Mid Suffolk and Babergh District Councils operate a shared waste collection scheme to enable a more cost-effective service. The scheme is an alternate weekly collection service, collecting rubbish one week and recycling the next. The majority of households are provided with two-wheeled bins, a green-lidded bin for recycling and a black bin for rubbish.

Did you know that less than 80p per week of your council tax goes towards waste collection?

What are the benefits of alternate weekly collection?

An alternate weekly collection of rubbish and recycling helps to keep council tax rates down. Landfill charges are applied to every tonne of rubbish we put into landfill, therefore, if we reduce what we put into our rubbish bin and increase our quantity and quality of recycling it not only keeps council tax down but it greatly reduces the impact we have on the environment.

Related links

• Collection days
• Getting it right - what can go in your recycling bin
• Assisted collection
• Larger or additional bins can be provided for a charge if the number of permanent residents in your household increases:
  - Find out what size bin you should have.
  - Request a replacement or larger bin.
• Extra waste
• Hard to access properties
• Missed bin
• Moving house
• Stolen or missing bins

External sites

• Love Food Hate Waste - a campaign to raise awareness on the amount of food waste we throw away.