Grey bin (food waste caddy)

All food waste should go into your food waste caddy, the grey bin, this will be collected every week on your usual collection day. You can place all your solid left over cooked and uncooked food (no liquids please) in the grey food waste caddy for collection.

We provide all households with a supply of waste liners to use with the food waste bin. These liners are not biodegradable but they are removed as a part of the treatment process. Biodegradable liners are more expensive and don't always degrade properly. Although households do not have to line their caddy, using the plastic liners has made it possible to provide them to all households to encourage more use of the food waste collection service.

The food waste is sent to an anaerobic digestion facility where it's turned into fertilizer for agriculture, the biogas is used to generate renewable electricity. Find out more about this process on the Biogen website.

Need more liners?

You can request new bags by contacting our Customer Service team on 01733 747474 (during standard office hours)

Green bin

Items are to be placed clean and loose in your green bin and you may recycle the following items:

Yes, please	No, thanks
Plastics inc. tubs, trays, pots, film, carrier bags and bottles (tops/caps can be left on but please remove any absorbent layers)*	Polystyrene, crisp packets, baby/pet food pouches, toothpaste tubes, shredded paper, black bags, pyrex or ceramics
Metals inc. food tins, drink cans, clean foil, aluminium trays, empty aerosols, large metal sweet/biscuits tins (tops/caps can be left on)	Food - please use your food waste caddy
Paper inc. newspapers, magazines, holiday brochures, junk mail, envelopes, telephone directories and catalogues	Textiles - can be taken to the Household Recycling Centre
Cardboard inc. packaging card, egg boxes, juice and squash cartons	Video tapes and CDs
Glass inc bottles, jars or jam jar lids (tops/caps can be left on)	Energy saving light bulbs or household batteries - to be taken to the Household Recycling Centre
	Electrical appliances (can also be taken to the Household Recycling Centre)
	Hard non-packaging plastics (eg. washing up bowls, plastic toys, etc)
	Non-household packaging metal items (eg. baking trays, saucepans, etc)

Any acceptable recyclable items that are too large to place in your green bin may be left beside your green bin in either clear tied bags or open cardboard boxes if it is unlikely to rain
Shredded paper is not accepted in green bins and as such will be rejected as contaminated if shredded paper is placed within them.

*Plastic packaging may detail a recycling classification code, or have on-package recycling information. We advise residents to look at the item itself as this information may not be relevant to items that can be collected in your green recycling bin.

Brown bin

Please see our garden waste service webpage for information on requesting this collection service.

Items are to be placed loose in your brown bin and are to include the following:

Yes, please	No, thanks
Grass cuttings	Food/kitchen waste
Hedge trimmings	Soil or rubble
Tree and shrub prunings	Pet waste and bedding
Leaves	General household waste
Weeds	Flower pots and plastic bags
Old flowers and plants
Windfall fruit and vegetable waste from the garden (not kitchen waste)

Black bin

Please make sure that all material is bagged and that you do not overfill your bin or push the contents down as this makes it difficult to empty properly.

Yes, please	No, thanks
Nappies	Hot ash or soil
Black bags	Electrical items
Polystyrene	Bricks and rubble
Shredded or tissue paper	Stone, gravel, concrete or sand
Other household waste that can't be reused, recycled or composted	Paint tins (if they contain any paint)

Your black general waste bin should only be used for household rubbish that cannot be reused, recycled or composted.

Clinical waste collection

We can collect and dispose of clinical waste for free if you are an NHS patient treating yourself at home only. When requesting a collection, you will need to tell us about the clinical waste you would like us to collect, and how frequently you would like it collected. Collections are always on a Wednesday and are made weekly, fortnightly, and monthly or on request as required.

This service is not for residents who are being taken care of by a community nurse or other health professional at home as this waste should be disposed of by the healthcare provider.
Items we collect:

Sharps, syringes and needles*
Waste items that are contaminated with infectious body fluids e.g. faeces, urine, blood when you have an infectious disease
Dialysis waste

*We only collect syringes, needles or other sharps if residents are unable to visit one of the below pharmacies, and if they are in a prescription sharps container. You can get an empty sharps container from your GP or other healthcare provider.

If you are self-treating at home, items such as sanitary towels, nappies and incontinence pads (known collectively as sanpro waste) which are not considered to be hazardous when they originate from a healthy population can be safely placed in your black household waste bin.

If you do not have enough room to put all your sanpro waste in your black bin please telephone the customer service team on the number below for an application form for a larger capacity bin.

Some local pharmacies now collect used sharps within a prescribed sharps container only. These can be dropped off at any of the following:

Pharmacy	Address
Halls the Chemist	The Old Chapel, Church Hill, Castor, PE5 7AU
Halls the Chemist	92 Peterborough Road, Farcet, PE7 3BN
Boots	Serpentine Green, Hampton Hargate, Peterborough, PE7 8BE
Newborough Pharmacy	42-46 School Road, Newborough, Peterborough, PE6 7RG
Boots	Queensgate Centre, Peterborough, PE1 1NW
Glinton Pharmacy	4 Rectory Ln, Glinton, Peterborough PE6 7LR
Granville Pharmacy	35 Granville Street, Peterborough, PE1 2QQ
Lloyds Pharmacy	3 Bushfield, Orton Centre, Orton Goldhay, Peterborough, PE2 5RQ
Mi Pharmacy	12A Skaters Way, Werrington, Peterborough, PE4 6NB
Millfield Pharmacy	387 Lincoln Road, Peterborough, PE1 2PF
Odedra Rc	Rectory Gardens, Old Fletton, Peterborough, PE2 8AY
Thomas Walker Pharmacy	Thomas Walker Medical Centre, 87 Princes Street, Peterborough, PE1 2QP
Well	2-6 Hampton Court, Westwood, Peterborough, PE3 7JA
West Town Chemist	63-65 Mayor's Walk, West Town, Peterborough, PE3 6EX
Halls the Chemist	57 Napier Place, Orton Wistow, Peterborough, PE2 6XN
Halls the Chemist	14a Church Street, Thorney, PE6 0QB

If you are unable to visit any of the above pharmacies to dispose of used sharps, or for any advice with regards to clinical collections please contact our Customer Service Team on 01733 747474 or email ask@peterborough.gov.uk.

Collection of other items

Not only does recycling help the environment – it also saves the city money. Sending waste to landfill costs the city millions which could be spent on other vital services.

You can arrange a free collection of small items that are not allowed to go in your green or black bin by contacting customer services, larger items can be taken to the Household Recycling Centre.

For more details about recycling please visit the Recap website for more information about Recycling in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

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