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Refuse, Recycling Collection Service

Recycling Collection Service

All recyclable material should be put in your blue-lidded bin.

This bin is collected every other week with your green / green-lidded bin.

Garden and Food waste Collection Service

Garden and food waste should be put in your green/green lidded Bin.

This bin is collected every other week with your blue-lidded bin.

Refuse (General waste) Collection Service

Other household waste that cannot be recycled or composted shoud be put in your grey bin.

This bin is collected every other week, on alternate weeks to the recycling / garden and food waste collections.

First, Replacement and Additional Bins

If you need a first or replacement wheeled bins or would like to be considered for additional capacity, please contact us.

Please note, wheeled bins are provided only if appropriate and are subject to availability. Alternative receptacles may be offered.

First, additional (second) and replacement bins incur a one-off charge of £35 in line with the Council's current Fees & Charges Schedule. Exceptions are; where residents are on Housing / Council Tax Benefits or where the contractor is responsible for damaging or removing the wheeled bin during collection.

Any subsequent recollection or exchange of wheeled bins following delivery may incur a one-off charge of £15. Swaps to larger or smaller bins are only carried out for operational reasons as determined by the Council's Streetscene Team.

Kitchen Caddy - We have a supply of kitchen caddies that are available for collection, free of charge (one per household). Please contact us if you would like to receive one.

Properties without wheeled bin provision

Some properties in the district (including flats and some terraced houses) do not have provision for wheeled bins. Instead, these properties can be provided with the following:

Putting bins out for collection

Please place wheeled bins (or equivalent receptacles) at your property boundary with their lids down, clearly visible to the collection crews, by 6.00am on your collection day.

Extra waste

If you have additional recycling, you can place in it a box or rigid container next to your blue-lidded wheeled bin for collection.

If you only have one green / green-lidded wheeled bin, you can place up to 3 green sacks of additional garden waste next to your green / green-lidded wheeled bin for collection.

Please note: No additional general waste (refuse) placed by or on your grey refuse bin will be collected.

Missed collections

You must notify us of a missed collection within two working days of the collection day for your missed collection to be rectified before your next scheduled collection. Please ensure you leave your bin at the normal collection point for rectification.

Assisted collection service

An assisted collection service is provided to residents who are unable to leave there wheeled bins (or recycling boxes / sacks) in the normal location on the property boundary for collection. Please contact the Council for details.

Clinical collection service

A clinical waste collection service is provided to residents who require it (subject to confirmation by a medical practitioner). Please contact the Council for details.

Refuse and recycling collection calendar

View our Refuse and Recycling Collection Calendar for your collection dates.

Reporting a problem, concern or issue

If you have a request or comment about your waste collection service, you can do so by using our online forms or contacting us.

Contact us

If you would like more information or wish to speak to a member of the Council's Streetscene team, please contact us:

Telephone: 01789 260616

Fax on 01789 260607, or

Email streetscene@stratford-dc.gov.uk

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