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.

Thank you for recycling

Thanks to everyone's efforts recycling is on the up in Bury. This is great news because when you recycle more:

we spend less on waste disposal;
receive more money for the recycling you put in your recycling bins;
you save money that helps to protect other public services.

We thank you for giving recycling a boost in 2017. Please keep up the your good work.

2018 recycling rates

This year's monthly average recycling rates are:

July 2018 - 60.4%
June 2018 - 61.3%
May 2018 - 62.9%
April 2018 - 58.4%
March 2018 - 51.3%
February 2018 - 52.8%
January 2018 - 53.5%

2017 recycling rates

Last year's annual recycling rate was 57.2%.

Last year's monthly average recycling rates were as follows.

September 2017 - 58.9%
August 2017 - 59.0%
July 2017 - 61.6%
June 2017 - 61.6%
May 2017 - 62.1%
April 2017 - 58.0%
March 2017 - 56.2%
February 2017 - 52.0%
January 2017 - 55.5%

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