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There are lots of sites in Bedford Borough where you can recycle various items such as glass bottles and jars, textiles, shoes, and paper.

Find your nearest local recycling site

Find your nearest site on the table below or go to our online maps, select the 'layers' icon (the second icon beneath the logo) and select 'recycling sites'. 

Report a full or overflowing recycling bank

Please tell us if any of the recycling banks are full and/or overflowing.

Email recycling@bedford.gov.uk and include all the following information:

  • The type of recycling bank that needs emptying – whether it is glass, textiles or card/paper.
  • The site location including road name.

Bedford locations

Location Road Postcode Glass Textiles Paper
Avon Drive Shops Avon Drive MK41 7AF Yes Yes No
Carron Road car park Carron Road MK41 7YA Yes Yes No
Brickhill Drive Shops Brickhill Drive MK41 7QF Yes Yes No
Woodlands Park car park Ashmead Road MK41 7GA Yes No No
Bus Station  Greenhill Street MK40 1LX Yes No  No
Opposite Lidl car park Howard Street  MK40 3HS Yes No No
Prebend Street car park Prebend Street MK42 9AP Yes Yes No
Bunyan Centre  Mile Road MK42 9TS Yes Yes No
Morrisons Ampthill Road MK42 9JP Yes Yes No
St Peters Street car park St Peters Street / Goldington Road  MK40 3LH Yes Yes No
Robinson Pool car park Foster Hill Road MK40 2JZ Yes Yes No
Church Lane shops  Church Lane MK41 0PW Yes Yes No
Library Walk car park Library Walk  MK41 8HF Yes Yes No
Tesco Cardington Road MK42 0BG Yes Yes Yes
Priory Country Park  Barkers Lane MK41 9SH Yes Yes Yes
Tesco  Riverfield Drive MK41 0SE Yes Yes Yes
HWRC Barkers Lane MK41 9SB Yes Yes Yes
Mowsbury Park car park  Wentworth Drive MK41 8QB Yes Yes No
Mowsbury Park car park  Kimbolton Road MK41 8AH Yes Yes No
Old Ford End Road Old Ford End Road MK40 4JU Yes Yes No

Kempston locations

Location Road Postcode Glass Textiles Paper
Southfields Centre  Southfields Road MK42 7NR Yes Yes No
Addison Centre  Bedford Road MK42 8PN Yes No No
Hillgrounds Road Playing Fields car park Hillgrounds Road  MK42 8TP No Yes Yes
Saxon Centre  Bedford Road MK42 8PP Yes No No
St Johns Street car park St Johns Street MK42 8EP Yes Yes No
Lidl, Ridge Road Off Martell Drive MK42 7LZ Yes No No

Village locations

Village Location Road Postcode Glass Textiles Paper
Biddenham  Bentley Grange  St James Way  MK40 4UH Yes No No
Biddenham Three Tuns public house Main Road MK40 4BD No Yes No
Bromham Stevington Country Walk  Park Road  MK43 8JU Yes No No
Cople Five Bells public house  Northill Road MK44 3TU Yes No No
Cotton End The Bell public house  Bell Lane MK45 3AD Yes Yes No
Elstow Park and Ride Progress Park MK42 9XF Yes No No
Great Denham Car park next to village green bus stop Kingswood Way MK40 4GR Yes Yes No
Harrold Harrold Centre High Street MK43 7JD Yes Yes No
Lt. Staughton Top End Farm Colmworth Road MK44 2BY Yes No No
Milton Ernest Garden Centre Radwell Road MK44 1SH Yes Yes No
New Cardington Beauvais Square Rochester Way MK42 0GE Yes Yes No
Ravensden Ravensden corner shop Old Ways Road MK44 2RF No Yes No
Riseley Riseley Village Hall Gold Street MK44 1EG Yes No No
Sharnbrook A6 northbound lay-by North of Mill Road MK44 1PX Yes No No
Shortstown Newton Street car park Newton Street MK42 0TG Yes Yes No
Shortstown Skate Park, Southcote Village Hall car park Southcote Road MK42 0FB Yes No No
Stevington Langcroft Farm lay-by  Off Court Lane MK43 7QS Yes No No
Stewartby Co-op car park Clay Avenue / Kiln Drive MK43 9SU Yes No No
Stewartby Village Hall parking Stewartby Way MK43 9LJ Yes No  No
Turvey Picts Hill lay-by Bedford Road MK43 8BS Yes Yes  No
Upper Dean Three Compasses public house Upper Dean PE28 0NE Yes No No
Willington The Crown public house Station Road MK44 3QH No Yes No
Wilstead Lay-by near Duck End Bedford Road MK45 3HP Yes Yes No
Wixams Lakeview School car park School Lane MK42 6BH Yes Yes No
Wootton Recreation ground / Village Hall car park Church Road MK43 9HT Yes Yes No
Wootton Sainsbury's car park  Folkes Road MK43 9TE Yes No  No

Recycle Now Recycling Locator

You can also use the Recycle Now Recycling Locator below to check whether an item can be recycled at home or to find your nearest recycling point.

 

 

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