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Who to contact
If you’ve got questions about a collection service – rubbish or recyclables – contact your District or Borough Council. They can also tell you where your nearest recycling banks are, and they’ll collect bulky rubbish from your home – though there may be a charge.

The County Council provides Household Waste Recycling Centres, where you can leave bulky items free of charge. Most of these centres also take a range of other materials for recycling.

Suffolk County Council
Suffolk County Council are responsible for:

• The disposal of all household waste generated in the county.
• Promoting initiatives to reduce and recycle waste.
• Operating 18 Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) at Beccles, Bramford, Bury St Edmunds, Brome, Chelmondiston, Felixstowe, Foxhall, Hadleigh, Haverhill, Ingham, Ipswich, Leiston, Lowestoft, Mildenhall, Newmarket, Southwold, Stowmarket and Sudbury.

Household Waste Recycling Centres:

• Each site provides recycling points that collect: garden waste, scrap metal (including cans), most types of paper, textiles, glass bottles and jars, engine oil, refrigerators, car batteries, ALL household batteries, fluorescent light tubes and mobile phones.
• Some sites also have separate bins to recycle: wood, cardboard, plastic, cans, soil, window glass, and rubble.
• Sites do not accept trade and commercial waste, hazardous waste, asbestos and large quantities of soil and rubble or car parts.

Waste Minimisation:

• The county council also runs a schools waste education programme and promotes various waste reduction initiatives including home composting and real nappies.
• For information on waste minimisation and education schemes contact the Waste Minimisation Officer on (01473) 583253.

Contact:

• For more details call the Household Waste Services Officer on (01473) 583250.
• You can also visit the website at www.suffolkrecycling.org.uk.
• For further information please see Suffolk County Council’s website at: www.suffolkcc.gov.uk.

Babergh District Council
Bring Banks:

• The district has 109 ‘Bring’ recycling bank sites.
• Most recycling points collect glass and paper.
• Several recycling points also collect textiles and cans.

Recycling Schemes:

• The council offers a district wide alternate weekly kerbside scheme collecting: newspapers, magazines, junk mail, directories and envelopes, cans and tins, aluminium foil, cardboard, plastic bottles, pots, tubs, bags, and film.

Household Waste Recycling Centres:

• The County Council HWRCs at Chelmondiston, Hadleigh and Sudbury recycle: green waste, scrap metals, engine oil, car batteries, paper and textiles.
• Hadleigh and Sudbury recycle glass, wood, brick rubble (2 bags per day maximum), and cardboard.
• Hadleigh also recycles plastics and cans.

Contact:

• For more detailed information about local recycling schemes and sites please contact the District Council's Waste Management Team on (01473) 822890 or e-mail waste@babergh.gov.uk.
• Further waste and recycling information is also available on Babergh District Council's website at: www.babergh.gov.uk.

Forest Heath District Council
Bring Banks:

• The district has 40 ‘Bring’ recycling bank sites
• Most recycling points collect: glass, cans, paper, textiles and books.

Recycling Schemes:

• The council offers 2 kerbside schemes to all households: a brown bin every second week and a blue bin on alternate weeks to the normal (black/grey) rubbish collection.
• The fortnightly brown wheeled bin collection accepts: garden waste, raw vegetable and fruit waste, tea bags, egg shells, stale bread, and untreated cardboard (e.g. cereal boxes).
• The blue bin collects paper, cans, card, and plastics.

Household Waste Recycling Centre:

• The County Council HWRCs at Newmarket and Mildenhall recycle: garden waste, scrap metal, wood, most types of paper, textiles, engine oil, refrigerators and car batteries.

Contact:

• For more detailed information about local recycling sites and schemes, please contact the District Council’s Recycling Officer on (01638) 719272.
• Until April 1, 2004 you can call freephone (0800) 389 7894 with blue bin enquiries.
• You can e-mail queries to: sort-it@forest-heath.gov.uk.
• There's more information on the website at: www.forest-heath.gov.uk (follow the link on the home page).

Ipswich Borough Council
Bring Banks:

• The District provides 81 ‘Bring’ sites with recycling banks.
• Most recycling points collect glass and paper.
• Several recycling points also collect textiles, cans, or books.
• There's information about each Bring site, including a map showing where it is, on the Council website at www.ipswich.gov.uk/services/recycle/.

Recycling Schemes:

• The council offers over 26,500 residents a fortnightly kerbside collection of green garden waste. This will be extended to a further 14,000 residents in the summer.
• The Council offers 5,500 residents a fortnightly collection of dry recyclable material (paper, cardboard, plastic, cans and tins and aluminium foil), and this will soon be extended to a further 8,000 households.

Household Waste Recycling Centre:

• The County Council HWRC at Portmans Walk recycles: scrap metal, glass bottles and jars, cans, plastics, car batteries, engine oil, refrigerators, wood, cardboard, green waste, paper, and textiles. Rubble bins are also available, although this is restricted to two bags of waste per day. The rubble is re-used.

Other schemes

• For information about real nappies contact the Ipswich Real Nappy Network on (0870) 246 1693.
• The Ipswich Furniture Project collects furniture you no longer want; call (01473) 404004 weekdays between 9 and 12 noon.

Contact:

• For more detailed information about local recycling schemes and sites please contact Ipswich Borough Council’s Environmental Management Team on (01473) 433070 or e-mail recycling@ipswich.gov.uk.
• Further waste and recycling information is also available on Ipswich Borough Council’s website at: www.ipswich.gov.uk.

Mid-Suffolk District Council
Bring Banks:

• The district has around 90 ‘Bring’ recycling bank sites.
• Most recycling points collect glass and newspapers.
• Several recycling points also collect textiles and cans.
• 3 recycling points collect books.

Recycling Schemes:

• Since April 2003 the Council has been running a kerbside collection of dry recyclables (paper, cardboard, plastics and metals) for 12,000 properties. In April 2004 this scheme will be extended to a further 6,000 households in Stowmarket, and it will be rolled out to the rest of the district by the end of 2005.
• Residents can buy a subsidised home composting bin for £12 to £16. For more details call (0870) 849 4870.

Contact:

• For more details about recycling in the district please call the Waste Management Officer on (01449) 778678.
• You can also e-mail recycling@midsuffolk.gov.uk.
• There's also recycling information on the Mid Suffolk District Council’s website at: www.midsuffolk.gov.uk.

St. Edmundsbury Borough Council
Bring Banks:

• The borough has 52 ‘Bring’ recycling bank sites.
• Most recycling points collect glass and paper.
• Several recycling points also collect textiles, cans, books, and engine oil.

Recycling Schemes:

• From April 2004, the entire Borough will be serviced by a blue bin collection for dry recyclables. This will be collected every second week.
• The council also offers a fortnightly kerbside scheme (brown bins) to 38,000 homes for kitchen and garden waste (no cooked meat, fish or bones).

Household Waste Recycling Centres:

• The County Council HWRCs at Bury St. Edmunds, Haverhill and Ingham recycle: green waste, metals, oil, batteries, paper and textiles.
• The site at Bury St. Edmunds also recycles: wood, glass, cardboard, cans and plastics.

Contact:

• For more detailed information about local recycling sites and schemes please contact the Borough Council's Recycling Officer on (01284) 757337 or (01284) 757457.
• You can also e-mail sort-it@stedsbc.gov.uk.
• Further recycling information is available on St. Edmundsbury Borough Council's website at: www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk.

Suffolk Coastal District Council
Bring Banks:

• The district has 209 ‘Bring’ recycling bank sites.
• These collect paper, cans, textiles, glass and books.

Recycling Schemes:

• The council offers all households in the district a fortnightly kerbside collection for newspapers, magazines, and junk mail.
• The council also offers a fortnightly collection of garden waste from 60% of the district.

Household Waste Recycling Centres:

• The County Council HWRCs at Felixstowe, Foxhall and Leiston recycle: bulky metal items, books, car and household batteries, engine oil, green waste, paper, refrigerators, fluorescent light tubes, textiles, plastics, cans, glass bottles and jars, brick rubble (2 bags a day), wood, cardboard and window glass.

Contact:

• For more detailed information about local recycling sites and schemes, please contact the District Council’s Waste Management Team on (01394) 444000.
• You can also e-mail waste.management@suffolkcoastal.gov.uk.
• Further waste and recycling information is also available on Suffolk Coastal District Council’s website at: www.suffolkcoastal.gov.uk.

Waveney District Council
Bring Banks:

• The district has 74 ‘Bring’ recycling bank sites.
• Most recycling points collect glass.
• Several recycling points also collect paper, textiles, cans and books.

Recycling schemes

• The council offers 23,500 households an alternating weekly collection of general rubbish and dry recyclables.
• The same households have a fortnightly green bin collection for garden and (some) kitchen waste.

Contact:

• For more information please call the Recycling Officer on (01502) 523561.
• You can also e-mail recycling@waveney.gov.uk
• Or visit the council's website: www.waveney.gov.uk (follow the link from the home page).