Important information
- Please ensure that bins are placed out by 6.45am on your collection day.
- Your grey food waste bin will be collected every week on your normal collection day along with your black or green bin.
- If you are signed up for the garden waste service, your brown bin will be collected in the same week as your black bin. Please check our garden waste / brown bin page for your collection day.
- Please do not block pavements with your bins.
- Bins that contain unacceptable items will not be picked up (or returned for) and will require you to remove the unacceptable items before your next collection date.
- Any bin exceeding 50kg will not be collected.
- Bin lids must be fully closed.
- Additional black bags, boxes of waste or any extra waste will not be collected, you will need to take this to the Household Recycling Centre.
- The council may need to suspend collections during severe weather to ensure the safety of people and properties.
Battery and vape disposal service
You can now put some types of used household batteries and disposable vapes out for collection on the same day as your green or black bin. They must be placed in separate plastic bags and put on top of the bin lid. They must not go inside your bin. This is to prevent fires in our collection vehicles.
For more information, please view the 'battery and vape disposal' drop down box on this page. We have also published our response to some frequently asked questions about this service in the same drop down box.
What you can and cannot put inside each type of bin
Liners for your food waste bin / caddy
We will be delivering two rolls of food waste bin liners to all households presenting a food waste caddy between 12 and 22 March 2024. Please make sure you put your food waste bin out as per the schedule below to receive your rolls.
The purpose of the delivery is to ensure residents have a consistent supply of food waste bin liners. Each roll has 40 liners, meaning every household will receive 80 liners.
Please note we won't be accepting online orders for food waste bin liners until we have completed delivery across the city.
We urge you to think of the environment when using the liners. Please make sure they are full before transferring them from the inside caddy to the bigger grey food waste bin outside.
You will still be able to request additional liners if needed.
If your food waste bin is missed and you don't receive two rolls of liners, please email recycling@peterborough.gov.uk or call 01733 747474.
Schedule for bin liner delivery
Week one:
- 12 March - Parnwell, Fengate, Eastgate, South Gladstone, Lincoln Road, City Centre, Broadway, Dogsthorpe Road, Park Road, Garton End Road, Newark Avenue, Eastfield Road, North Eastfield, South Eastfield
- 13 March - North Gladstone, Lincoln Road / Millfield, Millfield / New England, New England, Welland Road, North Dogsthorpe, Dogsthorpe, Welland, Eye Road Estate
- 14 March - Paston East, Paston West, Walton, Lincoln Road / Werrington South, Gunthorpe, Gunthorpe Ridings / Manor Drive, Thorney, Eye, Rural Farms
- 15 March - Werrington Village, Werrington East, Werrington West, Werrington North East, Newborough and Peakirk, Maxey, Deeping Gate, Northborough, Helpston and Glinton, North Rural
Week two:
- 19 March - Ufford, Barnack, Ashton, Pilsgate, Upton, Marholm, Helpston, Wothorpe, Wittering, Castor to Wansford, South Bretton, Central Bretton, North Bretton, Westwood / North Bretton, Westwood / Ravensthorpe, Rural Farms
- 20 March - Longthorpe, Netherton, West Town, Thorpe Road, Sugar Way / Woodston, New Fletton, Old Fletton, Hempsted
- 21 March - Orton Longueville, Orton Waterville, Orton Wistow, Orton Brimbles, Orton Goldhay West, Orton Southgate, Orton Northgate, Orton Goldhay Central, Orton Goldhay East, Orton Malborne
- 22 March - Stanground Village, Stanground - Southfields Estate, Stanground - Oakdale Estate, Stanground South (Cardea), Stanground - Park Farm and Coneygree Road, Hampton Centre and Vale, Hampton Hargate, Hampton Vale, Hampton Gardens and Water
Alternatives to bin liners
You can also place food waste directly into your caddy. If you want to try and keep your caddy clean, there are alternatives you could use such as newspaper, plastic bags, paper bags, supermarket-bought food waste bags etc. These will be removed as part of the treatment process.
Additional bins
If you have a large family with five or more people permanently living at your address you can apply for a large family 360L black refuse bin to replace the standard 240L bin. You can also apply for a second 240L green recycling bin.
You may also be eligible to apply if someone in your household has a medical condition which generates excess waste. For example, colostomy or kidney dialysis at home.
To apply please complete the application for additional bins form.
New and replacement bins
If you need to order new or replacement bins, please call us on 01733 747474 to arrange payment and delivery. The phone line is open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
We now charge a fee to provide new or replacement bins. This is to cover administration and delivery costs. The fee does not cover the sale of the bins to you. The bins remain our property.
The costs are as follows:
- Black, green or brown 240 litre bin = £29.50 per bin (£14.75 if in receipt of Council Tax Relief)
- Small food caddy = £10.00 (£5.00 if in receipt of Council Tax Relief)
- Large food caddy = £10.00 (£5.00 if in receipt of Council Tax Relief)
- Small and large food caddy delivered together = £12.50 (£6.25 if in receipt of Council Tax Relief)
View the decision to charge for bins on the Democracy Peterborough website.
What to do with waste if your are self-isolating or have Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Anyone who is self-isolating, either as a precaution or because they are confirmed to have coronavirus, should follow this advice to get rid of their household waste to ensure the virus is not spread via personal waste.
- Individuals should place all personal waste such as used tissues and disposable cleaning cloths, securely in a plastic bag or bin liner.
- This plastic bag should then be placed in another plastic bag and securely tied.
- These bags must be stored separately to other waste for at least 72 hours before being placed in the general rubbish collection.
After 72 hours outside the body the virus is no longer viable and the double bagged waste can be put in the general rubbish collection as normal. Only waste that is heavily contaminated, such as tissues that have been coughed in and disposable cleaning cloths need to be treated in this way. Regular household recycling and waste should be treated as normal.
Individuals who are self-isolating should not visit Fengate Household Recycling Centre (HRC) to dispose of waste.