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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.

Northamptonshire County Council
Northamptonshire County Council is responsible for:

• the disposal of all household waste generated in the county.
• promoting initiatives to reduce and recycle waste.
• operating 10 household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) at Corby, Brixworth, Daventry, Rushden, Kettering, Ecton Lane, Weedon Road, Towcester, Wellingborough and Wollaston.

Household Waste Recycling Centres:

• Each site provides recycling points that collect: bulky metal items, books, glass bottles and jars, cans, car batteries, engine oil, paper and textiles, cardboard, plastic, and green waste for composting.
• Sites accept waste from private households only. All waste is accepted at the site manager’s discretion. Trade waste is accepted at Ecton Lane, Northampton (and will be charged for).

Contact:

• For more detailed information and general enquiries, please call (01604) 236617.
• Further waste and recycling information is also available on Northamptonshire County Council’s website at: www.northamptonshire.gov.uk

Corby District Council
Bring Banks:

• The borough has 6 ‘Bring’ recycling bank sites.
• The sites collect glass bottles and jars, textiles, cans, paper and shoes.
• Some recycling points also collect books, CDs and videos.

Recycling Schemes:

• The council offers a weekly kerbside scheme that collects newspaper and magazines, junk mail, steel and aluminium cans, and glass.

Household Waste Recycling Centre:

• The County Council HWRC at Corby recycles: bulky metal items, books, glass bottles and jars, cans, car batteries, engine oil, paper, cardboard, plastic and textiles.

Contact:

• For more detailed information about local recycling schemes and sites please ring (01536) 276930.
• There are more details on the council website at: www.corby.gov.uk (click on 'k' in the A to Z of services, then click on 'Kerbside recycling'.

Daventry District Council
Bring Banks:

• There are 4 ‘Bring’ recycling bank sites located on private land at: the Fawsley Hall Hotel, Fawsley; The Sun, Marston Trussell; the Conservative Club, Weedon; and Highgate House, Creaton.

Recycling Schemes:

• The council offers a weekly districtwide kerbside scheme collecting: newspapers, magazines, junk mail, glass bottles and jars, cans and tins, plastic bottles and textiles.
• The council also offers a fortnightly collection of green waste, cardboard, and garden waste.

Household Waste Recycling Centres:

• The County Council HWRCs at Daventry and Brixworth recycle: bulky metal items, books, glass bottles and jars, cans, car batteries, engine oil, paper and textiles.

Contact:

• For more detailed information about local recycling schemes and sites please contact Daventry District Council’s Environmental Management Team on (01327) 300001 or e-mail csdcustomer@daventry.gov.uk.
• Further waste and recycling information is also available on Daventry District Council’s website at: www.daventrydc.gov.uk

East Northamptonshire Council
Bring Banks:

• The district has 23 ‘Bring’ recycling bank sites that collect glass bottles and jars.
• Most recycling points also collect paper and cans.
• One of the recycling points collects textiles.
• There are 2 larger recycling centres, at Oundle and Rushden, which collect: garden waste, scrap metal items, glass bottles and jars, cans, car batteries, engine oil, paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, and textiles.

Kerbside Recycling Schemes:

• The council offers a weekly district wide kerbside green box scheme. What you can put in the green box varies depending on where you live:

  If you live in Higham Ferrers, Irthlingborough, Raunds or Rushden you can put newspapers, magazines, junk mail and all types of cans in your green box (the cans need to be bagged).

  If you live in any other town or village in East Northamptonshire you can put in cans, paper, cardboard, textiles and plastic bottles.

  Please note that a small number of isolated properties outside the towns and villages do not receive a green box collection.

• East Northamptonshire Council are also running a trial monthly collection of glass bottles and jars from a number of towns and villages. This is collected in a separate blue box. Collection dates for the blue boxes are on a calendar issued with the boxes and can also be found on the council's website. The following towns and villages are covered by the blue box collections: Raunds, Thrapston, Denford, Ringstead, Islip, Titchmarsh, Woodford, Cotterstock, Glapthorn, Southwick, Easton on the Hill, Collyweston, Fotheringay, Yarwell, Woodnewton, Tansor, Lilford, Achurch, Thorpe Waterville, Apethorpe and Kings Cliffe.

Household Waste Recycling Centre:

• The County Council HWRC at Rushden recycles: bulky metal items, books, glass bottles and jars, cans, car batteries, engine oil, paper, cardboard and textiles.

Contact:

• For more detailed information about local recycling schemes and sites please contact the District Council’s Recycling Officer on (01832) 742043.
• You can also e-mail: csd@east-northamptonshire.gov.uk
• For more details visit the website at: www.thrapstononline.co.uk

Kettering Borough Council
Bring Banks:

• The borough has 40 ‘Bring’ recycling bank sites that collect glass bottles and jars.
• Several recycling points also collect cans, paper, textiles and shoes.

Recycling Schemes:

• The Borough has a PILOT kerbside collection scheme serving 4,000 properties from which it collects cans, glass, paper and textiles. The council is looking to introduce a comprehensive kerbside collection service in October, which will serve the whole of the Borough within 3 years.

Household Waste Recycling Centre:

• The County Council HWRC at Kettering recycles: bulky metal items, books, glass bottles and jars, cans, car batteries, engine oil, paper, cardboard, plastic, textiles and garden waste.

Contact:

• For more detailed information about local recycling schemes and sites please contact the Borough Council’s Recycling Officer on (01536) 534247.
• You can also e-mail: johnbugby@kettering.gov.uk
• There's further information on the website at: www.kettering.gov.uk

Northampton Borough Council
Bring Banks:

• The borough has 33 ‘Bring’ recycling bank sites that collect glass bottles and jars.
• Most recycling points also collect cans, textiles and plastic bottles.
• Several recycling points also collect books and shoes.

Recycling Schemes:

• The council offers a boroughwide kerbside scheme which, on alternating weeks, collects (1) paper, card and junk mail; (2) plastic, cans and foil.

Household Waste Recycling Centres:

• The County Council HWRCs at Ecton Lane and Weedon Road recycle: bulky metal items, books, glass bottles and jars, cans, car batteries, engine oil, paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, green waste and textiles.

Contact:

• For more detailed information about local recycling schemes and sites please contact the Borough Council’s Recycling Officer on (01604) 838281 or e-mail cleansing@northamptonshire.gov.uk.
• Further information is also available on Northampton Borough Council’s website: www.northampton.gov.uk

South Northamptonshire Council
Bring Banks:

• The district has 36 ‘Bring’ recycling bank sites that collect glass bottles and jars, cans, and paper.
• A few of the recycling points also collect plastic bottles.

Recycling Schemes:

• The council offers a weekly kerbside scheme to part of the district. In week 1 the scheme collects: glass bottles and jars, newspapers, white paper and magazines. In week 2 the kerbside scheme collects: all types of metal cans and plastic bottles.
• The council also offers a twin bin scheme to part of the district. In week 1 the green bin collects: garden waste and cardboard. In week 2 the black bin collects: anything that can't be composted or recycled.

Household Waste Recycling Centres:

• The County Council HWRC at Towcester recycles: bulky metal items, books, glass bottles and jars, cans, car batteries, engine oil, paper, cardboard, plastic bottles and textiles.
• South Northamptonshire Council operates Farthinghoe Reuse and Recycling Centre which accepts the following: bulky metal items, books, glass bottles and jars, cans, car batteries, engine oil, paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, textiles, garden waste, rubble, bricks, slabs, tiles, furniture, soft furnishings (with a valid fire label), records, bric-a-brac, toilets, baths and sinks.

Contact:

• For more detailed information about local recycling schemes and sites please contact the Council’s Recycling Officer on (01327) 322320.
• Further information is also available on South Northamptonshire Council’s website at: www.southnorthants.gov.uk

Wellingborough Borough Council
Bring Banks:

• The borough has 28 ‘Bring’ recycling bank sites.
• Most recycling points collect glass bottles and jars, and cans.
• Several recycling points also collect paper and textiles.

Recycling Schemes:

• The council offers a fortnightly borough wide kerbside scheme collecting: paper, textiles, cans, plastics and cardboard.
• The council also runs a green waste kerbside collection in some areas of the borough.

Household Waste Recycling Centre:

• The County Council HWRCs at Wellingborough and Wollaston recycle: bulky metal items, books, glass bottles and jars, cans, car batteries, engine oil, paper and textiles.
• The County Council HWRC at Wollaston also recycles cardboard.

Contact:

• For more detailed information about local recycling schemes and sites please call the Helpline on (01933) 231999.
• You can also e-mail: lbignell@wellingborough.gov.uk
• Further waste and recycling information is also available on Wellingborough Borough Council’s website at: www.wellingborough.gov.uk