{"id":271153,"date":"2026-02-06T19:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/271153\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T19:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:50:07","slug":"free-bulky-waste-collection-days-set-to-return-to-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/271153\/","title":{"rendered":"Free bulky waste collection days set to return to Derby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Free bulky waste collections are set to return to Derby as part of new budget proposals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The &#8220;compactor days&#8221; would be reintroduced in a bid to reduce fly-tipping across the city, and come six years after the service was stopped. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The collections will allow residents to dispose of unwanted bulky household items such as fridge freezers, mattresses, wardrobes and sofas, free of charge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;These initiatives reinforce our ongoing commitment to delivering cleaner, safer, and more resilient neighbourhoods for all residents,&#8221; a Derby City Council spokesperson said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Free bulky waste collections are set to return to Derby as part of new budget proposals. The &#8220;compactor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[273,111,139,69,147],"class_list":["post-271153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}