All waste types refer to domestic (or household) waste unless otherwise stated

Our Waste Management A-Z answers frequently asked local recycling and waste questions. It also provides information and links on many less common waste issues.  

A
Abandoned vehicles
Aerosols
Alconbury Household Waste Recycling Centre 
Ammunition (safe disposal)
Animal waste - inc hay (disposal)
Asbestos (disposal) 

B
Bags/sacks (waste) - collection
Batteries (disposal/recycling)
- Car
- Household 
Beds (disposal)
Bins (collection)
Black bags/sacks (collection - household)
Blue bags/sacks (collection - trade)
Bluntisham Household Waste Recycling Centre
Bottles (recycling)
- Glass
- Plastic
Bring Sites
Buckden Education Centre
Buckden Household Waste Recycling Centre
Bulky items (disposal)
- Collection
- Disposal
Bus (Recycling Bus) 
Business waste (trade waste) 

C
Campaigns (Cambridgeshire County Council)
- Get Composting
- Slim Your Bin
- Smart Shopping
Cans (recycling)
- Aerosols
- Food and drinks cans 
Car batteries (recycling) 
Car parts (disposal) 
Cardboard (recycling)
Cards (recycling)
Cars
- Abandoned
- Disposal 
Central heating oil tanks (disposal)
Cesspits/pools (emptying)
Charity shops
Chemicals (disposal)
Christmas cards (recycling)
Christmas trees (recycling)
Christmas
- Collections
- Opening times (HWRCs)
City Council contacts 
Civic Amenity sites (Household Waste Recycling Centres)
Clinical waste (disposal) 
Closed landfills
Clothes (recycling)
Collection (bulky items)
Collections (kerbside - recycling)
Collection (waste)
Collection day
Commercial Waste
Compost
- At home
- Master Composter programme
- Taking to Household Waste Recycling Centres 
Compost bins (where to get one)
Composting 
Computer equipment (disposal/recycling)
Concrete (disposal/reprocessing)
Contact details (waste)
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- District Councils (Cambridgeshire)
- Environment Agency
- Household Waste Recycling Centres
- Neighbouring County Councils
- Contractors 
Cookers (disposal/recycling) 
Cooking oil - recycling
Cooking oil - trade (disposal)
Cotton reusable shopping bags

D
Dangerous waste (hazardous waste)
- Household
- Trade
Directories (recycling)
- Regular directories
Disposal (waste/recyclables)
District Council contacts
Domestic waste (household waste)
- Collection
- Disposal
Doorstep collection (recycling)
Doorstep collection (waste)
Drinks cans (recycling) 
Dryers (disposal/recycling) 
Dumps (Household Waste Recycling Centres)
Dustbins (collection) 

E 
Education (Recycling Bus)
Education Centre (Buckden) 
Electrical Equipment
Engine oil (disposal/recycling) 
Engines (disposal/recycling) 
Environment Agency (waste regulation issues)
Environmental Health Issues 
Exchanges (Waste Exchanges) 
Explosives (disposal) 

F 
Faeces - animal waste (disposal) 
Fluorescent tubes (disposal) 
Fly tipping
Foil (recycling)
Food cans (recycling) 
Fridges (recycling)
Freezers (recycling) 
Furniture (disposal) 

G
Garden waste (green waste for composting) 
Gas bottles (disposal)
Get Composting campaign
Glass (recycling)
- Bottles/jam jars
Green bags/sacks (green waste collection)
Green bins (green waste collection)
Green boxes (kerbside collection)
Green waste (for composting)
Grunty Fen Household Waste Recycling Centre 
Guns (safe disposal) 

H
Hardcore (disposal/reprocessing)
Hay - inc animal waste (disposal) 
Hazardous waste (disposal)
Home composting
Household waste
- Collection
- Disposal
Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) 

I
J
K
Kerbside collection 

L 
Landfills 
Licences (waste carrying/handling)
Light Bulbs
Link to Recap.co.uk 
Local recycling facilities 
Local Plan (Waste Local Plan) 
Local recycling information 

M
March Household Waste Recycling Centre
Master Composter (training)
Metal (recycling) 
Microwaves (disposal/recycling)
Milton Household Waste Recycling Centre
Missed collections (bins)
Mobile phones (disposal/recycling) 

N 
Nappies
Needles - clinical waste (disposal) 
NetRegs - environmental guidance for businesses
New Recycling Centres
-St Neots
-Witchford

O 
Office paper (recycling)
Oil (disposal/recycling)
- Cooking
- Engine
Oil tanks (disposal)
Opening times (Household Waste Recycling Centres) 
Ovens 

P
Packaging (reduction of)
Packaging waste - trade (disposal)
Paint (disposal)
Pallets (disposal)
Paper (recycling)
- Household
- Work
Pensioners - District Council help with waste
PFI
Phone books (recycling)
- Regular directories 
Planning - proposed new waste/recycling sites
Plasterboard
Plastics (recycling)

Q
R
Radiators (disposal)
Radios
Recap.co.uk
Recycling
- At Home (kerbside)
- At Household Waste Recycling Centres
- At work
- Bring sites' (local recycling facilities)
- Composting
- Master Recycler Scheme
- More information
Recycling Bus 
Recycling Centres (Household Waste Recycling Centres)
Recycling collections (kerbside)
Recycling contacts
- County Council
- District Councils
Recycling information 
Reduction of waste
Restrictions (waste)
- Collection
- Household Waste Recycling Centres
Rethink Rubbish
Reusable cotton shopping bags
Rubble (disposal/reprocessing) 

S
Sacks/bags (collection)
Safety
Schools Education Centre (Buckden)
Schools Recycling Bus
Scrap metals (recycling)
Septic tank (emptying) 
Sharps (disposal) 
Shoes (recycling)
Shopping bags - cotton, reusable
Shopping - reduction of waste through 'Smart Shopping' 
Skip hire
Slim Your Bin Campaign 
Smart Shopping Campaign
Soil (disposal/reprocessing) 
Special waste (disposal)
St Neots Household Waste Recycling Centre
Steel (recycling)
Stereos
Strategy (25 year Waste Management Strategy) 

T 
Tanks (disposal) 
Televisions (disposal)
Telephone books (recycling)
- Regular directories
Textiles - clothes (recycling)
Thriplow Household Waste Recycling Centre
Timber (disposal/recycling)
Tins (recycling) 
Tips (HWRCs)
Toxic waste (disposal)
Trade waste (disposal)
Trailer restrictions at Household Waste Recycling Centres 
Tyres (disposal) 

U
V 
Vans at Household Waste Recycling Centres 
Vehicles at Household Waste Recycling Centres Vehicles - abandoned 

W 
Wardrobes (disposal) 
Washing machines (disposal/recycling)
Waste carriers licences 
Waste exchanges (commercial waste) 
Waste Local Plan
Waste planning 
Waste reduction at work
Waste types
Wheelie bins (collections)
White bags/sacks (collection - trade) 
White goods (recycling)
Whittlesey Household Waste Recycling Centre
Wisbech Household Waste Recycling Centre
Wood (recycling)
- Garden waste
- Timber

X
Y
Yellow bags/sacks (clinical waste)

Z