Waste A to Z
Find out what goes in which bin
To find information online, please use our accessible search function below.
If the item you are looking for is not listed, please contact us at waste@eastcambs.gov.uk. We will advise you of the best method of disposal and add it to the online search.
![](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/wood%20ash%20.jpg)
![](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/default_images/Other.png)
Wood ash can be used on your garden by adding directly to the soil around plants.
If you cannot do the preferred option please see alternative options below:
![Compost at home Compost at home](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Compost%20bin.png)
Composting is a natural process that turns your kitchen and garden waste into a valuable and nutrient-rich food for your garden. For more information about home composting, please visit Recycle Now’s website (external link)
![](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/default_images/Green%20Bin.png)
Allow to completely cool and then bag it in a paper bag and put in your green bin. It must be bagged or it will blow out when the bin is emptied, and can be a hazard for our bin collectors.
Your food and garden waste from green lidded bin is turned into compost. You can put things straight into the green bin. You can wrap food waste in newspaper or put it in a paper bag. Please do not use biodegradable plastic or corn starch bags. These do not break down quickly enough and result in extra processing costs. Your bin could also be refused collection.
More information on how the compost is made, can be found on RECAP’s website (external link)
You can check your bin collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
![](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/bed%20linen.jpg)
![](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/default_images/Other.png)
Re-use or donate
Textile recycling points
Duvets and pillows
If you cannot do the preferred option please see alternative options below:
![Household recycling centre Household recycling centre](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/hwrc_0.png)
Please check Cambridgeshire County Council’s website (external link) before you visit Witchford Household Recycling Centre.
![](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/default_images/Compost%20bin.png)
Composting is a natural process that turns your kitchen and garden waste into a valuable and nutrient-rich food for your garden. For more information about home composting, please visit Recycle Now’s website (external link)
![Black sack Black sack](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/black-sack_0.png)
Black sacks go through a mechanical and biological sorting process before going to landfill. Find out more about this process on RECAP's website (external link)
You can check your waste collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
![empty cardboard box](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/cardboard%20.jpg)
![Blue lidded bin Blue lidded bin](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Blue%20Bin.png)
Materials from your blue lidded bin are sorted and turned into new products. Please put things in the bin loose and not in bags. This helps us process it.
More information on how your recycling is processed can be found on RECAP’s website (external link)
You can check your bin collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
If you cannot do the preferred option please see alternative options below:
![Household recycling centre Household recycling centre](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/hwrc_0.png)
Please check Cambridgeshire County Council’s website (external link) before you visit Witchford Household Recycling Centre.
![Compost at home Compost at home](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Compost%20bin.png)
Composting is a natural process that turns your kitchen and garden waste into a valuable and nutrient-rich food for your garden. For more information about home composting, please visit Recycle Now’s website (external link)
![](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/default_images/Green%20Bin.png)
Small amount of cardboard can be added to green bin to stop food and garden waste sticking to the bottom and side of the bin. Please make sure there are no tape or stickers left on cardboard.
Your food and garden waste from green lidded bin is turned into compost. You can put things straight into the green bin. You can wrap food waste in newspaper or put it in a paper bag. Please do not use biodegradable plastic or corn starch bags. These do not break down quickly enough and result in extra processing costs. Your bin could also be refused collection.
More information on how the compost is made, can be found on RECAP’s website (external link)
You can check your bin collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
![a four hole egg box with eggs](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Cardboard%20egg%20boxs_0.jpg)
![](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/default_images/Other.png)
Re-use
If you cannot do the preferred option please see alternative options below:
![Compost at home Compost at home](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Compost%20bin.png)
Composting is a natural process that turns your kitchen and garden waste into a valuable and nutrient-rich food for your garden. For more information about home composting, please visit Recycle Now’s website (external link)
![Blue lidded bin Blue lidded bin](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Blue%20Bin.png)
Materials from your blue lidded bin are sorted and turned into new products. Please put things in the bin loose and not in bags. This helps us process it.
More information on how your recycling is processed can be found on RECAP’s website (external link)
You can check your bin collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
![Household recycling centre Household recycling centre](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/hwrc_0.png)
Please check Cambridgeshire County Council’s website (external link) before you visit Witchford Household Recycling Centre.
![real fir tree](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/real%20christmas%20tree.jpg)
![Compost at home Compost at home](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Compost%20bin.png)
Composting is a natural process that turns your kitchen and garden waste into a valuable and nutrient-rich food for your garden. For more information about home composting, please visit Recycle Now’s website (external link)
If you cannot do the preferred option please see alternative options below:
![](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/default_images/Green%20Bin.png)
Cut up and put pieces in the bin with the lid fully closed. In January, we collect real Christmas trees that are cut into pieces that are not higher or wider than the bin. Check you bin collection dates for the exact dates we collect in your area.
Your food and garden waste from green lidded bin is turned into compost. You can put things straight into the green bin. You can wrap food waste in newspaper or put it in a paper bag. Please do not use biodegradable plastic or corn starch bags. These do not break down quickly enough and result in extra processing costs. Your bin could also be refused collection.
More information on how the compost is made, can be found on RECAP’s website (external link)
You can check your bin collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
![coffee filter containing coffee grounds](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/coffee%20filter%202.jpg)
![](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/default_images/Other.png)
Reduce waste
If you cannot do the preferred option please see alternative options below:
![Compost at home Compost at home](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Compost%20bin.png)
Composting is a natural process that turns your kitchen and garden waste into a valuable and nutrient-rich food for your garden. For more information about home composting, please visit Recycle Now’s website (external link)
![Green lidded bin Green lidded bin](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Green%20Bin.png)
Your food and garden waste from green lidded bin is turned into compost. You can put things straight into the green bin. You can wrap food waste in newspaper or put it in a paper bag. Please do not use biodegradable plastic or corn starch bags. These do not break down quickly enough and result in extra processing costs. Your bin could also be refused collection.
More information on how the compost is made, can be found on RECAP’s website (external link)
You can check your bin collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
![coffee grounds](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/coffee%20grounds.jpg)
![Compost at home Compost at home](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Compost%20bin.png)
Composting is a natural process that turns your kitchen and garden waste into a valuable and nutrient-rich food for your garden. For more information about home composting, please visit Recycle Now’s website (external link)
If you cannot do the preferred option please see alternative options below:
![Green lidded bin Green lidded bin](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Green%20Bin.png)
Your food and garden waste from green lidded bin is turned into compost. You can put things straight into the green bin. You can wrap food waste in newspaper or put it in a paper bag. Please do not use biodegradable plastic or corn starch bags. These do not break down quickly enough and result in extra processing costs. Your bin could also be refused collection.
More information on how the compost is made, can be found on RECAP’s website (external link)
You can check your bin collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
![bottle of cooking oil](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/cooking%20oil%20_0.jpg)
![](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/default_images/Other.png)
Never pour fats down the drain
Compost at home or use the green lidded bin
Household waste recycling centre
If you cannot do the preferred option please see alternative options below:
![Household recycling centre Household recycling centre](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/hwrc_0.png)
Please check Cambridgeshire County Council’s website (external link) before you visit Witchford Household Recycling Centre.
![wine cork](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/real%20corks_0.jpg)
![Compost at home Compost at home](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Compost%20bin.png)
Composting is a natural process that turns your kitchen and garden waste into a valuable and nutrient-rich food for your garden. For more information about home composting, please visit Recycle Now’s website (external link)
If you cannot do the preferred option please see alternative options below:
![Green lidded bin Green lidded bin](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Green%20Bin.png)
Your food and garden waste from green lidded bin is turned into compost. You can put things straight into the green bin. You can wrap food waste in newspaper or put it in a paper bag. Please do not use biodegradable plastic or corn starch bags. These do not break down quickly enough and result in extra processing costs. Your bin could also be refused collection.
More information on how the compost is made, can be found on RECAP’s website (external link)
You can check your bin collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
![white duvet and pillows](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/duvet%20and%20pillows_0.jpg)
![](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/default_images/Other.png)
If you cannot do the preferred option please see alternative options below:
![Household recycling centre Household recycling centre](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/hwrc_0.png)
Please check Cambridgeshire County Council’s website (external link) before you visit Witchford Household Recycling Centre.
![](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/default_images/Compost%20bin.png)
Composting is a natural process that turns your kitchen and garden waste into a valuable and nutrient-rich food for your garden. For more information about home composting, please visit Recycle Now’s website (external link)
![Black sack Black sack](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/black-sack_0.png)
Black sacks go through a mechanical and biological sorting process before going to landfill. Find out more about this process on RECAP's website (external link)
You can check your waste collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
![pile of broken egg shells](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/egg%20shells_0.jpg)
![Compost at home Compost at home](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Compost%20bin.png)
Composting is a natural process that turns your kitchen and garden waste into a valuable and nutrient-rich food for your garden. For more information about home composting, please visit Recycle Now’s website (external link)
If you cannot do the preferred option please see alternative options below:
![Green lidded bin Green lidded bin](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Green%20Bin.png)
Your food and garden waste from green lidded bin is turned into compost. You can put things straight into the green bin. You can wrap food waste in newspaper or put it in a paper bag. Please do not use biodegradable plastic or corn starch bags. These do not break down quickly enough and result in extra processing costs. Your bin could also be refused collection.
More information on how the compost is made, can be found on RECAP’s website (external link)
You can check your bin collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
![cooking fat left in a frying pan](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/fat.jpg)
![](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/default_images/Other.png)
Never pour fats down the drain
Compost at home or use the green lidded bin
Household waste recycling centre
If you cannot do the preferred option please see alternative options below:
![Household recycling centre Household recycling centre](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/hwrc_0.png)
Please check Cambridgeshire County Council’s website (external link) before you visit Witchford Household Recycling Centre.
![leftover food and peelings](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/food%20waste....jpg)
![Compost at home Compost at home](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Compost%20bin.png)
Composting is a natural process that turns your kitchen and garden waste into a valuable and nutrient-rich food for your garden. For more information about home composting, please visit Recycle Now’s website (external link)
If you cannot do the preferred option please see alternative options below:
![Green lidded bin Green lidded bin](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Green%20Bin.png)
Your food and garden waste from green lidded bin is turned into compost. You can put things straight into the green bin. You can wrap food waste in newspaper or put it in a paper bag. Please do not use biodegradable plastic or corn starch bags. These do not break down quickly enough and result in extra processing costs. Your bin could also be refused collection.
More information on how the compost is made, can be found on RECAP’s website (external link)
You can check your bin collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
![halved avocado showing stone](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/fruit%20pips%20stones.jpg)
![Compost at home Compost at home](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Compost%20bin.png)
Composting is a natural process that turns your kitchen and garden waste into a valuable and nutrient-rich food for your garden. For more information about home composting, please visit Recycle Now’s website (external link)
If you cannot do the preferred option please see alternative options below:
![Green lidded bin Green lidded bin](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Green%20Bin.png)
Your food and garden waste from green lidded bin is turned into compost. You can put things straight into the green bin. You can wrap food waste in newspaper or put it in a paper bag. Please do not use biodegradable plastic or corn starch bags. These do not break down quickly enough and result in extra processing costs. Your bin could also be refused collection.
More information on how the compost is made, can be found on RECAP’s website (external link)
You can check your bin collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
![green recycling icon with garden twigs and leaves](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/garden%20waste.jpg)
![Compost at home Compost at home](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Compost%20bin.png)
Composting is a natural process that turns your kitchen and garden waste into a valuable and nutrient-rich food for your garden. For more information about home composting, please visit Recycle Now’s website (external link)
If you cannot do the preferred option please see alternative options below:
![Green lidded bin Green lidded bin](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Green%20Bin.png)
Your food and garden waste from green lidded bin is turned into compost. You can put things straight into the green bin. You can wrap food waste in newspaper or put it in a paper bag. Please do not use biodegradable plastic or corn starch bags. These do not break down quickly enough and result in extra processing costs. Your bin could also be refused collection.
More information on how the compost is made, can be found on RECAP’s website (external link)
You can check your bin collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
![long grass](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/grass%20cuttings_0.jpg)
![Compost at home Compost at home](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Compost%20bin.png)
Composting is a natural process that turns your kitchen and garden waste into a valuable and nutrient-rich food for your garden. For more information about home composting, please visit Recycle Now’s website (external link)
If you cannot do the preferred option please see alternative options below:
![Green lidded bin Green lidded bin](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Green%20Bin.png)
Your food and garden waste from green lidded bin is turned into compost. You can put things straight into the green bin. You can wrap food waste in newspaper or put it in a paper bag. Please do not use biodegradable plastic or corn starch bags. These do not break down quickly enough and result in extra processing costs. Your bin could also be refused collection.
More information on how the compost is made, can be found on RECAP’s website (external link)
You can check your bin collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
![pile of leaves](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/hedge%20trimmings.jpg)
![Compost at home Compost at home](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Compost%20bin.png)
Composting is a natural process that turns your kitchen and garden waste into a valuable and nutrient-rich food for your garden. For more information about home composting, please visit Recycle Now’s website (external link)
If you cannot do the preferred option please see alternative options below:
![Green lidded bin Green lidded bin](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Green%20Bin.png)
Your food and garden waste from green lidded bin is turned into compost. You can put things straight into the green bin. You can wrap food waste in newspaper or put it in a paper bag. Please do not use biodegradable plastic or corn starch bags. These do not break down quickly enough and result in extra processing costs. Your bin could also be refused collection.
More information on how the compost is made, can be found on RECAP’s website (external link)
You can check your bin collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
![white kitchen roll](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/kitchen%20roll.jpg)
![Compost at home Compost at home](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Compost%20bin.png)
Composting is a natural process that turns your kitchen and garden waste into a valuable and nutrient-rich food for your garden. For more information about home composting, please visit Recycle Now’s website (external link)
If you cannot do the preferred option please see alternative options below:
![](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/default_images/Green%20Bin.png)
Small amount of kitchen paper are suitable for composting. Together with your food and garden waste, it will be turned into compost.
You can put things straight into the green bin. You can wrap food waste in newspaper or put it in a paper bag. Please do not use biodegradable plastic or corn starch bags. These do not break down quickly enough and result in extra processing costs. Your bin could also be refused collection.
More information on how the compost is made, can be found on RECAP’s website (external link)
You can check your bin collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
![Black sack Black sack](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/black-sack_0.png)
Black sacks go through a mechanical and biological sorting process before going to landfill. Find out more about this process on RECAP's website (external link)
You can check your waste collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
![a pile of autumn leaves](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/leaves%201%20.jpg)
![Compost at home Compost at home](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Compost%20bin.png)
Composting is a natural process that turns your kitchen and garden waste into a valuable and nutrient-rich food for your garden. For more information about home composting, please visit Recycle Now’s website (external link)
If you cannot do the preferred option please see alternative options below:
![Green lidded bin Green lidded bin](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Green%20Bin.png)
Your food and garden waste from green lidded bin is turned into compost. You can put things straight into the green bin. You can wrap food waste in newspaper or put it in a paper bag. Please do not use biodegradable plastic or corn starch bags. These do not break down quickly enough and result in extra processing costs. Your bin could also be refused collection.
More information on how the compost is made, can be found on RECAP’s website (external link)
You can check your bin collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
![shelled peanuts](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/nut%20shells.jpg)
![Compost at home Compost at home](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Compost%20bin.png)
Composting is a natural process that turns your kitchen and garden waste into a valuable and nutrient-rich food for your garden. For more information about home composting, please visit Recycle Now’s website (external link)
If you cannot do the preferred option please see alternative options below:
![Green lidded bin Green lidded bin](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Green%20Bin.png)
Your food and garden waste from green lidded bin is turned into compost. You can put things straight into the green bin. You can wrap food waste in newspaper or put it in a paper bag. Please do not use biodegradable plastic or corn starch bags. These do not break down quickly enough and result in extra processing costs. Your bin could also be refused collection.
More information on how the compost is made, can be found on RECAP’s website (external link)
You can check your bin collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
![cardboard pizza box](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/pizza%20boxes.jpg)
![](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/default_images/Blue%20Bin.png)
It is important that cardboard is clean and dry for recycling, without any food waste left on it. Please tear off any greasy parts and dispose of them, together with food scraps, in the green lidded bin so that they can be recovered through composting and do not contaminate the blue lidded content.
Materials from your blue lidded bin are sorted and turned into new products. Please put waste in loose and not in bags.
More information on how your recycling is processed can be found on RECAP’s website (external link)
You can check your bin collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
If you cannot do the preferred option please see alternative options below:
![Green lidded bin Green lidded bin](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Green%20Bin.png)
Your food and garden waste from green lidded bin is turned into compost. You can put things straight into the green bin. You can wrap food waste in newspaper or put it in a paper bag. Please do not use biodegradable plastic or corn starch bags. These do not break down quickly enough and result in extra processing costs. Your bin could also be refused collection.
More information on how the compost is made, can be found on RECAP’s website (external link)
You can check your bin collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
![Compost at home Compost at home](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Compost%20bin.png)
Composting is a natural process that turns your kitchen and garden waste into a valuable and nutrient-rich food for your garden. For more information about home composting, please visit Recycle Now’s website (external link)
![Black sack Black sack](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/black-sack_0.png)
Black sacks go through a mechanical and biological sorting process before going to landfill. Find out more about this process on RECAP's website (external link)
You can check your waste collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
![small pile of straw](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/straw%20pet%20bedding.jpg)
![Compost at home Compost at home](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Compost%20bin.png)
Composting is a natural process that turns your kitchen and garden waste into a valuable and nutrient-rich food for your garden. For more information about home composting, please visit Recycle Now’s website (external link)
If you cannot do the preferred option please see alternative options below:
![](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/default_images/Green%20Bin.png)
Soiled sawdust or wood shavings from rabbit, guinea pig, hamster and gerbil cages can be put in your green bin. If you have large amounts, please put in a paper bag, as the sawdust can blow out over the bin collectors when tipping the bin.
Your food and garden waste from green lidded bin is turned into compost. You can put things straight into the green bin. You can wrap food waste in newspaper or put it in a paper bag. Please do not use biodegradable plastic or corn starch bags. These do not break down quickly enough and result in extra processing costs. Your bin could also be refused collection.
More information on how the compost is made, can be found on RECAP’s website (external link)
You can check your bin collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
![pile of used teabags](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/tea%20bags%20and%20coffee%20grounds.jpg)
![Compost at home Compost at home](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Compost%20bin.png)
Composting is a natural process that turns your kitchen and garden waste into a valuable and nutrient-rich food for your garden. For more information about home composting, please visit Recycle Now’s website (external link)
If you cannot do the preferred option please see alternative options below:
![Green lidded bin Green lidded bin](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Green%20Bin.png)
Your food and garden waste from green lidded bin is turned into compost. You can put things straight into the green bin. You can wrap food waste in newspaper or put it in a paper bag. Please do not use biodegradable plastic or corn starch bags. These do not break down quickly enough and result in extra processing costs. Your bin could also be refused collection.
More information on how the compost is made, can be found on RECAP’s website (external link)
You can check your bin collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
![vegetable peelings](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/veg%20peel%20.jpg)
![Compost at home Compost at home](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Compost%20bin.png)
Composting is a natural process that turns your kitchen and garden waste into a valuable and nutrient-rich food for your garden. For more information about home composting, please visit Recycle Now’s website (external link)
If you cannot do the preferred option please see alternative options below:
![Green lidded bin Green lidded bin](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Green%20Bin.png)
Your food and garden waste from green lidded bin is turned into compost. You can put things straight into the green bin. You can wrap food waste in newspaper or put it in a paper bag. Please do not use biodegradable plastic or corn starch bags. These do not break down quickly enough and result in extra processing costs. Your bin could also be refused collection.
More information on how the compost is made, can be found on RECAP’s website (external link)
You can check your bin collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
![dandelion leaves](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/weeds%20garden%201.jpg)
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If you cannot do the preferred option please see alternative options below:
![Compost at home Compost at home](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Compost%20bin.png)
Composting is a natural process that turns your kitchen and garden waste into a valuable and nutrient-rich food for your garden. For more information about home composting, please visit Recycle Now’s website (external link)
![Green lidded bin Green lidded bin](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/Green%20Bin.png)
Your food and garden waste from green lidded bin is turned into compost. You can put things straight into the green bin. You can wrap food waste in newspaper or put it in a paper bag. Please do not use biodegradable plastic or corn starch bags. These do not break down quickly enough and result in extra processing costs. Your bin could also be refused collection.
More information on how the compost is made, can be found on RECAP’s website (external link)
You can check your bin collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)
![Household recycling centre Household recycling centre](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/hwrc_0.png)
Please check Cambridgeshire County Council’s website (external link) before you visit Witchford Household Recycling Centre.
![thick sheets of wool packaging material](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/woolpackaging.jpg)
![](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/default_images/Compost%20bin.png)
Wool packaging insulation, such as from meat deliveries, can be put in a home composter. It takes quite a long time to break down.
Composting is a natural process that turns your kitchen and garden waste into a valuable and nutrient-rich food for your garden. For more information about home composting, please visit Recycle Now’s website (external link)
Wool insulation (or from jumpers) is not suitable for the green bin. This is partly because these kind of fibres can jam the shredding machinery used before composting, and also that wool can take several months to break down. The process used for green bin material takes 6-8 weeks.
If you cannot do the preferred option please see alternative options below:
![Black sack Black sack](https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/images/wasteatoz/black-sack_0.png)
Black sacks go through a mechanical and biological sorting process before going to landfill. Find out more about this process on RECAP's website (external link)
You can check your waste collection dates on our bin collection day page (external link)