Waste management

Recycling Waste

This page gives you information on how to recycle your waste in Bedford Borough, this includes the orange bag scheme and the green waste collection scheme.

For information on the orange bag scheme please click here.

For information on the green waste collection scheme please click here.

Why recycle and compost your waste?

Recycling and composting waste is now an important part of reducing your household's impact on the environment. Bedfordshire is running out of landfill sites and government targets are encouraging all of us to play our part in reducing and recycling waste.

The composition of the average household bin is shown below:

Bedford Borough Council encourages residents to recycle at least 75% of this rubbish via the orange bag scheme for recyclable materials (paper, cardboard, tins, cans and plastic bottles) and a green waste collection scheme for garden waste.

The Council also provides a network of bring bank sites for recycling materials such as glass, paper and textiles. For information on where your nearest bring bank site is please download the list below.

Mini Recycling Sites July 2007 ( 16 Kb ) - DOWNLOAD

IMPORTANT NEWS: CARTON RECYCLING COMES TO BEDFORD BOROUGH!

We have recently installed several special new bring banks to enable residents to recycle cartons and tetra-pac's. These banks are easily identified by their orange lids! Bedford Borough Council is working with Tetrapac UK to encourage residents to recycle their fruit juice and milk cartons, which we cannot currently accept in your orange recycling bags.

Please find a list of the sites below:

Avon Drive Shopping Centre Recycling Site, Avon Drive, Bedford (MK41 7AF)
Tesco, Cardington Road, Bedford (MK42 0BG)
Church Lane Shopping Centre Recycling Site, Church Lane, Bedford (MK41 0PW)
Hillgrounds Recycling Site, Car Park HIllgrounds Road, Bedford (MK42 8TP)
Riverside Square Car Park Recycling Site, Horne Lane, Bedford (MK40 1PY)
HWRC Barkers Lane, Bedford (MK41 9SB)

To download our general information leaflet on household recycling please click below.

Household recycling leaflet 2007 ( 231 Kb ) - DOWNLOAD

Bring Bank Improvement Project

The Council recently carried out a project to improve a number of bring bank sites to make them cleaner, more accessible and provide more information at the sites for residents. For more information on the project download the report below:

Bring Site Improvement Project Report April 2007 (620 Kb ) - DOWNLOAD

If you have a question about recycling in Bedford Borough please contact the call centre on 0800 121 8888 or email the Recycling Team at: recycling@bedford.gov.uk

SERVICES A-Z

Household Waste Recycling
Waste Services
Recycling

Rubbish and Recycling
Waste Collection
Orange Bag Scheme
Bulky waste
Green Waste Collection
Household Waste Recycling Centre
Household Refuse Collection Days
Assisted Waste Collection