Reduce your waste

Since we introduced your new recycling collections in Autumn 2009, you have successfully recycled 6950 tonnes of your rubbish.

To encourage everyone to recycle even more,we do not collect any extra rubbish that is placed out for collection which is not contained within your wheelie bin. This means that everyone has to ensure that all non recyclable rubbish is included within their wheelie bin on collection days and that the lid is fully closed. If you have additional rubbish which you can’t fit in you have the option of taking it to Bickenhill Household Waste Recycling Centre.

Residents who are part of the purple sack rubbish collection should only leave out two sacks per week for collection.

We provide everyone with kerbside collections for garden waste, paper, card, plastic bottles, glass and cans. This means the majority of  household waste can be recycled and that residents should have enough room in their wheelie bins or two purple sacks for anything left over.

Large families or people with medical conditions, can apply to have a larger wheelie bin or four purple sacks per week instead of two.

If you have a query about your black wheelie bin collection, please read  our frequently asked questions or fill in our online form.

About a fifth of the rubbish in our bins is food waste. If you are finding that you regularly leave out lots of rubbish for collection, it could be that you are throwing away good food that could have been eaten. We’ve joined forces with the national Love Food Hate Waste campaign to provide you with useful tips and recipes to reduce your food waste help you save time and up to £50 a month! Visit www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/ for more information and advice on how to reduce food waste!