Bin Collections
Make sure you check bin collection changes this festive period
Please ensure you check your bin collection changes this festive period.
If your collections fall on the following days please ensure you place your bin on the edge of your property on the new collection date:
| Normal Collection day | Your bin will be emptied on |
|---|---|
| Grey Bin Wednesday December 25 | Tuesday December 24 |
| Grey Bin Thursday December 26 | Friday December 27 |
| Grey Bin Wednesday January 1 | Thursday January 2 |
| Blue Bin Wednesday December 25 | Monday December 23 |
| Blue Bin Thursday December 26 |
Monday December 30 |
| Blue Bin Wednesday January 1 | Tuesday December 31 |
Please ensure your bin is out for collection by 7am and refer to your collection calendar for dates when green bin collections stop and re-start over the Christmas and New Year period.
Guidance about what can go in your bins and information about the collection service.
Large unwanted item collection
Help for elderly and infirm residents
Householder's duty of care - your responsibilities
Blue bin
Your blue bin is for paper, card, mixed food & drinks cans, yoghurt pots, margarine tubs and plastic bottles only.
We will also take flat packed cardboard next to the bin if it is too large to place into the bin.
For more detail, explore the different household items that can be placed into your blue bin below:
Bathroom
Plastic - shower gels/shampoo & conditioner bottles
Plastic - hand soaps & cosmetic bottles
Plastic - household cleaning fluid bottles
Cans - empty aerosols & deodorants
Cardboard - toiletry boxes, toilet roll tubes, tooth paste boxes, hand soap boxes & cosmetic boxes
Kitchen
Plastic - milk bottles and milk bottle tops
Plastic - pop, water and soft drinks bottles
Plastic - fabric & conditioner bottles
Plastic - household cleaning bottles
Plastic - yoghurt pots & margarine tubs
Cardboard - cereal boxes & egg boxes
Cardboard - other cardboard packaging
Cans - food and drink cans
Lounge or bedroom
Paper - newspapers, magazines and pamphlets
Paper - junk mail, envelopes & writing paper
Cans - empty aerosols
Cans - drinks cans
Remember to take your glass bottles, jars, textiles, shoes and Tetra Pak cartons to one of our bring banks. The remainder can be placed either in the grey bin if it is rubbish, or green bin if its garden waste. To locate your nearest Bring Site.
Small electrical items
Residents can place small electrical items on the top of their blue bins from Monday October 28, 2024, in a new recycling service.
This includes the following items and the list could be extended in the future:
- Kettles
- Toasters
- Irons
- Lamps - must have bulb removed
- Hairdryers
- Straighteners
- Hair clippers
- Shavers
- Electric toothbrushes
- Games consoles
- Digital clocks
- Digital watches
- Remote controls
- Torches
- Calculators
- Laptops and tablets
- Cameras and camera chargers
- Mobile phones
- Radios
The Council’s waste teams will collect the items at the same time or on the same day as the blue bin collection and they will be recycled at local contractors where other blue bin waste is sorted.
Residents are advised to fully wipe and remove any data cards from laptops, tablets, cameras or phones before being left on a bin to be recycled.
For larger electrical items including microwaves, fridges and freezers please either book a bulky waste collection or take them to one of Nottinghamshire's 12 recycling centres where they will be separated for recycling.
Items with built-in batteries do not need to be removed before recycling and removable batteries such as AAA, AA and 9V are as ever requested to be left in a separate bag on the top of any coloured bin.
Green bin - garden waste
Your green bin is for green, organic garden waste.
| Yes please |
No thanks |
|---|---|
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Find out how to join the Garden Waste Scheme, or visit our page for more information.
Grey bin - household items that cannot be recycled
Your grey bin is for household waste that cannot be recycled or composted in your blue or green bin or at bring sites.
Please wrap food waste in paper and/or plastic bags before placing in the bin and keep the lid shut. Make sure bags are free of air as this takes up space in the bin.
Please think carefully about what you are throwing away- can it be reused or recycled?
Find out more about grey bin collections on our Frequently Asked Questions page.
Day of collection
Find your day of collection and colour of bin being collected with our online refuse collection calendar.
- On your collection day, place your bin at the edge of your property at the nearest point to the footpath or highway, closest to where the collection vehicle passes by 7am. It will be returned to this position.
- Remove your bin from it's collection point by the end of the day or directly after it has been collected.
- Collection date calendars are delivered to every household once a year (if you need a new calendar, contact us).
- Bins will only be emptied on the days shown on your collection calendars.
- We will only empty bins that have closed lids and no extra waste will be taken.
Battery recycling
We collect your used batteries. Put your used household batteries in any bag, place on any colour bin, any week and we will recycle them. Find out what batteries we collect.
Large unwanted item collections
For a small charge we can collect your large household items.
Additional bins
If there are five or more people in a household or where two or more children are in nappies, you may be entitled to an extra grey bin. We will need to check to your waste to find out what your need is.
Help for elderly, infirm or disabled people
We understand that not everyone is able to manage a wheeled bin, so we offer an assisted collection service. If you are struggling with your bin, contact us online and a waste advisor will decide whether we can help you out. Please note that if you live with an able-bodied person then you will not be offered an assisted collection.
Missed collections
If your bin has been missed, complete our missed collection form. However, if you have forgotten to put your bin out, you will need to wait until the next collection day, or take your refuse to your nearest Household Waste Recycling Centre.
Lost or stolen bins
If your bin goes missing, complete our missing bin form. We’ll investigate what happened, and hopefully be able to find it. If your bin is damaged, it will generally be replaced free of charge. If the damage is as a result of misuse, you have to pay for a replacement.
Householders’ duty of care - what are you responsible for?
Householders are legally responsible for making sure their waste is disposed of by an authorised waste carrier. If you use a waste carrier who doesn't have the correct licence and your waste is dumped illegally (fly tipping), you are responsible and will be liable to prosecution and could be fined up to £5,000.
So, always remember to check the licence of a waste carrier you employ and note their licence numbers. People that would need a waste carriers licence are odd jobbers, gardeners, builders and others offering a waste collection services.
Rushcliffe Borough Council is exempt from holding a waste carriers licence because we are a Waste Collection Authority and hold a Waste Management Licence (WML No:43426).