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Refuse & Recycling Collections
Garden Waste (Brown Bin) Collections
Refuse & Recycling Collections
For household general rubbish (refuse) and recycling, we run an alternate week collection service.
This means that your refuse will be collected one week and your recycling the next.
After a bank holiday, collections will be a day later than usual.
Did you know we collect more than 80,000 bins across the districts every week?
So we can collect your refuse and recycling, please make sure:
- The correct bin / authorised sacks are put out by 6.30am on your collection day, or left out the night before
- The bin / authorised sacks are placed at the curtilage of the property, at the point nearest the public highway and clearly visible – unless we have agreed otherwise
- Bin lids are firmly closed
- The bin / authorised sacks are not too heavy – they need to be easily moved
- Any additional refuse is put in an authorised sack (we don't accept black sacks) and placed by the refuse bin
- Any additional recycling is put in a clear / see-through sack and placed by the recycling bin
- Any cardboard which can’t fit in the bin, needs to be flattened, with all packaging / polystyrene removed, and placed by the recycling bin
- Once emptied, bins must be taken back into the property boundary by 7:00pm on collection day – unless the collection has been delayed, or we have requested that the bin is left out
Check what should go in your bins - If your bin contains items it shouldn't, it may not be emptied, or stickered to let you know why.
Check your refuse / recycling collection day
Please make sure you choose the correct district below depending on where you live.
Babergh
Mid Suffolk
Refuse / Recycling collection calendars
Babergh Calendar 2020
Mid Suffolk Calendar 2020
Garden Waste (Brown Bin) Collections
Our garden waste collections are on a fortnightly collection schedule, closing during the weeks of Christmas Day and New Year's Day. After a bank holiday, collections will be a day later than usual.
Don't have a brown bin? - Find out about our garden waste collection service.
So we can collect your garden waste, please make sure:
- The bin is put out by 6.30am on your collection day, or left out the night before
- The bin is placed at the curtilage of the property, at the point nearest the public highway and clearly visible – unless we have agreed otherwise
- Bin lids are firmly closed
- The bin is not too heavy – it needs to be easily moved
- No additional waste is put by the bin - we only collect the garden waste which is in the brown bin
- Once emptied, bins must be taken back into the property boundary by 7:00pm on collection day – unless the collection has been delayed, or we have requested that the bin is left out
Check what should go in your bins - If your bin contains items it shouldn't, it may not be emptied or stickered to let you know why.
Check your garden waste collection schedule
You can find your collection day in two steps.
1st Select the applicable district below to find out which day and area a town or village comes under
2nd Select the correct day and area below for collection dates
| Area 1 | Area 2 |
| Monday Area 1 | Monday Area 2 |
| Tuesday Area 1 | Tuesday Area 2 |
| Wednesday Area 1 | Wednesday Area 2 |
| Thursday Area 1 | Thursday Area 2 |
| Friday Area 1 | Friday Area 2 |