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Refuse & Recycling
Kitchen refuse is collected weekly in the bin with the brown lid on Wednesday mornings. Recyclable (green lid) and non-recyclable material (black lid) is collected every other week at about the same time. Uttlesford supplies each household annually with a helpful and instructive leaflet giving refuse collection and recycling information.
Check the Calendar to see which collection it is for which week. More details on the Uttlesford site.
Green Waste Collection
Uttlesford District Council provide kerb-side collection of garden waste on alternate weeks on Thursday for a subscription fee. See the calendar for dates.
From spring to autumn a collection is made fortnightly at either the car park on the recreation ground in Littlebury or Merton Place on the weekend. See the calendar for dates.
Refuse and Recycling elsewhere
Household Waste recycling is provided by Essex County Council at the Saffron Walden Recycling Centre and can be found on Thaxted Road, Saffron Walden. Booking is required through the Love Essex site for each visit.
Opening times
16 October to end of February : 9am to 4pm every day.
1 March to 15 October: 9am to 5pm every day.
Closed : Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve closed from 1pm, all day Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.
There are recycling points at the Lord Butler Leisure Centre, The Common car park, Swan Meadow car park, Community Centre Great Chesterford, Tesco, Radwinter Road in Saffron Walden. Additionally there is The Bell at Wendens Ambo and the Community Centre in Great Chesterford.
If an item is too large to manage it can be collected by Uttlesford District Council for a fee.
For further information visit the Essex County Council Recycling pages.