Waste Disposal and Recycling

Extracts from SCDC information site www.scambs.gov.uk/BinCollection

Wheely Bins doorstep collection

Longstanton Collection Day: Wednesday
 Click here to Find the Bin Collection Dates in Longstanton

SCDC waste and recycling service:

08450 450 063 Monday to Saturday 8am - 8pm,

or visit www.recap.co.uk. 

 

Blue wheeled bin

Yes please:

 No Thanks:
  • newspapers
  • magazines
  • junk mail
  • general clean paper
  • glass bottles
  • glass jars (with lids removed)
  • Food / aluminium cans / jar lids / pet food cans (washed out)
  • aerosol cans
  • biscuit / sweet tins
  • tin foil and foil trays
  • Cardboard i.e. brown cardboard boxes, toilet rolls,egg boxes and food packaging cardboard such
    as cereal boxes

 
  • shredded paper / yellow pages
    (put these in the black bin)
  • broken glass
    (put directly into glass banks)
  • large panes of glass (i.e. mirrors, windscreens, pyrex)
  • light bulbs and fluorescent tubes
  • ceramics and tiles
  • paint tins
  • copper and lead pipes *
  • sheets of metal *
  • carpets and rugs
  • pillows and duvets

Green wheeled bins

Yes please:

 No Thanks:
  • Grass cuttings
  • Leaves, prunings and clippings
  • Untreated wood and bark
  • Shredded paper 
  • Rabbit/Guinea pig waste (i.e. straw, hay and newspaper)
  • Windfall fruit
  • Cooked food
  • Meat and bones
  • Vegetables and fruit peelings
  • Coffee filters and tea bags
  • Stale bread
  • Biodegradable bags (e.g. corn starch)
  • Pernicious weeds (e.g. Japanese knotweed, bindweed)
  • Any type of plastic (inc. bags/sacks, magazine wrappers)
  • Polystyrene
  • Fruit juice cartons (with foiled lining)
  • Painted wood
  • Oil of any type
  • Carpets/rugs
  • Cat litter
  • Turf and soil (due to its weight)
  • Disposable nappies

Black wheeled bins

Yes please:

 No Thanks:
  • non-recyclable waste
  • fruit juice cartons
    (with foiled lining)
  • plastics
  • polystyrene
  • cat litter
  • light bulbs
  • Pyrex
  • Disposable nappies
  • Any items for the green bin, green box or local recycling sites
    including batteries *
* These items can be taken to the  Waste and Recycling Centre at: 
MILTON, Butt Lane, Milton (road between Impington and the A10)  Tel: (01223) 860674
Opening Hours
  • 9am - 8pm Monday to Friday - (Summer)
  • 9am - 6pm Bank Holidays, Saturday & Sunday - (Summer)
  • 9am - 4pm Monday to Sunday - (Winter ) (1 October - 31 March)
  Milton Waste and Recycling Centre accepts only waste from Household sources ONLY:
  • Green waste (grass clippings, garden waste)
  • Hardcore (bricks, rubble)
  • Paper
  • Glass
  • Scrap metal (copper and lead pipes; sheets of metal)
  • Waste oil
  • Fridges/freezers
  • Car batteries
  • Textiles
  • Cardboard
  • TVs and computers (incl. monitors)

Trade Waste Collection: Tel.  08450 450 063

Plastics

Plastic sacks must NOT be used in the green bin. This includes plastic sacks purchased as "biodegradable".

Nearest plastic bottles recycling banks:

Bar Hill: Tesco Supermarket car park
Swavesey: St Andrew's Church, Station Road
Willingham: Co-Op car park, High street

"Contaminated bins"

If any non compostable waste is placed into the green bin it will be classed as a "contaminated" will NOT be collected.

If a bin is found to be contaminated a sticker will be left on the bin to explain why it was not collected. 

Good news on plastic bottles!  

From October 2008 South Cambridgeshire District Council has been collecting plastic bottles of all shapes and sizes as part of the blue bin recycling scheme. Plastic bottles will be collected along with your paper, cans, glass bottles and jars.

Which plastic bottles can you recycle?

You can put all your plastic bottles in the blue bin for recycling.

Remember! If it's bottle-shaped and made from plastic you can put it in your blue bin for recycling.

Which plastics can't you recycle?

Unfortunately there are no cost effective recycling facilities available locally at this time for other plastics such as plastic bags, yogurt pots, food trays and plastic film. Please place these items in the blue bin.

What should you do with your plastic bottles?

·          Remove tops and triggers

·          Rinse

·          Squash

·          Recycle it!

To find out when your first collection of plastic bottles will be check the calendar in the Autumn edition of the South Cambs magazine.