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Garden Waste

Reuse your garden waste by home composting. Alternatively we offer a garden waste collection (brown bin) service on an annual subscription basis and a bulk bag scheme. For more information telephone the Refuse Hotline on 0845 6066045 (Local Rate Call). Alternatively garden waste can be taken to one of the household waste and recycling centres in Babergh free of charge.

Gas Cylinders

Empty gas cylinders should be returned to the retailer they were purchased from.

Glass

Glass bottles and jars can be recycled at one of your local Community Recycling Centres (PDF, 10kb). Glass does not lose quality even after being recycled repeatedly. There are also glass containers at the household waste and recycling centres in Babergh.

Glass (sheet)

Glass panes cannot be taken to Household Waste and Recycling Centres in Suffolk. These can be taken to landfill or a transfer station. Please refer to your local yellow pages

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Hardcore & Soil

Clean hardcore and soil can be taken to the household waste and recycling centres in Babergh. There is a limit on two bags per household.

Hazardous waste

Please see our hazardous waste page

Household Appliances

Unwanted household appliances can be taken to one of the household waste and recycling centres in Babergh. Alternatively, we are able to offer a bulk refuse collection service for a small charge. For more information telephone the Refuse Hotline on 0845 6066045 (Local Rate Call).

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Ice Cream Cartons

These can be recycled in your blue bin, see what can I recycle in my blue bin?

Inkjet Cartridges

Recycle used inkjet cartridges and donate £1 to the British Red Cross for every cartridge recycled. Freepost bags can be obtained by emailing freepost@redcross.org.uk or calling 0844 412 2811, or, donate your cartridge to Recycle Aid for a choice of other charities.

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Juice Cartons

You can recycle drink and milk cartons, including Tetra-pak, at all our household waste and recycling centres in Babergh where they are collected separately and the collection points are clearly marked.  If you cannot take them to the Recyling Centre, unfortunately juice cartons cannot be recycled in your blue bin. Please place them in your black bin. 
For more information on the recycling of tetra paks visit their web site via the link below:

• Tetra pak website

Junk Faxes

The Fax Preference Service can remove your details from marketing lists. Register by calling 0845 070 0702, or visit www.fpsonline.org.uk

Junk Mail

Reduce your junk mail by signing up to the Mailing Preference Service.         

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Kitchen Roll centres

Kitchen and toilet roll centres are made from cardboard and are compostable

Kitchen Waste

Teabags, dead flowers, uncooked fruit, vegetable peelings and coffee grounds can all be recycled by home composting. To find out more about home composting telephone the Refuse Hotline on 0845 6066045 (Local Rate Call).

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Litter (cat)

Where possible buy a biodegradable cat litter made of recycled paper. 

Low energy light bulbs

All types of lightbulbs, including Halogen, flourescent light bulbs and energy saving lightbulbs, can be taken to one of the household waste and recycling centres in Babergh for recycling. If a light bulb needs replacing, try using an energy efficient bulb instead. Traditional bulbs waste a lot of their energy by turning it into heat. Each energy saving bulb can reduce your electricity bill by around £7 a year. They also last, on average, up to 12 times longer than ordinary light bulbs.
The advice for smashed low energy light bulbs is not to touch them. Instead sweep them up and empty them into a container, e.g. a small cardboard box or juice carton (tetra-pak), secure it and place in the regular household dustbin. For your information all new low energy light bulbs now sold do not contain mercury, only the older type may have trace amounts of mercury.

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Magazines

Donate old magazines to hospitals' or doctors' waiting rooms. Alternatively they can be recycled in your blue bin, see what can I recycle in my blue bin?.

Medicine Bottles

Most chemists will accept your returned medicine bottles.

Metals

Clean steel and aluminium cans should be recycled in your blue bin, see what can I recycle in my blue bin?. Other larger pieces of metal can be taken to one of the household waste and recycling centres in Babergh.

Microwaves

Unwanted household appliances can be taken to one of the household waste and recycling centres in Babergh. Alternatively we are able to offer a bulk refuse collection service for a small charge. For more information telephone the Refuse Hotline on 0845 6066045 (Local Rate Call).

Milk Bottle Tops

Milk bottle tops should be rinsed and placed in your blue bin, see what can I recycle in my blue bin?.

Milk Bottles

The toughened glass of a milk bottle makes them unsuitable for bottle banks. Return any old milk bottles to your milkman.

Mobile Phones

Unwanted mobile phones can be recycled at a growing number of collection points. Many phone shops collect old phones as do charity shops. There is also a collection point for old mobiles at one of the household waste and recycling centres in Babergh. Alternatively, some companies now offer to buy your old mobile phone for cash.

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