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Bins and recycling

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Read more about Bin collection days

Bin collection days

Find your collection day

Read more about Waste Wizard

Waste Wizard

Use our waste wizard search to find out alternative ways you can repair, reuse, recycle or dispose of your household items

Read more about Oops - have you got a sticker or a letter?

Oops - have you got a sticker or a letter?

Did you get a sticker or letter on your refuse bin or recycling boxes? Find out what the stickers mean

Read more about Food waste action

Food waste action

Did you get a sticker on your refuse bin or food caddy? Find out what the food waste stickers mean

Popular services

  • Order extra recycling containers
  • Report fly-tipping
  • Book a bulky item collection
  • Latest news
Read more about Bank holiday collections

Bank holiday collections

See changes to bin collections following bank holidays

Read more about Missed collections

Missed collections

Check the latest service update to see if there were collection issues in your street

Read more about Podback

Podback

A simple and easy way to recycle your coffee pods

Read more about Soft plastic recycling

Soft plastic recycling

Trialing a plastic bags and wrapping recycling collection from your home

Read more about Household waste

Household waste

Fortnightly collections of non-recyclable waste

Read more about Recycling

Recycling

Fortnightly kerbside recycling collection

Read more about Food waste

Food waste

Weekly food waste collections

Read more about Garden waste collection

Garden waste collection

Sign up or renew your subscription for your fortnightly collection

Recycling banks and centres

  • Locations and information on recycling banks in Cheltenham
  • Swindon Road recycling centre, Cheltenham
  • Wingmoor Farm, Bishop's Cleeve
  • Hempsted Lane, Gloucester
  • Fosse Cross, near Cirencester
  • Oak Quarry, near Coleford

Trade waste

  • Trade refuse and recycling service
  • Your responsibilities
  • Waste duty of care: code of practice

What to do with...

  • Coffee pods
  • Asbestos
  • Syringes/needles
  • More items

Clean Green Cheltenham

  • #BinTheButt and #BinYourGum
  • Food waste action week
  • #Do1Thing
  • Love Food Hate Waste
  • Recycle and go
  • #WasteNothing challenge
  • Reducing waste
  • Home composting
  • Recycling at events

Additional information

  • #CleanGreenCheltenham
  • #WasteNothing challenge
  • Bank holiday waste and recycling collections
  • Bulky item collection
  • Changes to recycling services - June 2022
  • Clinical waste (syringes/needles)
  • Communal recycling collections
  • Food waste collection
  • Garden waste
  • Garden waste bags
  • Household asbestos disposal
  • Household refuse collection
  • Joint waste information
  • Kerbside recycling collection
  • Latest waste and recycling collection service update
  • Podback - coffee pod recycling
  • Recycling at Christmas
  • Recycling banks
  • Recycling centres and bring banks
  • Severe weather bin collections
  • Ubico - delivering our environmental services
  • Waste and recycling service redesign 2017
  • Waste Wizard

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