{"id":773219,"date":"2026-09-17T03:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T03:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/773219\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T03:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T03:56:13","slug":"free-community-skips-coming-to-southwark-to-tackle-fly-tipping-southwark-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/773219\/","title":{"rendered":"Free community skips coming to Southwark to tackle fly-tipping \u2013 Southwark News"},"content":{"rendered":"

A free community skips scheme is coming to Southwark to tackle fly-tipping in the borough.<\/p>\n

The scheme, introduced by Southwark Council this week, will begin with a pilot in Surrey Quays in October, with residents able to dispose of furniture, some white goods and small electrical items for free.<\/p>\n

The council have not said how often and at how many locations the community skips will go to when it is launched after the pilot. <\/p>\n

The pilot will be used by the council\u2019s waste team to test the service before rolling out a 12-month trial programme across the rest of the borough from next January.<\/p>\n

\"\"(credit: Southwark Council)<\/p>\n

The Community Skip Days will also feature \u201cswap shops\u201d and collections points for hard-to-recycle household items like electrics, batteries and textiles, after the council\u2019s partnered with Veolia, the waste company that manages rubbish collection in London.<\/p>\n

In addition, there will be opportunities for residents to learn more about recycling and waste disposal, a key issue in Southwark after a spate of waste material fires in recent weeks and months.<\/p>\n

Council Leader James McAsh revealed the new scheme in an exclusive interview with the News last week, seeking to tackle fly-tipping and \u201ccreate cleaner, greener streets\u201d.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the announcement, Cllr Eloise Waldon-Day, the Executive Member for Climate, said: \u201cWe want to make it easier for residents to do the right thing with their waste \u2013 and harder for it to end up on our streets.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cThis is about more than just putting out a skip. We want to bring communities together around reuse, repair and recycling, helping people keep things in use for longer and making the greener choice the easier choice.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is good for residents\u2019 pockets, good for our neighbourhoods and good for the planet \u2013 and part of our ambition to create an affordable, safe and green Southwark.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"(credit: Southwark Council)<\/p>\n

Liberal Democrat Councillor Graham Neale added: \u201cLiberal Democrats in Southwark have been campaigning for community skips for years \u2013 so I\u2019m delighted that the Joint Administration has delivered yet another manifesto commitment.<\/p>\n

\u201cFly-tipping is an issue that repeatedly comes up on the doorstep \u2013 and plagues our streets and estates.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlong with more enforcement, it\u2019s great to be able to make it easier for people to dispose of their bulky waste in a more responsible, more environmentally friendly way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Further details about the October event in Surrey Quays, and the scheme in general, are expected to be announced soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A free community skips scheme is coming to Southwark to tackle fly-tipping in the borough. The scheme, introduced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-773219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}