Recycling

The Government's recent Simpler Recycling reforms have been made to improve recycling collection services and provide more national consistency. The impact will vary depending on the collection services already in place. Within Surrey, the impact on collections should be relatively small as many districts and boroughs have food waste and recycling services in place.  

How will this affect Runnymede residents  

• By April 2026, all residents should have access to a weekly food waste collection. Food waste collections will continue as normal.
• The service will be expanded to include residents living in blocks of flats or properties where there are communal bin stores where the service is not currently in place.
• Dry mixed recycling will continue to be collected together from your blue/blue-lidded bin. The legislation does allow for materials to be co-collected.
• We are not planning to issue any further bins or containers for paper & card or glass recycling, so there’s no change here. 

Why These Changes Matter 

Most Surrey areas already collect food waste, so the change here will be small. Expanding the service simply makes sure everyone can recycle their food waste, helping to cut disposal costs and care for the environment.