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Basildon - new waste service banner

On Monday 27 November 2023, the new waste and recycling service starts

Your new recycling containers will arrive in the following weeks.

Please store your new containers until the new service starts on Monday 27 November. Refuse crews will start collecting from this date, please do not put the containers out before this.

Together we are making a difference to help tackle climate change by recycling and creating a cleaner, greener borough.

To find out more information, please visit: www.basildon.gov.uk/collectionchanges


In the news: Demolition work gets underway to transform former Basildon care home into 34 new homes

Demolition work has started at the site of the former Ghyll Grove care home in Basildon, transforming the redundant brownfield site into 34 new homes. A new care home has now been erected on the site and is due to open later this year.

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