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Monday, 2 December 2024
Bin collections during the festive period in Central Bedfordshire
We've released our bin collection schedule for the Christmas and New Year period.
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Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Garden waste collections to pause over winter in Central Bedfordshire
We will pause garden waste collections for 12 weeks this winter, from Monday, 2 December 2024, to Friday, 21 February 2025. Collections will start again on Monday, 24 February 2025.
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Friday, 2 February 2024
£1000 fine for illegal fly-tip in Houghton Regis
A former Central Bedfordshire resident has been issued a £1000 Fixed Penalty Notice following a complaint of fly-tipping in a garage block in Houghton Regis.
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Monday, 29 January 2024
Something’s brewing: New kerbside coffee pod recycling service comes to Central Bedfordshire
We're one of the first councils in the region to offer kerbside recycling for people using aluminium and plastic drink pods.
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Monday, 13 November 2023
Bin collections during the festive period in Central Bedfordshire
We've announced our Christmas and New Year bin collection schedule, 2023 to 2024.
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Monday, 16 October 2023
Residents only access at Central Bedfordshire Household Waste Recycling Centres
From 1 November 2023, visitors to Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) - also known as tidy tips - in Central Bedfordshire will be asked to show proof that they live in the area.
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Monday, 18 September 2023
We're combatting illegal waste dumping with two significant fines
Illegal dumping of UPVC windows costs Leighton Buzzard man over £2000. Houghton Regis woman faces fine and court costs of over £1200 for leaving waste in the street.
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Tuesday, 9 May 2023
Temporary closure of recycling centres for maintenance work
Starting from the end of May until August 2023, we will be temporarily closing three of our household waste recycling centres – Biggleswade, Ampthill and Leighton Buzzard.
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Monday, 24 April 2023
Coronation Bank Holiday changes to kerbside waste and recycling collections and Household Waste and Recycling Centres
Kerbside waste and recycling collections for Central Bedfordshire residents will change on the forthcoming Bank Holiday for The Coronation of His Majesty The King, for the week of 8 May 2023.
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Monday, 20 February 2023
Garden waste collections restart next week
With spring just around the corner, we will restart our garden waste collection service from Monday 27 February, on residents’ next normal recycling collection day.
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Thursday, 17 November 2022
Bin collections over the festive period in Central Bedfordshire
We've announced our Christmas 2022 and New Year 2023 bin collection schedule.
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Wednesday, 13 April 2022
250 volunteers support the Great British Spring Clean
The Great British Spring Clean was a big success – and we'd like to thank every one of the 250 litter pickers who turned out to join the annual campaign.
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Monday, 21 February 2022
Garden waste collections to resume across Central Bedfordshire
With gardening season just around the corner, we'll be restarting garden waste collection service from Monday 28 February, on your next normal recycling collection day.
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Monday, 13 December 2021
Bin collections over the festive period in Central Bedfordshire
We've announced our Christmas 2021 and New Year bin collection schedule.
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Tuesday, 16 November 2021
Bike recycling events to set old wheels spinning again
We're once again thrilled by the response to our latest call for unneeded bicycles, with 75 bikes now set for new homes and cyclists.
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Tuesday, 12 October 2021
Garden waste to be collected between 18 and 30 October across Central Bedfordshire
We're reminding all residents that we'll be undertaking a one-off garden waste collection during a two-week period in October 2021.
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Friday, 17 September 2021
Central Bedfordshire Council announce plans to clear residents' garden waste
We are pleased to confirm that they will be undertaking a garden waste collection during a two week period in October.
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Friday, 6 August 2021
Thank you for patience during continued garden waste suspensions
The suspension of garden waste collections across Central Bedfordshire will remain in place until further notice.
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Thursday, 22 July 2021
Garden waste collections now suspended across all of Central Bedfordshire
Due to severe staff shortages, there will be a temporary suspension for all kerbside collections of household garden waste across all of Central Bedfordshire until further notice.
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Wednesday, 21 July 2021
Garden waste collections in South Central Bedfordshire temporarily suspended
Due to severe staff shortages, there will be a temporary suspension for all kerbside collections of household garden waste across the South of Central Bedfordshire.
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Thursday, 18 February 2021
Tree-mendous news: Garden waste collections to resume in Central Bedfordshire
We will be recommencing garden waste collections from Monday, 1 March 2021.
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Thursday, 12 November 2020
We're rolling out food waste recycling in the south of Central Bedfordshire
Starting next week, we'll be rolling out a new weekly kerbside food waste recycling service to houses in the south of Central Bedfordshire.
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Monday, 2 November 2020
Central Bedfordshire Council joins national fight against “zombie batteries” in bid to tackle waste collection fires
We are urging residents to “join the fight against Zombie batteries” in a bid to tackle the growing number of fires caused by carelessly discarded dead batteries.
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Monday, 19 October 2020
A break for all garden waste collections for the winter in Central Bedfordshire
Once again, there'll be a winter break for all kerbside collections of household garden waste across Central Bedfordshire.
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Monday, 12 October 2020
Veolia awarded new waste contract
With the current contract for collecting black bins coming to an end, we've awarded the new contract to Veolia.
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Tuesday, 22 September 2020
Residents praised for recycling efforts during Recycle Week
You thanked our waste collection crews during lockdown, with pictures, cards, presents and friendly waves; now we want to thank you for continuing to recycle as much as possible during the pandemic.
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Wednesday, 16 September 2020
Get your free garden waste bin
Let us know if you'd like a bin for your garden waste; you can still keep your sacks, too!
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Monday, 3 August 2020
We'll be rolling out garden waste recycling bins from mid-August
This initiative follows our 2018 waste consultation, which revealed that residents were overwhelmingly supportive of recycling and wanted the option to recycle more of their garden waste.
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Thursday, 7 May 2020
Tidy tips set to reopen for essential visits by appointment only
All 4 sites to re-open on Monday, 11 May.
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Wednesday, 29 April 2020
Drawings, gifts and praise lift spirits among bin crews
Residents have been doing their bit to lift the spirits of our hard-working bin crews with colourful children’s drawings and gifts of sweets and biscuits.
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Wednesday, 22 April 2020
Garden waste collections to resume
We’re planning to restart collections of garden waste from next Monday, April 27 operating a normal service.
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Tuesday, 10 March 2020
You helped us name our gritters….now it’s the turn of our new recycling trucks!
We’ve 34 new waste and recycling trucks for Central Bedfordshire…can you help us name them all?
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Tuesday, 22 October 2019
A winter break for all garden waste collections in Central Bedfordshire
Once again, in 2019 there will be a winter break for all kerbside collections of household garden waste across Central Bedfordshire.