waste

13 Sep 2017

Thyme saver for your garden – at a pruned price

Around 14,000 households in the borough use the council’s garden waste collection service to get rid of their cuttings, leaves, twigs and old plants, …

25 Aug 2017

A whale-sized effort sees borough hit recycle target early

Thanks to your efforts, the borough has already hit its 2018 recycling target. At roughly 140 tonnes in mass, the blue whale is the …

31 Mar 2017

Garden waste bonfires: A burning issue

There are three main ways to get rid of garden waste: Composting it, taking it away to one of the borough’s recycling centres or …

15 Mar 2017

How composting makes a natural feast

Composting is nature’s way of recycling. Not only does it get rid of unwanted waste, but at the end of the process gardeners also …

6 Mar 2017

Spring clean your garden

Thousands of homes use Ealing Council’s garden waste collection service because they find it to be convenient and easy to use. You can even …

27 Dec 2016

Time for a Christmas tree takeaway?

What happens to your real Christmas tree once the fun is all over, and it is standing in the corner of a room looking …

21 Dec 2016

How to have a green Christmas

Across the UK, it is estimated that we generate around 30% more waste over Christmas and surprisingly most of it can be recycled. You …

24 Nov 2016

Christmas tree-cycling

It is exciting buying a Christmas tree because it feels like festive season has truly started and the build-up to the big day can …

23 Nov 2016

Green is the new black

Black Friday, taking place on Friday, 25 November could be the perfect opportunity to upgrade your TV, buy those super smooth hair straighteners or …

16 Nov 2016

Finding and fining the fly-tippers

There is a dedicated taskforce out on the streets of the borough clearing up fly-tipping reported to the council…and also investigating where it has …