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Arun Newsletter

Arun District Council

In this news update

· Happy Christmas to all our residents

· Rubbish and recycling collections over Christmas

· Green tips for a sustainable Christmas

· Parking disc launch 2025

· Council Budget Consultation 2025-2026

Happy Christmas to all our residents

Council offices will close for the Christmas break at 4pm on Tuesday 24 December 2024, with the phone lines closing at 5.15pm.

The offices will remain closed until 9am on Thursday 2 January 2025, with the phone lines re-opening at 8.45am on that day.

In an emergency, please call 01903 737500 where the out-of-hours message will signpost you to the service you need.

To contact us during normal opening times, please visit

https://www.arun.gov.uk/contact-us

We would like to wish all our residents a happy and restful Christmas and New Year.

Rubbish and recycling collections over Christmas

Please use the link below to find out when your rubbish and recycling will be collected over the festive period.

The Green Waste Club does not collect for two weeks over the festive period. The last Christmas collection is on Friday 20 December 2024 and the service will resume on Monday 6 January 2025.

Christmas trees will be taken but need to be cut up and placed in the brown bin with the lid closed.

Please use our free mobile app to find out information about council services, including rubbish and recycling collections

https://www.arun.gov.uk/arun-mobile-app

Click here for Christmas collection dates

https://www.arun.gov.uk/news-archive/rubbish-and-recycling-collections-over-the-festive-period-9296

Green tips for a sustainable Christmas

Here are some tips to help reduce the amount of waste we produce over Christmas to ensure that it’s a time of goodwill, not landfill!

Please only recycle wrapping paper that can be scrunched, save Christmas bags, bows and ribbons to re-use next year and ensure that all recycling is clean, dry and loose.

Visit

https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/land-waste-and-housing/waste-and-recycling/recycling-and-waste-prevention-in-west-sussex/a-to-z-of-recycling/greeting-cards-and-wrapping/

And here’s Santa doing the scrunch test!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PBps0ccvXc

To avoid food waste, compost your vegetable peelings and create something delicious from your leftovers. For recipe ideas visit

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/christmas-leftovers-recipes

Parking disc launch 2025

The virtual town centre parking disc, accessed via the MiPermit app, costs just £4 for the whole of 2025. It will allow customers two hours of free parking, once per day, in any of the six participating town centre car parks.

The 2025 virtual parking discs are available to purchase via the MiPermit website using this link

https://www.arun.gov.uk/2025-2-hour-disc

Alternatively, physical discs will be £6 for the whole of 2025, which will allow two hours free parking, once per day, in participating car parks – St Martins, Anchor Springs, Manor House in Littlehampton and Fitzleet, Lyon Street and Hothamton in Bognor Regis.

Council Budget Consultation 2025-2026

As a district council our role is to make Arun a better place to live, work and visit as well as delivering public services.

Our resources remain stretched and will likely continue to be so for the medium term. Therefore, we need to make sure that we allocate our money in the right places to meet our aims and provide essential services to our public. The budget is crucial in achieving this.

We are asking the public for their views on next year’s budget via a public consultation.

To find out more, and to take part in the survey, visit

https://www.arun.gov.uk/news-archive/arun-district-council-budget-consultation-20252026-9249