THIS year there will be no changes – weather permitting – to bin collections over Christmas and the New Year across Oldham. This is due…
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Council to invest extra £1.27m and clean every district as part of new ‘Don’t Trash Oldham’ campaign
OLDHAM Council is set to carry out a deep clean of every district in the borough over the coming months. It’s part of the council’s…
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Unruly youths slammed for littering bowling green with glass
THE anti-social behaviour of a group of youths who showered a bowling green with glass has been condemned by a club member. Rita Vaughan says…
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Residents urged to join a Saddleworth Spring clean
GREENFIELD residents will be out in force on Saturday (May 29) taking part in the Great British Spring Clean. And voluntary and community groups, other…
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‘Less is more’ – disappearing litter bins part of plan for cleaner streets
LITTER bins across Saddleworth are being removed as part of Oldham Council’s new borough wide approach to rubbish collection! Residents have already noticed the disappearance…
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Let’s talk rubbish-have your say on waste and recycling in Oldham
HAVE you got questions about waste and recycling in Oldham? If so, Recycle for Greater Manchester (R4GM) wants to hear them. R4GM is holding a…
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Dumpers target Saddleworth fly tipping grot spot
A NOTORIOUS fly tipping grot spot has been targeted again by illegal dumpers. Three separate locations on the A672 Ripponden Road above Denshaw are covered…
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A job very well done by Denshaw litter pickers
COMMUNITY-spirited residents took to the streets of Denshaw to give the village a spring clean. In just two hours the volunteers, suitably socially distanced, collected…
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Temporary bin collection changes introduced by Oldham Council
OLDHAM Council is temporarily introducing weekly general waste collections from Monday, March 30 due to the coronavirus crisis. Only put out your grey bin by…
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What’s bin going on?
A DELAY distributing new bin collection calendars left residents feeling blue as well as green, brown and black over the festive period. But any remaining…
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What’s bin going on? Oldham Council waste collection calendars miss distribution date
OLDHAM Council’s new bin collection calendars appear to be caught up in the Christmas post. The previous calendar detailing dates to put out blue, green,…
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Community hits out at flytippers creating village eyesore
A FURIOUS community leader has declared war on flytippers who are spoiling the entrance to a pretty Saddleworth hamlet. Jennifer Greenwood is chair of Love Lydgate,…
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Pickers blitz plastic waste in Greenfield
A BUMPER turnout of volunteers, including four eager youngsters, marked National Plastics Day with a spring clean of Greenfield . More than 20 people scoured…
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Search intensifies to discover Greenfield sick bags culprit
AN investigation is being stepped up to identify the culprit responsible for leaving bags of vomit in Greenfield. Oldham Council’s Public Protection enforcement team has…
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Waging war on litter louts
THE streets of Saddleworth are a little less litter strewn thanks to the area’s favourite newspaper. Oldham Council nominated the Saddleworth Independent, along with the…
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Oldham Council urges residents to pick up piece of rubbish every day
OLDHAM COUNCIL is calling on every resident to pick up at least one piece of rubbish every day – and you’ll be in with a…
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Calls for CCTV as fly tippers keep dumping waste at community site
AN ANGRY community stalwart has hit out at thoughtless fly-tippers after rubbish was dumped rubbish yet again at a centre in Greenfield. Pam Byrne, a…
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What a mess: Oldham Council to crack down on fly-tipping in Saddleworth
THE CONTINUED blight of fly-tipping across Saddleworth isn’t connected to last autumn’s bin collection changes, insists Oldham Council. And since switching to a three-week bin…
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Residents reminded over changes to waste and recycling collections
Oldham Council is reminding residents that changes to the way they collect rubbish and recycling start from Monday, October 3. During the week all bin…
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Greenfield beauty spot trashed by litter louts
THESE SHOCKING pictures show the vast amount of rubbish senselessly left behind in a memorial forest at an award-winning Greenfield beauty spot by litter louts.…
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Rubbish eyesore at Greenfield Railway Station to be tidied up
PILES OF rubbish causing an eyesore near Greenfield Railway Station are to be removed after enquiries by the Saddleworth Independent. A disgusted reader sent this…
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