 Your environment Recycling and waste Household waste

collections

Waste
Waste and
and recycling
recycling collections
collections
We provide a weekly recycling and waste collection
service to households in the city of Leicester in
partnership with our contractor Bi!a Leicester.

Christmas
Christmas and
and New
New Year
Year collection
collection changes
changes
Your recycling and waste collection days will change over the festive period.
Find your new collection date below. Please ensure all recycling and waste is
put out for collection by 7am on collection day.

Normal
Normal collection
collection Changed
Changed to
to

Tuesday 24 December Monday 23 December

Wednesday 25 December Tuesday 24 December

Thursday 26 December Friday 27 December

Friday 27 December Saturday 28 December

Tuesday 31 December No change

Wednesday 1 January Thursday 2 January

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 Thursday 2 January Friday 3 January

Friday 3 January Saturday 4 January

If your collection was missed, you can report it via our online form.

Please note, opening hours at our recycling centres and trade waste facility
will change over the Christmas period.

Remember
Remember to
to recycle
recycle during
during the
the festivities
festivities
You can put out as many orange bags for collection as you need to.

Flatten large cardboard boxes and place them under your orange bags
for collection.
Old Christmas cards and wrapping paper can be recycled, but please
make sure they don’t have glitter on them and remove any bows or
other ornaments before you put them into your orange bags for
recycling.
Some items such as Christmas food waste and polystyrene packaging
can’t be recycled. These must go into your black bin.
Unwanted gifts and clothes can be donated for reuse at a Charity Shop
or our Reuse Shop at Gypsum Close. Visit the What can I recycle? page
for full details.

Batteries and electrical items 

Many of us use more batteries over Christmas. But please don’t bin old
batteries or put them in with your recycling, as they can cause serious
fires at recycling and waste facilities. Instead take them to one of our
Recycling Centres or drop them o! at a retailer near you. Or why not

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 consider buying reuseable batteries which you can charge again and
again.

Small electrical items such as broken fairy lights should also be taken to
our Recycling Centres for recycling. Please do not put any electrical
items into your bins at home.

Food 

Visit www.lovefoodhatewaste.com for recipes and advice to help you

reduce the amount of food you waste and save you money this
Christmas.

Christmas trees 

Last year we were called out to clear up real and artificial Christmas
trees that had been fly-tipped around Leicester. Once the festivities are
over, please dispose of your Christmas tree correctly. Real Christmas
trees can be taken to one of our Recycling Centres and dropped into the
Garden Waste skip, from where they will be sent for composting.

Artificial trees can be stored and used again next year or donated to a
charity or reuse shop. If they are broken, please take them to one of our
Recycling Centres for disposal.

Where
Where and
and when
when do
do II leave
leave my
my waste
waste and
and

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 recycling?
recycling?
Your orange bags and black general waste bin should be left at the edge of
your property nearest the road for collection by 7am on collection day. Your
bin should be left out no earlier than 7pm the day before collection, and
must be back on your property no later than 7am the following day.

The bin lid should be closed, and no other bags other than the orange bags
should be presented for collection. Large cardboard boxes can be flattened
and placed underneath orange bags.

No other waste or recycling, bagged or otherwise, should be left around the

bins.

Early
Early collections
collections during
during hot
hot weather
weather
Please put all bins and bags ready for collection from 6am on your collection
day during hot summer weather.

What
What can
can II put
put in
in my
my black
black general
general waste
waste
bin?
bin?
Food waste
Nappies
Broken glass
Polystyrene/styrofoam
Other general household waste.

What
What can't
can't be
be put
put in
in the
the black
black general
general
waste
waste bin?
bin?

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 Some items cannot be placed in black bins:

Clinical waste - find out about our separate collection service for
medical waste such as needles.
Rubble, bricks, stones, concrete or soil (take these to a recycling centre)
Hard metal objects (take these to a recycling centre).

Hazardous
Hazardous items
items
The following hazardous items should be taken to a recycling centre:

Asbestos (find out how this should be disposed)

Batteries (in particular lithium batteries, commonly found in phones)
Electrical goods, including fridge/freezer, TV monitors
Energy saving lightbulbs and fluorescent tubes
Hazardous chemicals such as solvent based products, some cleaning
products or items contaminated with hazardous chemicals, including
used containers.
Oil, petrol, diesel or para#n, brake fluid, antifreeze or items
contaminated with these liquids including containers.
Pesticides
Plasterboard or cement products
Wood preservatives.

We don’t collect hazardous waste. It is the responsibility of the

householder to take their hazardous waste to the local household waste
recycling centre or make arrangements with a private licensed contractor.
Find out more on our hazardous waste webpage.

Bins
Bins left
left on
on the
the street
street
Our city wardens have been working with communities to address the issue

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 of bins being left out on residential streets. Residents who do not remove
their bins may be issued with a fixed penalty notice of £80. If there is an
accident as a result of your bin being left out on a non-collection day, then
you could be liable. You can report this issue to our city wardens:

Report bins left on the street

Need
Need help
help putting
putting your
your bin/recycling
bin/recycling bags
bags
out?
out?
If you are unable to put your bin or recycling bags out, and there is no one
else in the property that can help, you may be eligible for assistance. Submit
your details using the online form so that we can discuss your requirements.

Waste
Waste and
and recycling
recycling at
at religious
religious institutions
institutions
Religious institutions may be eligible for free refuse and recycling
collections. We determine a religious organisation on the basis that they are
a registered place of worship. Please
email [email protected] to request a waste service.

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