Better Recycling – Suffolk

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If you live within Suffolk, from today, there will be some changes to recycling and waste collections. These changes should make it easier for you to recycle more.

We’ll share updates for other counties on our website, as soon as we have them.

Please note that we are not responsible for collecting your waste or recycling. If you have questions about bins, collection days, or missed collections, you’ll need to contact your local council directly.

A note from West Suffolk Council:

As part of the new Better Recycling service, you will now have a new green-lidded recycling bin, and two food waste caddies. Those who have communal bins will have been given new communal containers to support this change.

The new green-lidded bin is for loose card and paper, including shredded paper. When you are disposing of cardboard, please flatten boxes to avoid filling up the bin quickly. Polystyrene should be removed from any cardboard packaging and can be disposed of in the black bin.

In your blue bin, you can recycle glass bottles and jars, plastic, metal (cans/foil trays etc) and cartons. All recycling should be clean, dry and free from food waste.

Food waste will now be collected separately from your general waste. You will have a smaller caddy, for the inside of your home, and a larger caddy for outside that will be emptied weekly.

To avoid food waste sticking to the caddy, you can use compostable liners to line your caddies, or you can use a bag, such as an old bread bag or a carrier bag. Please do not use black rubbish bags.

Communal bins

If you live in an area with a communal bin store, you will have a 140-litre brown bin for you to empty your food waste into, which will be collected weekly. You can use any type of bag, apart from black rubbish bags, to line your kitchen caddy, although we recommend avoiding paper as it might disintegrate! You can put the bag containing the food waste directly into the large food waste bin, there’s no need to empty the bag out first.

Please do not leave waste on the ground or dump items such as sofas or TVs in the bin stores, as this will be considered fly-tipping, and means your bins won’t get emptied.

Everything should be able to fit in the correct bins, but, if you have a large amount of waste due to moving in/out or Christmas, please use your nearest recycling centre or bulk collection service, as other people also need space in the communal bins.

For more visit www.suffolkrecycling.org.uk

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