Kerbside Collections

Containers

Grey bin - rubbish that cannot be recycled or composted

Blue Bin/Clear Sacks or green box - recycling

Green Bin or Sacks - garden and food waste for composting

How do I get a new container?

Please call Huntingdonshire District Council on 0800 389 6613.

When are my collections and how often?

Huntingdonshire District operates alternate weekly collections. This means that your green bin is collected one week and your grey bin the following week. Your blue bin is collected fortnightly either with the green or grey bin depending on where you live!

To receive a collection calendar please call 0800 389 6613.

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 windows and covering on magazines and junkmail
  • 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.

Green Bin or 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)
  • Garden waste such as grass and hedge cuttings
  • Flowers and weeds
  • Bark and untreated wood
  • Straw and sawdust from rabbits and guinea pigs

No thanks

  • Plastic bags or sacks of any kind - wrap food waste in paper
  • 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)

Grey 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 100 '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 0800 389 6613

Cambridgeshire County Council provides Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC's) where you can also recycle other household goods.

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