Your coloured bins are used as follows:
We include a cut-out-and-keep guide to what goes in which bin in most editions of Cambridge Matters, the magazine we deliver to all residents every three months.
Search our recycling and rubbish A to Z to find out about how to recycle, reuse or dispose of specific items.
To recycle batteries, tie them in a small plastic bag and put it on top of your blue, green or black bin. We can recycle small batteries such as AA, AAA, 9V or button-style this way. If we cannot collect them because the container on the lorry is full, put them out again next time.
Put these in your blue bin:
Do not put these in your blue bin:
Put these in your black bin:
Do not put these in your black bin:
Put these in your green bin:
Do not put these in your green bin:
We cannot collect extra garden waste.
You can home compost, visit a Household Recycling Centre or apply for an additional green bin if you have extra garden waste.
You can use a kitchen caddy with a paper liner for your kitchen food waste, and empty it into your green bin when full.