06 March 2007

Surrey has best council website in the UK

Surrey County Council website
6th March (click link for full story)


The council website has been recognised as the best county council site in the UK. In the recently published Society for IT Managers (SOCITM) survey covering all of the UK’s 550 local councils, http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/ has been rated in the top four, claiming the highest rating for any county council website.

The site, which allows users to access online services from reporting a pothole to applying for a care package or school place, prioritises the services used most by residents - giving clear links from our homepage to news, events, services and the most regularly-visited areas.

Waverley recycling rates
Waverley BC website


Recent provisional monthly recycling rates (2006):
  • 31.7% in August
  • 36.9% in September
  • 36.5% in October
  • 40.9% in November
Their report says:

"This is a big increase compared with 2005/2006 when the overall recycling rate for the year was 24.4%, with composting accounting for 1.7% of the total. We will inform you of the overall recycling rate for 2006/2007 when we have confirmed the results for the whole year.Further good news is because of all your extra recycling we are sending roughly 700 tonnes of waste less each month to landfill than a year ago and roughly 1,000 tonnes less each month than two years ago".

Waverley council meeting webcasts

Did you know that you can watch a recording of the Waverley council meetings?
Click here to see them.

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