Waste & COVID-19

Coronavirus picture - link to Waste & COVID 19 webpage

Find out all the up to date information about waste service changes due to the Coronavirus in Suffolk

Recycling Bin

Recycle bin, text ''Together we can get our recycling right'

Find out what can and can’t go in your recycling bin with answers to some of your frequently asked questions.

Recycling centres

Picture of Foxhall Recycling Centre with COVID social distancing measures - link to Recycling Centre page

You need to book before you visit Suffolk's Recycling Centres. 

Book a slot

Waste collection

Man disposing of waste in a bin lorry

How to recycle and dispose of waste in your kerbside bins.

Home composting

Man shovelling soil in a compost area

Learn how to compost waste at home.

Fly-tipping

Fly-tipped rubbish on the ground outside

Report and prevent fly-tipping.

Nappies

Ted says "Please don't put any nappies in your recycling bin".

See our new nappy campaign, launched with Keep Britian Tidy, aimed at stopping nappies spoiling Suffolk's recycling.

Food waste

Join the collaboration to get Food Savvy

Find out how to reduce your food waste with our Food Savvy challenge.

Reduce your waste

Outside of the Ipswich Re-use Shop

Great practical tips on how to reduce the amount you waste.

Hazardous waste

Collection of messy paint cans

Unsure how to safely get rid of hazardous items (including paint)? Find out here.

Trade waste

Trade waste recycling white van

Learn how to set up a trade waste collection or what you need to take waste to Suffolk Recycling Centres.

News

Councils calling on local businesses to help employees fight food waste

A new report has been published today by Food Savvy, revealing a positive shift in people’s attitudes towards food waste across Norfolk and Suffolk, since the campaign began in 2018.

Suffolk and Norfolk light the way in the fight against food waste

Newsletter

Waste and recycling news logo

Subscribe to our quarterly email newsletter to receive waste and recycling updates.

Read the Autumn 2021 edition.