Most of us recycle, supporting our community to improve the local environment, whilst reducing the amount of waste clogging up our rubbish bins.
Recycling from households in Blaby, Charnwood, Harborough, Hinckley & Bosworth, Oadby & Wigston, and Melton, are taken to Casepak, a Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) in Leicester. You might be interested to see how your recycling is sorted into the various material streams, as show in the video below:
A tour of Casepak Materials Recycling Facility
Recycling collected in North West Leicestershire works a little differently – If you’re a North West Leicestershire resident, you can find out what happens to your recycling on the North West Leicestershire District Council website.
How to stop valuable resources going to waste
If you’d like to do more to stop valuable resources going to waste, 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 video guides 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.
- Food Waste Collections Find out about food waste collections in Leicestershire.
- Frequently Asked Questions Still have questions? We have listed our most frequently asked questions and answered them.
- 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.
