How to recycle
Chelmsford Borough Council
Households: 64,564
Kerbside collections:
A borough wide fortnightly scheme collecting:
- Newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, junk mail - collected in a white sack.
- Green waste (not during winter months) - collected in brown wheeled bin.
- Glass, cans, textiles, and aluminium foil - collected in a green recycling box.
- Plastic bottles - collected in the supplied sacks.
- Cardboard - collected in the designated white sack – Monthly.
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.
20 large and 50 mini banks sites collecting glass and cans with the large sites collecting paper and textiles too. Use Recycle Now Bank Locator to find your nearest site.
For more information on kerbside collections and recycling banks:
Telephone: 01245 606499
Email: recycling@chelmsford.gov.uk
Website: www.chelmsford.gov.uk
There are 23 Recycling Centres in Essex, your nearest centres are:
Drovers Way
Springfield CM2 5PS
Ferrers Road
South Woodham Ferrers CM3 5ZA
Roman Road
Mountnessing CM4 9AU
Park Drive
Maldon CM9 5XX
Find out what you can recycle at the Centres and opening times. For more information please call 0845 603 7625.