Waste and recycling collections from the 52,000 households in the Stroud district are now being collected by a new contractor - but it's 'business as usual' for residents.
Cheltenham-based Ubico took over as waste contractor for Stroud District Council this week. The contract was previously held by international company Veolia Environmental Services.
Ubico was born out of Cheltenham Borough Council's waste team in 2012 in a joint partnership with Cotswold District Council. As well as collecting waste and recycling from the two councils that formed the company, it also collects for Tewkesbury Borough Council and now Stroud.
Residents are being reassured that there is no change to their regular waste collections and they should continue to put rubbish and recycling out for collection by 6am on their usual collection day.