Kerbside Collections

Containers

Green Bin - recycling

Brown Bin - garden waste for composting

Black Bin - rubbish that cannot be recycled or composted

How do I get a new container?

Please call Peterborough City Council on 01733 747474.

When are my collections and how often?

Peterborough City operates alternate weekly collections. This means that your black bin is collected one week and your brown bin the following week. Your green bin is collected fortnightly with your Brown bin depending on where you live!

Find out about collections on your street.

What can I recycle?

Green 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.

Brown Bin

Yes please

  • Grass
  • hedge cuttings and prunings
  • Flowers and weeds
  • Bark and untreated wood
  • Leaves
  • Weeds
  • Bedding plants
  • Dead flowers

No thanks

  • Plastic bags or sacks
  • Plastic flower pots and seed trays
  • Vegetable and fruit waste (please home compost)
  • Meat and bones
  • 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)

Black 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 City Council provides over 35 'Bring' recycling bank sites that collect:

  • paper
  • glass jars and bottles
  • cans
  • aerosols
  • textiles

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 01733 747474

Peterborough City Council also provides two Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC's) at Dogsthrope and Thorney that also collects the listed materilas above plus lots of bulky household items. See the link above for full details.

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