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Flower Power helps attract

visitors to Worcester

Thousands of flowers were planted in hanging baskets this summer, in a
bid to brighten up the city centre and entice visitors back to Worcester.

Petunias, busy lizzies, begonias as we recover from the pandemic
and geraniums filled 160 baskets, and welcome more people back
adding a splash of colour to to the city centre,” says Cllr Marc
central areas including High Street, Bayliss, Leader of Worcester
Broad Street, Cathedral Square, City Council.
Cornmarket, Friar Street, New
Street and the Riverside. It is the biggest investment
Worcester City Council has
“We are working hard to make made in floral decoration in over Cllr Marc Bayliss, with one of Worcester’s
Worcester as attractive as possible, a decade. new floral display baskets

Weekly Saturday Skip service

to keep city clean

Residents can once again use mobile skips to
dispose of furniture and household goods.

step forward in our bid to reduce fly-
tipping in Worcester.”
For further information and dates for
Every Saturday, the skip visits one of skip locations, go to www.worcester.
eight locations: Shap Drive; Liverpool gov.uk/recycling-waste/saturday-skips
Road; King George V Playing Fields;
Dines Green; Waverley Street; Weir GET BULKY ITEMS PICKED UP
Lane or Tolladine Road. FROM YOUR DOORSTEP
As well as waste collection and
The following waste can be taken to recycling services, the City Council also
Saturday Skips: offers a bulky waste collection service,
The Saturday Skip service is designed • Non-recyclable waste general picking up items from your home
to provide a free local disposal household/“black bag” waste address for a small fee.
point for residents who are unable • Garden waste – separated for
to transport bulky household waste composting More information: www.worcester.gov.uk/
items to Worcester’s Household • Metals – separated for recycling recycling-waste/bulky-household-waste
Recycling Centres. • Furniture
• Hard plastics, e.g. broken furniture HAVE YOUR GARDEN WASTE
Cllr Chris Mitchell, Deputy Leader of and toys COLLECTED EVERY TWO WEEKS
Worcester City Council, says: “We • Mattresses The City Council also offers fortnightly
are making a £500,000 investment in • Wood and timber – separated for collections of garden waste between
cleaning up our city. Part of this is the recycling March and December.
reintroduction of the Saturday Skip • Carpet.
Service, making it easier for residents – Annual subscription to the service costs
especially those with no transport – to All waste will be segregated and taken £62.50 per brown bin, plus a one-off
responsibly dispose of bulky goods. either for composting, recycling or registration fee of £10 .
recovery at EnviRecover, the county’s
“We believe the introduction of this Energy from Waste facility based More information: www.worcester.gov.uk/
flexible disposal service is an important at Hartlebury. recycling-waste/garden-waste-collections

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