East Cambridgeshire bin collections
Nobody in East Cambridgeshire pays for garden waste. Every household gets a 240 litre green-lidded bin with no sign-up, and a second one is free if you ask. Weekly food caddy collections were added on 1 June 2026.
Which bin is which in East Cambridgeshire
Black bin for rubbish, blue-lidded bin for mixed recycling. Bins go out by 6.30am on collection day and not before 6pm the evening before.
Christmas and New Year collections 2026
From Friday 25 December everything runs one to four days late. Christmas Day's round goes out on Tuesday 29 December and New Year's Day's on Tuesday 5 January, and it's all caught up by Saturday 16 January.
| Usual day | Collected on |
|---|---|
| Friday 25 December | Tuesday 29 December |
| Monday 28 December | Wednesday 30 December |
| Tuesday 29 December | Thursday 31 December |
| Wednesday 30 December | Saturday 2 January |
| Thursday 31 December | Monday 4 January |
| Friday 1 January | Tuesday 5 January |
| Monday 4 January | Wednesday 6 January |
| Tuesday 5 January | Thursday 7 January |
| Wednesday 6 January | Friday 8 January |
| Thursday 7 January | Saturday 9 January |
| Friday 8 January | Monday 11 January |
| Monday 11 January | Tuesday 12 January |
| Tuesday 12 January | Wednesday 13 January |
| Wednesday 13 January | Thursday 14 January |
| Thursday 14 January | Friday 15 January |
| Friday 15 January | Saturday 16 January |
Garden waste collection
Collected every two weeks all year, except for a six-week winter pause from 7 December 2026 to 16 January 2027. Request extra bins through the online form.
Weekly food waste collection
Weekly, by 6.30am and not before 6pm the night before. Any bag will do as a liner.
Report a missed bin
Report it from collection day until the end of the next working day.
- Phone
- 01353 665555
Bulky waste collection from £32.50
£32.50 for three household items. Fridges and freezers are £32.50 each. Get your request in before midday Friday for collection within seven working days.
Recycling centres in East Cambridgeshire
The local recycling centre is at Witchford, and you need a permit to take a van or trailer to any Cambridgeshire site.
- Witchford Recycling Centre
Worth knowing in East Cambridgeshire
Real Christmas trees can be left beside the green-lidded bin during January.
Get told the night before
Binformation is a free Android app. Put your postcode in once and it sends a notification the evening before each collection, saying which bins are going. If the council moves your day for a bank holiday, the reminder moves with it.
Where this comes from
Every fact on this page was read from the council's own website, last checked on 26 October 2026. Councils change prices each April, so check the link before you pay for anything.
- Collection frequency: eastcambs.gov.uk, eastcambs.gov.uk
- Christmas collections: eastcambs.gov.uk
- Missed bins: eastcambs.gov.uk
- Bulky waste: eastcambs.gov.uk
- Recycling centres: eastcambs.gov.uk
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