Temporary pause to recycling bin collections
Monday, 8 December 2025
Central Bedfordshire Council is advising residents that all dry recycling collections are temporarily suspended, effective immediately, and will remain suspended until further notice.
It is hoped this will only last for a few days.
This is due to issues outside of the council’s control.
The council has two contractors; one which collects household waste in the bin lorries, and another firm that treats this waste.
The firm that treats our recycling waste has suspended their service with just one business days' notice and no time to make alternative arrangements.
Residents are asked not to put their orange-lidded and green-lidded bins out for collection as of Monday 8 December.
Central Bedfordshire Council’s Executive Member for Sustainability and Climate Resilience, Councillor Tracey Wye, said:
The council is working flat out to try to resolve this as quickly as possible, to minimise the impact on residents.
We will update the council website, and social media, as soon as there is more information.
Residents who sign up for email bulletins will also receive an update as soon as all is back to normal.
Read more about the recycling pause.
In the meantime, residents can book a slot at their local Household Waste Recycling Centre where they take cardboard, paper, tins and cans for recycling. If that’s not possible, please store recycling at home until normal collections resume.
Food waste collections and residual waste (black bin with black lid) collections will continue as normal.