This section of our web site provides information about the Rubbish, Waste and Recycling Service.
The Service collects from around 80,000 properties per week. We provide grey wheelie bins for the collection of normal household rubbish, a blue bin for recycling plastic, metal and glass, a brown bin for green/garden waste and a green bag for paper recycling.
Frequency of collections
- We will collect your grey bin once a week.
- We will collect your green bag once every two weeks.
- We will collect your blue bin once every four weeks.
- We will collect your brown bin once every two weeks in spring to autumn and every four weeks in winter.
Links to popular pages in this section:
Go to the bin and bag collections page to check your collection date
Go to the Christmas and New Year collection dates page.
Go to frequently asked questions about recycling.
Go to the recycling tips page.
Go to the recycling centres page to use our search facility to help you find the right recycling centre for the type of material you want to recycle.
Go to recycling facilities page for information about recycling rates and recycling of dry cell batteries, nappies, mobile phones and yellow pages.
Go to the Civic Amenity Sites page.
Go to the bulky household waste collection page.
Go to the commercial waste page.
Go to the clinical waste page.
For more information or to report a problem with rubbish or recycling contact:
Customer Contact Team
Main reception, Bury Town Hall, Knowsley Street, Bury, BL9 0SW or customer points at libraries
Phone: 0161 253 5353
E-mail: customercontactteam@bury.gov.uk
On-line: Report a Problem
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