Waste and recycling fleet wears poppies with pride Waste and recycling vehicles in the Staffordshire Moorlands are once again wearing poppies with pride during this year’s annual season of remembrance in honour of the Armed Forces community. L-R Jason Bould and Tim Bonczyk, both Team Leaders, Councillor Linda Malyon – Chairman of Staffordshire Moorlands, Mike Abbott, Business Support Manager who has served in The Scots Guards, and Darren Wood, Operations Manager at Fowlchurch

Residents across the Moorlands are being reassured that upcoming changes to their waste and recycling services as a result of the national scheme to introduce weekly food waste collections will not require households to have a fourth bin and will not result in fines. Recent reports in the national and local media have suggested that all residents will receive additional bins and could be fined up to £400 if recycling isn’t separated in line with the new rules. Staffordshire M

People in Staffordshire can grab a household bargain or Christmas gift and support a community group or charity at the same time at a series of pop-up sales events run by the county council. At all of Staffordshire’s household waste recycling centres, good quality reusable items are donated to county charities, care leavers who are setting up a new home or sold at one of the regular Rescue Me pop-up sales. People can pick up a wide variety of bargains of items including kitch