Did you know that in 2005/2006, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough produced over 380,000 tonnes of rubbish and over 152,000 tonnes (40%) of it was recycled. Not bad, but we know that potentially 60% of our rubbish can be recycled which shows we all need to work harder and reduce the amount of rubbish we produce.

Your local council provides three ways to recycle rubbish. They are through:

  • Kerbside collections
  • Recycling sites
  • Household Waste Recycling Centres

Kerbside collections

Every partner council has now established a three-stream collection system for recycling, composting and rubbish.

We need your help and participation for these recycling collections to be successful.

To request a recycling box or bin please contact your local recycling officer using the number on our Contacts page.

Recycling Banks

There are over 350 recycling bank sites throughout Cambridgeshire and Peterborough where you can take paper, glass, cans, aerosols, textiles, books and plastic bottles.

Household Waste Recycling Centres

Most people refer to this as the Tip! Well, did you know that there are 12 HWRCs in the area where you can recycle glass, engine oil, organic green material, soil, cans, paper, cardboard, scrap metal, batteries, aerosols, textiles, fridges, freezers (and other white goods), timber, plate glass, books, mobile phones, cartridges and fluorescent tubes.

If the plastic recycling at Whittlesey is successful, it will also be expanded to other sites in the area.

How is my council performing?

The table below shows you how much waste each council had to deal with last year, how much of it was recycled, composted and sent to landfill.

Thanks to everybody's effort, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is actually performing really well. All partners have achieved over 30% recycling and composting and Cambridgeshire as a whole achieved 43% in 2005/6. This is similar to some European countries, which makes Cambridgeshire one of the most successful councils in the UK.

Lets keep it up and we can do even better this year!!! Every little bit helps!

List of Partner Councils and their recycling performance figures for 2005/6
Partner 2005/6 recycling tonnes and rate 2005/6 composting tonnes and rate 200/6 Total recycling and composting 2005/6 Total land filled 2005/6 Total tonnes Waste produced
Cambridge City Council 7,297
15.6 %		 9,226
19.6 %		 16,522
35.2 %		 30,431
64.8 %		 46,953
Cambridgeshire County Council 19,178
35.3 %		 10,379
19.1 %		 29,556
54.4 %		 24,736
45.6 %		 54, 292
East Cambridgeshire District Council 4,736
15.9 %		 4,451
15.2 %		 9,187
31.5 %		 20015
68.5 %		 29,202
Fenland District Council 5,762
13.8 %		 7118
17.1 %		 12,880
30.9 %		 28,863
69.1 %		 41,743
Huntingdonshire District Council 16,324
24.6 %		 15,572
23.5 %		 31,896
48.1 %		 34,431
51.9 %		 66,327
Peterborough City Council 14,988
17 %		 16,537
19 %		 31,535
35 %		 57,368
65 %		 88,903
South Cambridgeshire District 10,651
18.2 %		 18,127
30.9 %		 28,779
49.1 %		 29,821
50.9 %		 58, 600
Total Cambridgeshire County 63,948
21.5 %		 64,872
21.8 %		 128,820
43.4 %		 168,297
45.6 %		 297,117
Total Partnership 78,936
20.4 %		 81,409
21 %		 160,345
42 %		 225,665
58 %		 386,020