Easter bank holiday bin collection changes in Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire

Residents living in Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire are being reminded that only bin collections that would have been on Good Friday will be affected by the upcoming Easter bank holidays.

Households with a collection falling on Good Friday (18 April) will need to put their bins out four days earlier than usual, for collection on Monday, 14 April. All other bin days during the Easter period remain the same as usual.

Most packaging from Easter eggs can be recycled in blue bins, including cardboard, plastic and foil.

Foil pieces should be collected together and scrunched into a ball approximately the size of a tennis ball before recycling.

Residents can check how to recycle hundreds of items and download a tailored bin collection calendar at cambridge.gov.uk for people living in Cambridge, or scambs.gov.uk for those living in South Cambridgeshire.

Head of Greater Cambridge Shared Waste, Bode Esan, said: “We would be very grateful if residents could try and think ahead about what waste may be generated during the Easter period and minimise it as much as possible.

“Recycling is good, but it is even better if we can reduce and re-use to cut down on waste in the first place.”

Greater Cambridge Shared Waste, a partnership between Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire District Councils, collects recycling and rubbish from around 131,000 households across the city of Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire.