Household Waste & Recycling
Household
Recycling Centres
Household Waste Collections
To find out when your refuse and recycling gets collected,please
go to our online calendar
For properties not yet on alternate weekly collections please
contact us (on 01527 534123 
or email us at 
contact.centre@redditchbc.gov.uk
Recycling
You can now recycle thick card, more
types of plastics and waxed cartons in
your green wheeled bins. To find out what
else can be included in your recycling collection, please
click the link below.
NEW RECYCLING GUIDE FOR 2012
Your recycling is now being taken to a new facility near
Worcester called Envirosort.
Please look on the envirosort website for more details on where
your recycling goes.
http://www.envirosort.co.uk/
Bulky Items Collection Service
Redditch Borough Council offer a collection service for bulky
household items, which are items you would generally take with you
if you moved house. The cost is £16.10 for up to three large items
such as a three piece suite, or unwanted household furniture/large
household appliances, with an additional charge of £4.30 per item
up to a maximum of 6 items. To book a collection call
01527 534123 , with your debit or
credit card to hand. Alternatively any of the council's
neighbourhood offices or Town Hall can accept cards, cheque or
cash.
Examples of what we can take:
Cookers, Carpets, Dishwashers, Hoovers, Mattresses, Tables,
Settees, Televisions, Wardrobes (free standing), Washing Machines,
Bedbases, Bicycles, Fridges and Freezers.
Examples of what we can not take:
Business and Commercial Waste, Builder's Waste, Fitted Kitchen
Units, DIY Waste, Roofing Materials, Sink Units, Sheds, W.C.s, Gas
Bottles.
Alternatively, if your household items such as
furniture are re-usable, please consider using a re-use
charity such as 'Boomerang' based in South Street, they can be
contacted on 01527 68250 .
You can also find a number of companies who will remove and
responsibly dispose of your bulky waste for you in the Yellow
Pages, but please ensure that they have a valid Waste Carriers
Licence. this information can be located via this link:
www.environment-agency.gov.uk/publicregisters
Assisted Waste Collection Service
Residents may be eligible to receive a different type of service
depending on their personal needs. If you are struggling to
manage with a wheeled bin, have a medical need or have a large
family (6 adults or more) please call the Contact
Centre for an application form.
If you need a larger green recycling bin or second green
recycling bin please call the Contact Centre on
01527 534123 or email contact.centre@redditchbc.gov.uk
Orange Sack Service
Should you find that, on occasion you have too much refuse for
your wheeled bin, you can purchase pre-paid orange sacks at £1.60
each (this includes the cost of collection). PLEASE NOTE that we
will only collect up to two orange sacks per grey bin collection
week. We are unable to collect orange sacks on recycling bin
weeks.
You can purchase sacks from:
- Town Hall and all other One Stop Shops
- Abbey Stadium
- Hewell Road Swimming Pool
- Kingsley and Arrow Vale Sports Centres
- Forge Mill Museum
For more information please call our Contact Centre on
01527 534123 .
Garden Waste
Redditch Borough Council currently does not offer a Garden Waste
Collection service.
