Winter support

Colchester Borough Council is providing support for residents, businesses and communities throughout winter.

BUY CONTAINERS FOR ADDITIONAL WINTER GARDEN WASTE SERVICE

Additional Garden Waste

Purchase one extra tagged wheelie bin or up to four extra tagged sacks for garden waste...

Purchase one extra tagged wheelie bin or up to four extra tagged sa...

BUY CONTAINERS FOR ADDITIONAL WINTER GARDEN WASTE SERVICE

Purchase one extra tagged wheelie bin or up to four extra tagged sacks for garden waste collections between 5 December and 9 March.

Download your Recycling Calendar

Download Your Recycling Calendar

Download your recycling calendar. You can also download audio versions

Download your recycling calendar. You can also download audio versions

Download your Recycling Calendar

Download your recycling calendar. You can also download audio versions

Recycling Bags & Container Stockists

Recycling Bags & Container Stockists

Check where you can collect new recycling containers or clear bags near you. Please no...

Check where you can collect new recycling containers or clear bags ...

Recycling Bags & Container Stockists

Check where you can collect new recycling containers or clear bags near you. Please note that this is not geographical to your address, this is a list of stockists in your Zone.

Stockists of Food Caddy Liners

Stockists of Food Caddy Liners

Check stockists of bin liners for your food waste caddies. Please note that this is no...

Check stockists of bin liners for your food waste caddies. Please ...

Stockists of Food Caddy Liners

Check stockists of bin liners for your food waste caddies. Please note that this is not geographical to your address, this is a list of stockists that are in your Zone.

Recycling Centres & Opening Times

Recycling Centres & Opening Times

Check Essex County Council's opening times for their Recycling Centres in Shrub End & W...

Check Essex County Council's opening times for their Recycling Cent...

Find details of Recycling Centres and their opening times.

Check

Recycling Centres & Opening Times

Check Essex County Council's opening times for their Recycling Centres in Shrub End & West Mersea along with useful information on what not to bring and vehicle & site restrictions.

Recycling Banks

Recycling Banks

Check where Recycling Banks are in your area. Please note that this is not geographical...

Check where Recycling Banks are in your area. Please note that this...

Recycling Banks

Check where Recycling Banks are in your area. Please note that this is not geographical to your address, these are all the Recycling Banks in your Zone.

Am I in a Wheelie Bin Area?

Am I in a Wheelie Bin Area?

If you are new to the area and need to know whether we will be collecting your rubbish ...

If you are new to the area and need to know whether we will be coll...

Am I in a Wheelie Bin Area?

If you are new to the area and need to know whether we will be collecting your rubbish from wheelie bins, you can find out here.

What Can I Recycle?

What Can I Recycle?

Ever wondered what you can and cannot recycle? We have tried to list as much as we can.

Ever wondered what you can and cannot recycle? We have tried to lis...

Helping you find out about all the things you can and cannot put out with your recycling and rubbish.

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What Can I Recycle?

Ever wondered what you can and cannot recycle? We have tried to list as much as we can.

Household Items Drop Off Dates

Household Items Drop-Off Dates

We run a service on Saturdays throughout the year where you can dispose of small loads ...

We run a service on Saturdays throughout the year where you can dis...

Household Items Drop Off Dates

We run a service on Saturdays throughout the year where you can dispose of small loads of household items that would not be collected as part of your normal collection. Find out when we will next be near you.

Apply for Assisted Collection

Assisted collections application

Apply for help with your recycling and rubbish collections.

Apply for help with your recycling and rubbish collections.

Apply for Assisted Collection

Apply for help with your recycling and rubbish collections.

Download a voucher for free white garden sacks

Your recycling container order

Download a voucher for free white garden sacks at your local stockist

Download a voucher for free white garden sacks at your local stockist

Download a voucher for free white garden sacks

Download a voucher for free white garden sacks at your local stockist

Rubbish Limit Exemption

Waste limit exemption

We are limiting households to three black bags of household rubbish every fortnight. Ap...

We are limiting households to three black bags of household rubbish...

Rubbish Limit Exemption

We are limiting households to three black bags of household rubbish every fortnight. Apply for an exemption if you think that you will exceed the 3 bag limit.

Pay for a Special Collection

Pay for a Special Collection

Book a collection of household items that you would like to get rid of such as items of...

Book a collection of household items that you would like to get rid...

Click here to continue to the form.

Continue

Pay for a Special Collection

Book a collection of household items that you would like to get rid of such as items of furniture, fridges and other electrical goods.

Order recycling containers for assisted collections

Order recycling containers for assisted collections

If you have an assisted collection you can order recycling and rubbish containers and h...

If you have an assisted collection you can order recycling and rubb...

Order recycling containers for assisted collections

If you have an assisted collection you can order recycling and rubbish containers and have them delivered to your door.

Opt out of having a garden wheelie bin

Opt out of having a garden wheelie bin

If you are in a wheelie bin area you can opt out of having a garden bin. Please note th...

If you are in a wheelie bin area you can opt out of having a garden...

Opt out of having a garden wheelie bin

If you are in a wheelie bin area you can opt out of having a garden bin. Please note that if you do this you will not receive a garden waste collection.

Order Wheelie Bins

Order Wheelie Bins

Order 180 litre black and brown wheelie bins for general household rubbish and garden w...

Order 180 litre black and brown wheelie bins for general household ...

Order Wheelie Bins

Order 180 litre black and brown wheelie bins for general household rubbish and garden waste.

Recycling and Rubbish

Recycling and Rubbish

Recycling and Rubbish

Book a Special Collection

Book a Special Collection

Book a collection of household items that you would like to get rid of such as items of...

Book a collection of household items that you would like to get rid...

Continue to go to the form.

Continue

Book a Special Collection

Book a collection of household items that you would like to get rid of such as items of furniture, fridges and other electrical goods.

Other things you can

Continue to go to the Trolleywise website, where you can report an abandoned trolley.

Report

Abandoned Shopping Trolleys

If you see a trolley from a local supermarket abandoned on the street, please report it here.

Abandoned Shopping Trolleys

Abandoned Shopping Trolleys

If you see a trolley from a local sup...

If you see a trolley from a local sup...

Continue to choose how you would like to apply.

Apply

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For temporary notices up to 0.6 square metres as well as other small notices going up outside your property. It is advised that you check the advice on the Planning Portal before you proceed.

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