South Cambridgeshire and Cambridge residents should double-check their bin collection dates during the Christmas and New Year festive period. The Council is also requesting that residents recycle as much as possible during the festivities.
Revised Bin Collection Dates
Many regular collection days will be changing due to the bank holidays. The collection for Christmas Day, Tuesday 25 December, has been brought forward to Saturday 22 December.
Bin collections across Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire are carried out by the Greater Cambridge Shared Waste Service, a partnership between Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire District Councils.
What to Recylcle
Any cardboard boxes that presents have been delivered in can be broken-up and put in the blue bin. Christmas cards and wrapping paper can also go in there, as long as they don’t have any metallic bits or glitter on.
After all the festivities, residents should remember to put all used but empty and clean food and drinks cans, aerosols, tins, plastic bottles, tubs and pots and glass jars and bottles in the blue bin.
These are all resources and can be re-processed and turned into new materials. It uses far less energy, and creates much less pollution, to recycle items than create entirely new objects from scratch.
Where to Find More Information
If unsure if something can be recycled, please use our “what goes in which bin” feature on the website by clicking here. Alternatively, you can download the what goes in which bin poster from the Winter 2018 magazine to pin up on your notice board at home. Click here to download poster.
It’s important to avoid putting things in your blue bin that shouldn’t be there as they contaminate other items inside. If a load gets contaminated, it cannot be recycled and has to go into landfill. This costs us money so please ensure that you put the right items in the right bins.
If your bin has been missed from a scheduled collection, then please report it directly on our website at https://www.scambs.gov.uk/bins/report-a-missed-collection/
Enjoy your Christmas and have a Happy New Year