Charnwood Borough

This page details the recycling and composting services available to residents living in Charnwood Borough.

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Residents will soon receive a new green recycling bin to replace the purple sacks. Get more information on the new recycling bins page.

Kerbside collections

	Container		Yes please	No thanks
	Metals, plastics, paper and card bag (purple bag)		Metals: Drink cans & food tins Big cooking oil tins, metal biscuit and chocolate tins Empty aerosol cans Clean foil Plastics: Detergent bottles Shampoo and shower gel bottles Food trays and fruit punnets Carrier bags, bin liners and packaging film Margarine & ice cream tubs Small plants pots and seed trays Yoghurt pots, foam boxes and plastic cutlery Paper and card: Shredded paper Yellow Pages, catalogues and books Envelopes (please remove any windows) Magazines and newspapers Wrapping paper (non-metallic) Cardboard toilet and kitchen rolls Clean pizza boxes Cardboard boxes large and small (flatten and remove sellotape) Food & drink cartons (e.g. TetraPak)	Dirty boxes Fireworks and firework boxes Files and folders with metal components 'Jiffy' bags Wallpaper Tissues Kitchen paper Paper contaminated with food Toys Plastic furniture Electrical appliances Crisp packets Sweet wrappers Glass (use your green box for glass) Polystyrene packaging Low energy light bulbs
	Glass box (40ltr green box)		Glass bottles (wine, spirit, etc) Sauce jars Jam jars Pickle jars	Window glass Lids for bottles or jars Pyrex Ceramic dishes Drinking glass Mirror Spectacles Broken glass Textiles
	Mind textile bag		Clean, dry, wearable clothing Household linen Paired shoes Handbags Soft toys	Pillows Duvets
	Garden waste bin (240ltr brown wheelie bin)		Grass cuttings Leaves Small twigs Hedge trimmings Raw fruit & vegetables from the garden Weeds Flowers	Plant pots, wire ties or seed trays Plastic, glass or metal Gravel or stones Soil and turf Logs and thick branches Meat waste or bones Fish or cooked food
	Rubbish (240ltr black lidded bin)		What you cannot recycle	Garden waste – please sign up for a garden waste bin Paint – take unwanted paint and empty paint tins to Whetstone tip Builders rubble/waste, including soil and concrete

Charnwood Borough Council

Phone: 01509 634563 Email: cleaner.greener@charnwood.gov.uk Charnwood Borough Council website

Further information

For more information on kerbside services, please visit the Charnwood Borough Council website. Here, you can find out about:

• How to order a garden waste bin
• How to order a new refuse bin

Charnwood Borough Council also provide on on-line facility to check when your collection day is.

Where's My Nearest Bring-bank?

There are lots of bring-banks located across the district. If you need to know where the nearest site is to you, contact Charnwood Borough Council using the details below, or visit www.recyclenow.com and make use of their postcode search facility.

Recycling & Household Waste Sites

Leicestershire County Council

Phone: (0116) 305 0001 Email: customerservices@leics.gov.uk Leicestershire County Council website

There are 14 Recycling & Household Waste Sites (RHWS) across the county. Often known as 'the tip' or simply as a 'CA Site', the RHWS now provide much more than somewhere to dump unwanted waste. Sites are able to take a wide range of materials, much of which are recycled or composted.

The sites in Charnwood Borough are:

• Mountsorrel RHWS - Granite Way, Mountsorrel, Leics. LE12 7TZ
• Loughborough RHWS - Railway Terrace, Loughborough, Leics. LE11 1HW
• Shepshed RHWS - Hathern Road, Shepshed, Leics. LE12 9RP

For more information on the sites and the materials accepted, please visit the County Council website.

Need a Waste Permit?

The RHWS are provided by Leicestershire County Council for the household waste of Leicestershire residents. Trade waste is subject to a charge for disposal and can only be taken to the Whetstone site.

Leicestershire, like many other counties, runs a permit system to ensure that only household waste is taken to the sites for free. Residents are welcome to take waste and recycling to any of the sites in a car, but if you decide to use a van or trailer over 4'6" in length, you'll need to apply for a permit. For more information, please visit the County Council website.