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Your Local Recycling Scheme: Huntingdonshire

Kerbside Collections

What can I recycle and compost?
How do I get a new container?
When are my collections and how often?
Why can't I recycle other plastics?
Don't bin in, bring it
Recycling banks and Household Recycling Centres
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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

What can I recycle and compost?

Blue Bin
(Clear Sacks/Green Box)
recycling
Green Bin
garden and food waste
for composting
Grey Bin
rubbish that cannot
be recycled or composted

How do I get a new container?

Please call Huntingdonshire District Council on 01480 388388, or you can fill out the online request form.

When are my collections and how often?

Huntingdonshire District Council 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.

Find out your collection times, or to receive a collection calendar please call Huntingdonshire District Council on 01480 388388.

Blue Bin (Clear Sacks/Green Box)

Important information - Please place all items in your container LOOSE not bagged

Yes please - if it is not listed it is not accepted in this container

Newspapers and magazines
Junk mail and leaflets
Paper (shredded paper is accepted in small quantities)
Clean cardboard packaging and boxes
Cardboard egg boxes
Rinsed/clean food and drink cans
Metal jam jar lids/metal screw caps from wine bottles
Biscuit/sweet tins
Empty aerosol cans
Clean foil and clean foil containers (e.g. from pies or takeaways)
Telephone directories/yellow pages
Catalogues
All empty plastic bottles without lids (including cleaning products and toiletry bottles)
Paper-based food and drink cartons (e.g. milk cartons/fruit juice)

No thanks - the following items are therefore not accepted in this container

Glass - please take to a recycling bank (see link below)
Any plastic other than plastic bottles
Plastic bags
Plastic film
Bottle tops
Polystyrene
Bubble wrap
Textiles
Light bulbs or tubes (take these to your nearest Household Waste Recycling Centre, see below)
Batteries - these are classed as hazardous waste. Please make sure they go to your Household Waste Recycling Centre (see below)

Why can't I recycle other plastics?

These items are made from different types of plastic, which means they need to be treated differently. At present the technology and markets in this country are not developed enough to enable local authorities to recycle them effectively.

Green bin

Yes please - if it is not listed it is not accepted in these containers

All cooked and uncooked food waste (including meat (raw/cooked) and bones)
Coffee filters and tea bags
Grass and hedge cuttings
Flowers and weeds
Twigs, bark and small branches
Windfall fruit
Straw and sawdust from rabbits and guinea pigs
Ash - please mix small quantities in with your garden waste

TIP! - Small quantities of paper and cardboard can be used to soak up liquids in your bin and wrapping food waste in newspaper will help to keep your bin clean.

No thanks - the following items are therefore not accepted in this container

Unfortunately, biodegradable bags are not accepted. They do not break down sufficiently in the composting system used by local authorities to compost household waste collected in Cambridgeshire
Plastic bags or sacks of any kind
Plant pots and seed trays
Soil
Rubble, stones and bricks (take this to your nearest Household Recycling Centre, see link below)
Painted or treated wood
Cat or dog litter
Nappies of any kind
Food and drink cartons (e.g. milk cartons)
Textiles

Grey Bin

This should be used for everything that cannot be recycled or composted.

Don't bin in, bring it

Please do not place batteries in any of your bins, boxes or sacks at home. They contain hazardous materials.

You can recycle batteries at your local Recycling Centre.

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

you can recycle your old electrical and electronic waste at your local recycling centre. However, if it can be reused, consider donating it to a charity shop or selling it.