Waste Management in Northumberland - Home Page

Christmas and New Year- bin collection days, recycling Christmas trees and more.

Please click on the links below for information on:

• Where to recycle your real Christmas tree in January 2010
• Changes to bin collection days
• Recycling Christmas cards in January 2010

Christmas cards can also be recycled in your household recycling bin or at your local Household Waste Recovery Centre.

• Recycling your Waste Electrical and Electronic items in January 2010. You could win a £200 holiday voucher or a dynamo radio-torch.
• Love Food and hate waste this Christmas
• Using Northumberland's Household Waste Recovery Centres over Christmas and New Year.

Garden waste collections and home composting

• Please click on this link for information on the garden waste collection scheme
• Click here to find out about home composting - view recent offers on home compost bins and links on how to compost.

Household recycling and waste collections

• Recycling bins- collection weeks and further information.
• Recycling information and advice- what can I recycle at home? 
• General rubbish- collection weeks and further information.
• Garden waste- collection season and further information.
• How do I request an assisted refuse collection?
• How do I request a different bin size for recycling/general rubbish?
• Bulky waste collections- how much does it cost and how do I arrange this?
• Hazardous Household Waste collections- when are the collections and how do I arrange this?

Recycling sites and Household Waste Recovery Centres

Please click on the links below to find out where your local recycling banks/Household Waste Recovery Centres are located and what materials can be recycled or disposed of at these sites?

• Recycling banks  
• Northumberland Household Waste Recovery Centres 

Hazardous Waste Items

• Hazardous Household Waste Collections - how and where can I dispose of hazardous household waste such as asbestos?
• Abandoned vehicles - how can I report an abandoned vehicle?
• Flytipping - How do I report a flytipping incident?

Waste education and waste reduction initiatives

• School Waste education
• Real nappies - find out about the real nappy scheme and view video clips on how to use different types of real nappies.
• Recycling information and advice - General advice on what can be recycled at home. 
• Composting - view recent offers on home compost bins and links on how to compost.
• Community recycling and reuse - an ideas and links page.

Commercial/Business waste

• Useful links and information for businesses on how to recycle and dispose of waste
• Link to information on the disposal of agricultural waste

The cost of waste disposal in Northumberland

• Find out how much it costs to dispose of waste in Northumberland.

Leaflets on waste and recycling topics

The information in the leaflets below apply to all Northumberland residents and are available in other formats on request. Please click on the picture icons for the most up-to-date leaflet available.