Most of us recycle, supporting our community to improve the local environment, whilst reducing the amount of waste clogging up our rubbish bins.
If you’d like to do more to stop valuable resources going to waste in landfill sites, use this section of the site to find out about your kerbside collections, and your local recycling and household waste site. You might also find our brief guide to Leicestershire recycling video useful:
- Contamination in Recycling Make sure you're putting the right thing in the right bin to avoid contamination in your recycling.
- Items accepted for recycling at Casepak How to make sure the right items end up in your recycling bin. This list is for Leicestershire residents, except those in North West Leicestershire.
- What happens to your kerbside recycling? Have you ever wondered what happens to your recycling once the materials are emptied out of your recycle bin/bag?
- Compostable, degradable, biodegradable and oxodegradable plastics Read on to find out more about these 'new' types of plastics and how to dispose of them responsibly.
- How do I dispose of... A to Z Need to dispose of something but not sure of your options? This A to Z covers some of the items that cause confusion.
- Recycling & Household Waste Sites Sometimes called the tip, you might be surprised by how much you can recycle at the sites.
- Kerbside Collections Need to know more about your kerbside service? Find out how to get more information here.
- Business Waste Own a small business? Reduce your waste to save cash and find out about your legal responsibilities.
