A-Z of Council Services

• Assisted Collection

Pendle council currently provide and collect the following recycling containers:

• Green boxes for glass, cans and paper
• Green bin for garden waste (grass cuttings, leaves, plants, soil and small branches
• Blue sack for plastic bottles and containers
• Red sack for textiles, clothing and shoes
• Free compost bin (see link below)
• Grey wheeled bin or refuse sacks for general household waste

Online services: Complete an online form to order additional recycling containers

Additional information: View the A - Z of recycling in Pendle to find out what to do with waste materials

Related services:

• Recycling and waste - collection
• Recycling - general information
• Recycling - free compost bin
• Household waste - disposal sites (tip)
• Household waste - garden waste
  

Email: operational.services@pendle.gov.uk

Telephone: 01282 661743

Fax: 01282 661750

Address: Fleet Street Depot, Charles Street, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 7YQ

• Do I need to separate materials in the box?
• What if I have more material than will fit into the box?
• When should I put my recycling out?
• Why do my containers have to be out so early?
• Where should I put my Recycling Containers For Collection?
• Why do my recycling containers have to be left near the front pavement?
• My box lid has not been returned after the box has been emptied.
• Sometimes there is rubbish left in my box after emptying.
• What will happen with the green garden waste bin during the winter months?
• What if I already compost all my garden waste and don't need a green bin?
• I've heard that having a wheeled bin can increase the risk of burglary, as the criminals can assume that when the bin is left out I'm not at home?
• What if my wheeled bin is damaged or stolen?
• Do I own the wheeled bin/recycling boxes?
• Will the wheeled bin need cleaning?
• Will I have to put out the bin/box on collection day?
• Why do you want us to put our wheeled bins/boxes out at 7.30am?
• If I forget to put out my wheeled bin/box in time, what will happen?
• Why is my recycling collected at different times?
• How will elderly or disabled people manage?
• What about terraced houses/flats/multi-occupancy homes and houses with long drives?
• What if I have a large family and the 240 litre grey bin is not enough?
• How do I recycle items that I can't leave at the kerbside?
• What about the removal of bulky items - furniture and fridges etc?
• Can I put waste in black bin bags into my wheeled bin, or do I have to put the rubbish in loose?
• Which bin do nappies go in? I have young children in nappies and I won't have enough room in my rubbish bin.

• Doorstep collection
• Garden waste collection
• Composting at home
• Green box recycling
• Cardboard recycling collection
• Plastic bottle collection
• Refuse grey bin collection
• Real nappies
• Ordering bins, boxes and sacks
• Pink And Green Recycling Sacks
• Clinical waste collection service
• Special collection of large items
• Orange refuse sacks
• Assisted collection of rubbish and recycling
• Textile Recycling
• My Recycling
• LOOKING AFTER YOUR GREY REFUSE BIN