Hinckley & Bosworth Borough

This page details the recycling and composting services available to residents living in Hinckley & Bosworth Borough. If you are unsure of which district or borough you live in, please use the interactive map on our home page.

Recycling just got easier- Services in this area have recently been improved to make them easier to use. Details can be seen below, or for more information on the service changes, you can visit the Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council website.

What's Collected at the Kerbside?

	Container		Yes please	No thanks
	Glass, plastic and cans (blue bag, box or bin) Note: please only put glass in the box		Glass bottles and jars Plastic bottles and yoghurt pots Plastic ice cream containers and margarine tubs Plastic food trays Plastic bottle tops and caps Plastic bags and carrier bags Drinks cans and food tins Empty aerosols Foil containers	Pyrex Light bulbs Polystyrene
	Paper and card bag (70ltr yellow bag)		Newspapers, magazines and junk mail Catalogues, Yellow Pages and directories Paper Envelopes, both plain and window type All types of card including corrugated (please flatten large pieces and place under the bag on the collection day)	Cartons (e.g. Tetra Pak). Place these in your blue box/bag/bin
	Textiles bag (pink bag)		Clothes Shoes (in pairs) Household linens (e.g. duvet covers and pillowcases) Towels and tea towels Curtains Handbags and belts	Pillows Duvet
	Batteries bag (Own carrier bag left next to recycling containers)		Small household batteries Watch batteries Mobile phone batteries	Vehicle batteries
	Garden waste bin (240ltr brown wheelie bin)		Grass cuttings, flowers and plants Hedge clippings and leaves Bark, twigs, small branches and weeds	Soil, old compost and turf Japanese Knotweed Slabs, stones or garden rubble Treated wood Garden tools and plant pots Garden chemicals Animal bedding or waste Food waste - including fruit and vegetable peelings
	Rubbish (240ltr black wheelie bin)		What you cannot recycle	Garden waste Paint – take unwanted paint and empty paint tins to Whetstone tip Builders rubble/waste, including soil and concrete

Hinckley&Bosworth Borough Council

Phone: 01455 238141 Email: streetscene@hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council website

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

• Your collection day
• How to order a garden waste bin

Recycling bins

For only £15 per financial year, you can rent a wheeled bin to contain most of your recycling, instead of your blue bag/box. You can use this for the collection of glass, cans, plastics and cartons. You will then only need a separate yellow bag for recycling paper and cardboard. For information on how to order a bin, visit the Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council website.

Where's my Nearest Recycling Site?

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

Where's my Nearest Recycling & Household Waste Site?

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 site in Hinckley & Bosworth Borough is:

• Barwell RHWS - Stapleton Lane, Barwell, Leics. LE9 8HE

Sites in neighbouring districts include:

• Coalville RHWS - Ashby Road, Coalville, Leics. LE67 3LA
• Whetstone RHWS - Enderby Road, Whetstone, Leicester, Leics. LE8 6JL

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.