Bin collections
Collecting rubbish and recycling bins from your house is the responsibility of your district or borough council.
You can find details of bin collection days and report missed bin collections on the website of the council covering the area where you live:
If you are unsure of what you can put in your recycling bins you can find out in our guide to kerbside recycling [PDF].
All districts and boroughs offer separate kerbside glass collections and separate chargeable bulky waste collections (furniture or white good, for example). They are also responsible for the smaller recycling banks where you can deposit other recyclable items such as clothes, shoes, books, cardboard and paper, cans and bottles. Check with your local district or borough council for more details.
What happens to your waste
Recyclables
All of the kerbside recyclables (paper, card, cans and plastic bottles) collected by the seven borough/district councils in Nottinghamshire are sorted at the Mansfield Materials Recovery Facility (MRF). This is operated by Veolia Environmental Services as part of the Nottinghamshire Waste Private Finance Initiative Contract. The sorted recyclables are then transported to reprocessors in the UK and abroad, who recycle it into new products.
Non-recyclables
When waste from your rubbish bin is collected by your local borough/district council, it is sent for energy recovery:
- if you live in Broxtowe, Gedling or Rushcliffe, your waste is taken to the Eastcroft Energy from Waste Facility in Nottingham. The heat from the burned waste is used in the district heating scheme in the city
- if you live in the districts of Bassetlaw or Newark and Sherwood, your rubbish is first taken to a Waste Transfer Station in Worksop or Newark. From there it is taken to the Veolia Energy From Waste Facility in Sheffield
- if you live in the districts of Ashfield or Mansfield, your rubbish is taken to a facility in Alfreton where it is shredded and made into a refuse derived fuel. This is used in power stations to generate electricity.
It is really important to make sure that any recyclables like paper, card, plastic bottles or metal tins and cans do not end up in your rubbish bin as they will not get the chance to be recycled into new products.
