A guide to council services over the Christmas and New Year period when the council offices are closed to the public.
Waste and recycling
November 18, 2024
Food businesses urged to ‘❤️ your area’ and join the fight against litter
Food businesses in South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse are being asked to play a key role in reducing litter by supporting the district councils’ ‘❤️ your area’ campaign. South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils are looking to local traders as well as national names to display anti-litter stickers on takeaway […]
November 18, 2024
Councils take delivery of their first electric waste vehicle
Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire district councils have taken delivery of their first electric food waste collection vehicle – part of the councils’ ambitions to decarbonise the waste vehicle fleet and move towards net zero.
October 28, 2024
Young winners of the council’s waste trails presented with a colourful prize
Students at Millbrook School in Grove have a new place to rest in the playground after the school was presented with a multi-coloured recycled plastic bench for their playground by Councillor Mark Coleman, Vale of White Horse District Council Cabinet Member for Environmental Services and Waste. The top prize was given as part of the […]
October 23, 2024
Rethink waste with a trip to a local repair café!
As part of a big drive to rethink waste, residents are encouraged to check out the range of repair cafés, libraries of things, community larders, clothes swaps and other great reuse initiatives happening in their local area.
October 17, 2024
Brown bin subscribers can have extra garden waste collected this Autumn
Residents who are subscribed to the district council brown bin garden waste service in South Oxfordshire or the Vale of White Horse can have extra garden waste collected for free, on their normal collection day only, between 28 October and 8 November. You can put out a maximum of up to four additional sacks of garden […]
August 27, 2024
Get inspired at the ‘Special Foodie Event’ – find out how you can turn leftovers into delicious meals
Are you looking for inspiration, ideas and recipes to turn leftover fresh ingredients into a delicious meal? Then make sure you come to Cornerstone in Didcot on Friday 30 August for the ‘Special Foodie Event’. Between 10am and 3pm, you will be able to sample delicious fresh cooked food, enjoy a pedal-powered smoothie, find how […]
July 18, 2024
Councils running their FREE Litter Bug activity trails competition during the school summer holidays
From Friday 19 July to Sunday 11 August South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils are once again running FREE Litter Bug Detectives activity trails for children across the districts.
July 9, 2024
Councils encourage everyone to rethink waste
We all need to rethink how we deal with our waste. That’s the strong message from South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils whose residents have consistently been among the very best recyclers in England for well over a decade. The two councils are now striving to take things to the next level […]
April 4, 2024
All you need to know about April’s extra garden waste collections
Residents who are subscribed to the district council brown bin garden waste service in South Oxfordshire or the Vale of White Horse can have extra garden waste collected for free, on their normal collection day only, between 15 and 26 April.
February 27, 2024
Changes coming next year to garden waste service in South and Vale
South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils have set out plans to change the way their garden waste service is paid for in 2025. The councils’ have agreed the introduction of a permit scheme from April 2025 which will include subscribers receiving a sticker for their bins to identify them as fully paid-up […]
