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Residents across Central Bedfordshire are being reminded that the popular Young Person’s (YP) Card scheme will continue to offer excellent value for money, despite a fare increase coming into effect.

We're launching the sale of used electrical items at the Reuse Shop at Thorn Turn Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) from Monday, 8 June.

Thank you for your patience while dry recycling collections were paused for four days due to a fire at a Bletchley facility. Collections will resume from Monday 23 March.

Central Bedfordshire Council has temporarily suspended kerbside dry mixed recycling collections following a fire at the Waste Transfer Station facility in Bletchley.

Recycling in Central Bedfordshire is about to get a whole lot easier.

Councillors approved the new Waste Strategy 2026-2051 at its Executive meeting last night (Tuesday 6 January).

We're reminding residents that bin collection days will change over the Christmas and New Year period.

We would like to thank residents for their patience and understanding during a brief suspension of dry recycling collections.

Central Bedfordshire Council is advising residents that all dry recycling collections are temporarily suspended, effective immediately, and will remain suspended until further notice.

We will temporarily pause garden waste collections for 12 weeks this winter, from Monday, 1 December 2025 to Friday, 20 February 2026. Collections will resume on Monday, 23 February 2026.