CRANFIELD BIN COLLECTIONS
The Central Bedfordshire Council's website has lists of streets and collection days and can be consulted (see below).
WHICH BIN?
The grey bin is for general rubbish that is not recyclable.The green lid bin is for recyclable material. Green garden bins (click here to order one) are for garden rubbish.The small brown bin is for food waste. A smaller brown caddy to collect the food waste is supplied for your kitchen.Use your own bags to line these as the green plastic bags ar no longer supplied and put them in the larger brown bin every week.
NOTE: THE GARDEN WASTE SERVICE IS NOW CHARGEABLE. Read the Latest News panel.
Full details on what can (and can't) be recycled go to:-
www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/waste/landing.aspx
and view this video What Plastics can be Recycled?
You can take your garden refuse to Ampthill Tidy Tip. No charge or appointment needed ID checks can now made. Details available here:-
www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/tidytips
CRANFIELD COLLECTION DAY IS MONDAY* (early am)
Any changes to the collection day are usually advised by means of a ticket attached to your bin.
The official list (by postcode) of which bin(s) to put out can be seen on this webpage:-
www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/waste/bins/collection-day.aspx
To request a replacement bin telephone 0300 300 8302.
The small brown food waste bin is emptied every week. The other bins are emptied on alternative weeks. See the graphic above which shows which bins are due for collection next. You can have garden waste collected at the same time as the recycling bin if you subscribe to the chargeable service (see above).
. NOTE: The garden waste collection is suspended for several weeks during the winter.
Visit the Central Beds Waste Service Facebook page
NOTE: THE GARDEN WASTE SERVICE IS NOW CHARGEABLE. Read the Latest News panel.
Full details on what can (and can't) be recycled go to:-
www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/waste/landing.aspx
and view this video What Plastics can be Recycled?
You can take your garden refuse to Ampthill Tidy Tip. No charge or appointment needed ID checks can now made. Details available here:-
www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/tidytips
CRANFIELD COLLECTION DAY IS MONDAY* (early am)
Any changes to the collection day are usually advised by means of a ticket attached to your bin.
The official list (by postcode) of which bin(s) to put out can be seen on this webpage:-
www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/waste/bins/collection-day.aspx
To request a replacement bin telephone 0300 300 8302.
The small brown food waste bin is emptied every week. The other bins are emptied on alternative weeks. See the graphic above which shows which bins are due for collection next. You can have garden waste collected at the same time as the recycling bin if you subscribe to the chargeable service (see above).
. NOTE: The garden waste collection is suspended for several weeks during the winter.
Visit the Central Beds Waste Service Facebook page
This information is for residents of the main Cranfield Village*. If you live on the outskirts of the village your collection day/and bin type might not be the same.
To send us an email click here >
*please let us know if your collection (within the village) is different to above.
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LATEST NEWS
A Bottle Bank is available in the car park of the Co-op (ex Budgens) in the High Street. They are emptied every week. If they are full please don't leave bottles on the ground.
These are the various glass types accepted:-
Wine and beer bottles
Sauce, spread, condiment and coffee jars
Jam jars
Beauty product jars
Perfume and cologne bottles
Caps can be left on bottles and lids on jars.
Please don’t place kitchenware glass such as drinking glasses or Pyrex dishes, vases, any kind of ceramics, lightbulbs, mirrors or sheet glass in the bottle banks. Please take them to the Ampthill Tidy Tip and place them in the general rubbish containers.
Central Beds council charge £55 p.a. (per bin) for the garden waste collection. For more details and how to get an annual permit to stick to your bin(s) see:-
https://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/garden-waste
https://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/garden-waste
Food waste bags are no longer supplied by Central Beds Council.
You now have to use your own bags. Most types can be used. The indoor caddy size is 7 litres. More details on Cent Beds website here
You now have to use your own bags. Most types can be used. The indoor caddy size is 7 litres. More details on Cent Beds website here
PLEASE NOTE!
Garden Waste collection winter break
The last Cranfield collection in 2024 was on 18th November. Collections will be resumed on 24th February 2025.
Garden Waste collection winter break
The last Cranfield collection in 2024 was on 18th November. Collections will be resumed on 24th February 2025.
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