How to recycle
Brentwood Borough Council
Households: 30,716
Kerbside collections:
- A district wide fortnightly collection of newspaper, magazines, card, plastics (including bottles, yoghurt pots, margarine tubs, ice cream containers, plastic carrier bags bubble and shrink wrap packaging) and tins collected in orange sacks
- A district wide fortnightly collection of glass bottles and jars collected in red boxes.
- Most households have a fortnightly kerbside collection of garden waste - collected in biodegradable bags or residents can lease a 240 litre brown wheelie bin.
Please note this may not apply to all households in this district. Please contact your local council to find out what collections your house receives.
Residents in Brentwood can now recycle all types of plastic that would normally go into their kitchen bin at 11 recycling sites across the borough, this includes, plastic bags, plastic bottles and caps, yoghurt pots, plastic food trays etc. Find out where you can recycle these types of plastic in Brentwood.
11 Bring sites collecting cardboard, glass, metals, newspaper/magazines and textiles videos/books at 3 bring sites. Use Recycle Now Bank Locator to find your nearest site.
For more information on kerbside collections and recycling banks:
Telephone: 01277 312500
Email: enquiries@brentwood.gov.uk
Website: www.brentwood-council.gov.uk
There are 23 Recycling Centres in Essex, your nearest centres are:
Coxtie Green Road
Brentwood CM14 5PN
Roman Road
Mountnessing CM4 9AU
Luxborough Lane
Chigwell IG7 5AA
Pitsea Hall Lane
Pitsea SS16 4UH
Mill Lane
Ongar CM5 9RQ
Brooker Road
Waltham Abbey EN9 1JU
Find out what you can recycle at the Centres and opening times. For more information please call 0845 603 7625.