Bins and recycling

Changes to recycling and waste

Red bags for recycling plastic and metal are being delivered. Full instructions are included in a leaflet inside. 

It will take around eight weeks to deliver all the red bags. If your neighbours have receive a red bag but you haven't yet received yours please wait until the start of May to contact us. You can continue to use your recycling boxes in the meantime.  

For more information, see our three-weekly page.

What goes in your bins

Find out what to put in your recycling, food waste, rubbish and garden waste containers

Recycling and rubbish collections

Search for your next collection dates, report a missed collection, arrange assisted collections, and sign up for our garden waste service

Recycling centres

Locations and opening times of recycling centres, what you can bring and how to get a vehicle permit if you need one

New red bag

Read about the red bags being introduced for household plastic and metal packaging

Reduce and reuse

How to reduce your household waste and how we reuse items at our recycling centres

Recycling and waste strategy

Find out more about our plans to reduce waste, increase recycling and improve the service up to 2030

Help with collections - assisted collections and bulky waste

More information about how we can help with your collections, and how you can book a bulky waste collection with our partner organisation

Business waste

Information about disposing of commercial waste and our business waste service

Order a new bin

How to order or exchange black wheelie bins, recycling boxes, garden waste bins and compost bins 

Flats recycling and waste

Guidance on how to recycle when living in a flat

Recycling and waste workshop

We are excited to offer a tailored workshop for school children that focuses on waste and the environment.

Three weekly waste collections

Find out why we're changing the frequency of our black bin collections from 2025