Collection Details
Please place your waste on the edge of your property by 06:30 am on the day of collection, ensuring that all your waste is inside the bin. Only waste inside the wheeled bins will be taken. Make sure you do not overfill your wheeled bin. If your bin is too heavy to move, it will not be emptied.
Grey bin: every other Tuesday (general waste)
Blue bin: alternate Tuesdays (recycling)
Green bin: alternate Wednesdays (garden/green waste)
Bank Holidays
No collections will take place on bank holidays. During all weeks containing a bank holiday, collections will take place one day later.
To find out more about refuse collection times during holiday periods, please check the Huntingdonshire District Council Refuse Collection Information application on their website.
Assisted Collections
The collection team can come and collect your waste or recycling from its normal storage place, take it to the collection vehicle for emptying and then return the container where appropriate.
Assisted collections are only available for householders that are unable to take their waste out for collection themselves.
This may include:
- People with disabilities
- The infirm or elderly
- The visually impaired
The Council is unable to provide this service where there is a person living in the household that can take the waste out on collection day.
Further Details
Refuse & Recycling Helpline: 0800 3896613
E-mail: refuseandrecycling@huntsdc.gov.uk
Check your collection times on the the Huntingdonshire Council website.
Types of Waste
| Composting | Recycling | Rubbish |
|---|---|---|
| Garden Waste, Including; Grass Cuttings & Leaves Untreated Wood & Sawdust Flowers and Weeds Windfall Prunings from Hedges, Shrubs and Trees Straw Shredded Paper (providing it’s mixed with green waste) Kitchen Waste including: Bread Fish Vegetable and Fruit Peelings Meat Bones Dairy Products All Cooked and Uncooked Food (food can be wrapped in newspaper to keep odour to a minimum) NO plastic bags NO other domestic rubbish Nothing that will not rot |
Glass Bottles and Jars Cans, Tins and Foil Jam Jar Lids Envelopes Junk Mail and Flyers Cardboard Egg Boxes Biscuit and Sweet tins Plastic – Bottles only Newspapers and Magazines Yogurt Pots Plant Pots Margarine or Ice cream tubs Holiday Brochures and Directories Tetra Packs (milk, juice and squash cartons) Cardboard and Packaging Card NO black sacks or carrier bags NO clothes, textiles, or shoes NO paint tins NO broken toys NO batteries NO shredded paper NO cling film or polystyrene NO polystyrene & plastic egg boxes |
Domestic Waste that cannot be recycled, composted, reused or disposed of by other means.
Do not overfill your wheeled bin. The wheeled bin should not be used for hot ashes, heavy materials or liquids. |