Coronavirus (COVID-19): Important information about bin collections

Due to the coronavirus outbreak there may be some disruption to bin collections and changes to collection schedules and collection days. If you haven't already done so, please sign-up for email reminders and alerts so that we can keep you up-to-date with any changes.

Missed bin collections - Friday 18 September 2020

Due to the one day closure of the tipping faculty at Every Street, collections have been missed in some areas.

We will empty missed bins in the following areas on Saturday 19 September. Please leave your bin out and park your vehicles where they won't obstruct our collection truck.

Blue bins - Rochdale Road and Wash Lane area
Blue bins - area around Humber Drive , Limefield and Fairlands Road
Grey bins - Ajax Drive and Hathaway Drive
Green bins - area around Hornby Street and Walmersley Road
Brown bins - Turks Road , Bradley Lane , Burghley Drive, Boundary Drive , Bury Bolton Road
Brown bins - High Street , Bank Street , Church Street , Moyse Avenue and Campbell Close
Brown bins - area around Ainsworth Road , Wadebridge Drive , Elton Vale Road and Abbey Drive
Brown bins - Higher Lane , Philips Park Road and The Fairway
Brown bins - Ringley Road and Park Lane area

Blue bins missed in the Huntley Mount and Chesham areas will be emptied on Monday 21 September.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Cutting back on waste

Ways to reduce and reuse your waste

Composting

Composting your waste is a cheap, natural process that allows you to recycle your kitchen and garden waste into valuable food for your garden. It is an easy way to reduce your waste by about a third. You can use the compost you create to help your garden grow.

Recycle Now - Composting

Furniture re-use

If you have furniture items in good condition that you no longer want you can donate these to a local community scheme or charity. Mustard Tree collect donations of unwanted furniture or you can drop the items off at their warehouse or at the household waste and recycling centre on Cemetery Road in Radcliffe.

Recycle for Greater Manchester - Waste less: furniture

Junk mail

An easy way to reduce your waste is to stop junk mail coming through your letter box.

Recycle for Greater Manchester - Reducing junk mail

Nappies

If you have young children in nappies you could switch to using real nappies which frees up space in your bin.

Find out more about cloth nappies at the Recycle for Greater Manchester website

Contact for Waste Management Service