CRANFIELD BIN COLLECTIONS
The Central Bedfordshire Council's website has pages about refuse collection. Links to the ones mentioned are 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 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. The brown food waste bin is emptied every week. The other bins are emptied on alternative weeks. See the panel above which shows which bins are due for collection next in Cranfield. You can have garden waste collected at the same time as the recycling bin if you subscribe to the chargeable service. THE GARDEN WASTE SERVICE IS NOW CHARGEABLE at £55 per bin p.a. The garden waste collection is suspended for several weeks over Christmas.
Click here to order any of the bins .
The Council's Waste & Recycling Page is here:-
www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/waste/landing.aspx
You can take your garden refuse to Ampthill Tidy Tip. An appointment is needed for a 20 minute slot. Barriers with an automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) system have now been proposed to check vehicle registration numbers.
Details available here:- www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/tidytips
Currently there is no charge for recycling. Plans are being discussed about possibly introducing charges from 2026.
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 Council's information about collection days throught the county are here:-
www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/waste/bins/collection-day.aspx
To request a replacement bin telephone 0300 300 8302 or order via their website.
Click here to order any of the bins .
The Council's Waste & Recycling Page is here:-
www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/waste/landing.aspx
You can take your garden refuse to Ampthill Tidy Tip. An appointment is needed for a 20 minute slot. Barriers with an automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) system have now been proposed to check vehicle registration numbers.
Details available here:- www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/tidytips
Currently there is no charge for recycling. Plans are being discussed about possibly introducing charges from 2026.
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 Council's information about collection days throught the county are here:-
www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/waste/bins/collection-day.aspx
To request a replacement bin telephone 0300 300 8302 or order via their website.
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.
*please let us know if your collection (within the village) is different to above.
** all bottle banks will be closing soon.
** all bottle banks will be closing soon.
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A Bottle Bank is available in the car park of the Co-op 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.
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.
Christmas & New Year collection changes in Cranfield
UPDATE IN PROGRESS
Please return later
Please return later
NEWS
CHANGES TO
BOTTLE COLLECTION
(& COLLECTION DAY?)
BOTTLE COLLECTION
(& COLLECTION DAY?)
From 30 March 2026, all households will be able to recycle glass bottles and jars at home using their recycling bin. Public bottle banks will be closed. Check which glass can be collected and which has to be taken to the Tidy Tip on the Council page here.
Some areas will have a change to their bin collection day from 30 March 2026. Any change for Cranfield will be notified to residents and also on the Council's bin collections page from early March 2026 and of course on this website.
Some areas will have a change to their bin collection day from 30 March 2026. Any change for Cranfield will be notified to residents and also on the Council's bin collections page from early March 2026 and of course on this website.
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