Recycling Rubbish - Location: Fenland
Kerbside Collections
Containers
Green Bin - rubbish that cannot be recycled or composted
Blue Bin or Clear Sacks - recycling
Brown Bin or Sacks - garden, kitchen and cardboard waste for composting
How do I get a new container?
Fenland District Council has a policy of not issuing extra containers to encourage reduction of waste. If you need a replacement please call Fenland District Council on 01354 654321.
When are my collections and how often?
Fenland District operates an alternate weekly collection. This means that your green bin is collected one week and your brown bin the following week. Your blue bin is collected fortnightly either with the Green bin or Brown bin depending on where you live!
To received a collection calendar please call 01354 654321.
What can I recycle?
Blue Bin
Yes please
- All newspapers
- Magazines and catalogues
- Junk Mail and leaflets including envelopes - please remove any plastic windows and covering
- Other paper such as letters
- Food and drink cans - please rinse
- Empty aerosol cans - do not squash
- Telephone directories or yellow pages
- All empty plastic bottles - please remove lids and squash. This includes drinks, cleaning products and toiletry bottles
- Tetrapaks - waxy food and drink cartons - please rinse
- Cardboard packaging and boxes
No thanks
- Glass (please take to a recycling bank)
- Foil (please take to recycling banks)
- Plastic covering on magazines
- Shredded paper - please home compost or add to brown bin
- Pyrex dishes (they are made not to melt and therefore cannot be recycled!)
- Earthenware, crockery or ceramics (if not broken take to charity shop)
- Lightbulbs or tubes (take these to your nearest HWRC)
- Bottle tops
- Yoghurt pots
- Margarine tubs
- Plastic egg boxes
- Plastic or polystyrene food trays and punnets
- Plastic bags (Please re use when shopping and recycled at your local supermarkets)
- Plastic film
- Toys (if not broken take to charity shop)
- Brooms, buckets, bins, washing lines or other household domestic items
- Polystyrene packaging or bubble wrap
- Knives and cutlery
- Syringes
- Tools such as hammers and saws (donate to community groups)
Why can't I recycle the above plastic items?
These items of made from a different type of plastic and there isn't the technology or market available to recycle them.
Brown Bin/Sack
Yes please
- All cooked and uncooked food waste - wrap in newspaper (Including stale bread, vegetable peelings, meat, fish, bones, cheese and dairy produce, tea bags and coffee)
- Grass and hedge cuttings
- Flowers and weeds
- Bark and untreated wood
- Envelopes - remove plastic windows
- All types of cardboard including cardboard food packaging (no waxy cartons or tetrapaks)
- Phone books and yellow pages
- Straw and sawdust from rabbits and guinea pigs
No thanks
- Plastic bags or sacks of any kind - wrap food waste in paper
- Plant pots and seed trays
- Oil
- Nappies of any kind
- Cat or dog litter
- Coal ash
- Waxy drink cartons or Tetrapaks
- Rubble, stones and bricks (take to HWRC)
- Soil
- Glass, cans or textiles
- Painted or treated wood (take to HWRC)
- Furniture (take to HWRC, charity or community group)
Green Bin
This should be used for everything that cannot be recycled.
- Dog and cat waste
- Plastic packaging (except bottles)
- Sanitary items, such as nappies
- Empty paint cans
Recycling banks and Household Waste Recycling Centres
Find a list of banks or HWRCs (tips!) in your area and what you can recycle at each site.
The District Council provides over 70 'Bring' recycling bank sites that collect:
- paper
- glass jars and bottles
- cans
- aerosols
- foil
- textiles
- books
Tips for using recycling banks:
- Please put recycling into the right containers
- Do not leave rubbish at the site
- If you see dumped rubbish or people flytipping please call 01354 654321
Cambridgeshire County Council provides Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC's) where you can also recycle other household goods.
