Year-round Edinburgh garden waste collection plans

Edinburgh homes receiving garden waste recycling service are set to benefit from year-round collections for the first time. Instead of stopping in November as in previous years, Edinburgh's garden waste collections will now continue on a monthly basis.

Fortnightly collections will then resume in March for the summer months.

View Full Article 28^th October 2008

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