 May 2011

  The slip road on the A45 leading to Crow Lane is going to be cleaned up next week (9 May) as part of Northampton Borough Council’s work to tidy up the town.

• Household rubbish and recycling collections

  Published on Thursday, 28 April 2011

  Across Northampton refuse collectors will be making their usual collections tomorrow (Friday 29 April).

• Early details of new environmental services contract released

  Published on Tuesday, 15 March 2011

  Improved recycling collections and street cleaning regimes and 'hit teams' to improve the response to problems will all be part of the new environmental services.

• A Mountain of Glass

  

  Published on Monday, 07 February 2011

  A 336-tonne mountain of glass has been collected over Christmas and New Year thanks to Northampton’s growing number of keen recyclers.

• Invitation to become a Master Composter

  Published on Thursday, 03 February 2011

  Keen environmentalists, gardeners and recyclers are being invited to become Master Composters to inspire others to get composting as part of Northampton's drive to recycle more and reduce waste going to landfill.

• Boys Brigade group tour Northampton recycling centre

  Published on Thursday, 18 November 2010

  A boys brigade will be taking a tour of Northampton’s recycling centre next week (22 November).

• New Commitment signed for waste and recycling collection

  Published on Monday, 18 October 2010

  NBC signed up to a new Commitment to ensure residents in Northampton receive a waste and recycling collection service, which is value for money and meets their needs.

• Where there's muck there's brass as MRF makes a million

  Published on Monday, 23 August 2010

  Northampton Borough Council's Materials Reclamation Facility (MRF) made more than £1 million pounds in the last financial year.

• Targeting summer pests: litter bugs and fly tippers

  Published on Monday, 12 July 2010

  Environmental Wardens have issued 41 fixed penalty notices to people who have thrown rubbish from their cars, or have been caught dropping litter in the town centre.

• Cleaning up our town's streets

  Published on Tuesday, 11 May 2010

  Last week (Friday 7 May) four Northampton residents were found guilty of litter offences by Northampton Magistrates' Court.

• Countywide campaign aims to improve recycling rates

  Published on Friday, 09 April 2010

  A campaign designed to encourage more recycling in Northamptonshire is being launched this month.

• Fining litterbugs sends clear message to others

  Published on Monday, 08 March 2010

  The borough council are sending out a clear message to those who litter our streets.

• Northampton man prosecuted

  Published on Friday, 26 February 2010

  A Northampton resident has been fined £1,500 and told to pay £900 costs after failing to dispose of a large number of black sacks filled with household waste.

• Lumbertubs skip nets one tonne in one day

  Published on Friday, 12 February 2010

  More than one tonne of rubbish was collected in a skip placed in Lumbertubs for one day last week to help local people get rid of household waste that otherwise may have been fly-tipped.

• Bring your used batteries to Northampton Borough Council

  Published on Thursday, 04 February 2010

  Northampton Borough Council’s Recycling Team is encouraging the people of the town to make sure they recycle their used batteries.

• Northampton Borough Council refuse collectors continue to battle against the weather

  Published on Thursday, 07 January 2010

  Despite the cold temperatures and icy conditions first thing this morning (Thursday, 7 January) refuse and recycling collections continued as normal.

• Three Northampton people found guilty of littering our streets

  Published on Wednesday, 28 October 2009

  On Friday, 23 October, Northampton Magistrates Court found three people from Northampton guilty of littering offences.

• New competition is right up our clean street

  Published on Tuesday, 27 October 2009

  A new photo competition to help boost recycling activity in the Northampton area is offering £10,000 worth of prizes for the best pictures of wildlife and people looking after their local environment.

• Clean up or lose your home - court decides

  

  Published on Monday, 21 September 2009

  A Northampton couple face the threat of eviction from their council-owned home if they do not comply with an Order to clean up the property.

• What a smashing recycling scheme – Northampton’s 15,000 remaining houses will have their glass collected

  

  Published on Friday, 18 September 2009

  15,000 more homes in Northampton will benefit from the already successful kerbside glass recycling collection scheme from next week - Monday, September 21.

• What a load of rubbish – round up of last week’s amnesty in Northampton east

  Published on Thursday, 10 September 2009

  A total of 44.5 tonnes of waste and bulky items was scooped up in Blackthorn, Goldings, Southfield and Thorplands during Northampton Borough Council’s three-day rubbish amnesty, last week.

• Autumn ‘Spring Clean’ in Northampton East

  Published on Friday, 28 August 2009

  People who live in the east of Northampton are being given the chance to start September.

• More glass collections on their way

  Published on Friday, 28 August 2009

  After collecting over 700 tonnes of glass in just two months Northampton's recycling scheme will be rolled out to 15,000 more households in September.

• A drive to make the town cleaner

  Published on Wednesday, 08 July 2009

  People frustrated by drivers who spoil the town by throwing their litter from their vehicle can now report the problem online.

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