How to recycle
Uttlesford District Council
Households: 30,240
Kerbside collections:
- A weekly food waste collection - collected in a wheeled bin
- A fortnightly collection of newspapers and magazines, cans, card, Yellow Pages, plastic packaging including bottles, margarine tubs, plastic tubs, yoghurt pots, ice-cream containers, food trays, sandwich packs, fruit and vegetable punnets, bottle tops, plastic cups and plastic carrier bags (please reuse before discarding), foil including ready meal containers, take away food containers, party platters, meals on wheels containers, kitchen foil collected in a wheeled 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.
Recycling Banks and Mobile Skip Collections: 3 weekend mobile sites collect green waste, wood and metal at Great Dunmow, Thaxted and Stansted. Dunmow is weekly and Stansted and Thaxted are alternate weekly. 15 parishes in the district have mobile green waste recycling skips from March to November. 163 banks collecting glass, cans, paper, textiles, plastic, books and cardboard. Use Recycle Now Bank Locator to find your nearest site.
For more information on kerbside collections and recycling banks:
Telephone: 01799 510344
Email: recycle@uttlesford.gov.uk
Website: www.uttlesford.gov.uk
There are 23 Recycling Centres in Essex, your nearest centres are:
Thaxted Road
Saffron Walden CB10 2UR
Temple Bank
Harlow CM20 2DY
Braintree Road
Shalford CM7 5HQ
Drovers Way
Springfield CM2 5PS
Find out what you can recycle at the Centres and opening times. For more information please call 0845 603 7625.