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Household Waste Doorstep Collections

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• South Cambridgeshire has replaced the old sack based service with wheeled bins.
• The normal collection point is at the kerbside.
• The normal collection time is between 7.00 am to 18.30 pm. Refuse should always be placed out by 7.00am on collection day.

Unless otherwise advertised, changes to collection days for clinical waste as a result of bank holidays will be the same as those for the wheeled bin scheme.

• Visit our Bin collection day finder pages to find out when your wheeled bins and green box will be collected.

All enquiries, service requests and reports of missed collections should be reported as soon as possible to Health and Environmental Services.

Recycling

• Green box scheme
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• Recycling - general information for South Cambridgeshire

Bulky and special collections

• Bulky collections and chargeable collections such as furniture and fridges can be collected by appointment within ten working days.

Assisted collections

• Assisted collections can be arranged for residents who are unable to carry their refuse sacks or wheel their bins to their collection point.

Clinical waste collections

• More and more people are now being referred by the Health Service to treat themselves at home. If this treatment involves the use of dressings, needles or other surgical equipment, these items must be collected separately from other waste. Please contact us for further information and to register for this service.
• This council also offers a collection service from Commercial organisations e.g. doctors, vets, clinics etc. Please contact Health and Environmental services for further information, prices or to arrange a collection.
• You can also contact us for free advice on storage, collection methods and what you need to do to comply with the law.
• Clinical waste will be collected on Wednesdays, Thursdays or Fridays depending on your location.
• The waste should be left by your front door, unless by specific arrangement, by 7am.

Trade Waste Collections

• This council provides an excellent trade collection service using sacks and containers up to 1100 litre capacity. For further details please contact Health and Environmental services.
• You can also contact us for free advice on storage, collection methods and what you need to do to comply with the law.
• We do not operate a skip service, there are contractors for this service listed in well known telephone directories.