Changes to waste services due to COVID-19 (coronavirus)
Due to the developing situation and latest advice regarding COVID-19 (coronavirus), waste services are currently operating with a reduced number of staff.
As a result, some waste services have been suspended. This allows our available staff to focus on collecting general rubbish, recycling and clinical waste, helping to minimise disruption for our residents. Please see below for further details.
Service Update - Thursday 9 April
Recycling (mixed and paper & card)
Service status
The recycling service is operating as business as usual. Your recycling will be collection on your next scheduled collection day.
We are unable to return for containers that were not collected during the period of service suspension (Monday 23 March - Friday 27 March).
Advice for residents
If your recycling collection was due during the period of suspension, please present extra recycling neatly next to your bin in a reusable container (or cardboard box) on your next collection day.
If you are not able to store your recycling, it can be disposed of in your general rubbish bin or bags. on your usual collection day. However, to support the crews, we kindaly ask that residents container all their waste within their bin (with the lid shut flat) or bags (max 4 per collection).
Due to current social distancing measures, the Household Recycling Centres (HRCs) in Buckinghamshire are closed. Please do not visit these sites to dispose of your recycling.
Food Waste
Service status
The food waste recycling service is suspended until further notice.
Advice for residents
Food waste should be put into your general rubbish bin, which will be collected on your usual general rubbish collection day.
To help reduce waste put in the general rubbish bin, you can home compost: fruit and vegetable peelings, seeds and cores; egg shells; tea bags; coffee grounds and filter paper; paper towels or tissues (not if they have touched meat).
You cannot compost: cooked food, fish, meat or dairy products (these must be put in your general rubbish bin).
To find out more about home-composting visit: www.recycleforbuckinghamshire.co.uk/reduce-your-waste/home-composting/
For tips on how you can reduce food you waste, visit: www.recycleforbuckinghamshire.co.uk/reduce-your-waste/love-food-hate-waste/
We recognise the benefits of our weekly food collection, both for residents and the environment. This change is only temporary and we will reinstate the separate food waste recycling collections as soon as possible. During this service suspension, your food waste will be disposed of appropriately at an energy from waste plant, and will not be landfilled.
Garden Waste
Service status
Suspended in Chiltern and Wycombe from Friday 20 March until further notice. This includes renewals.
Advice for residents
Garden waste materials are not hazardous if left for longer than two weeks and can be home-composted. Please store this waste until the service resumes. Please do not report a missed collection for garden waste.
Home composting may be a possibility for some residents. If you have the space and would like to give home composting a try, there is advice and a discount on compost bins available to residents at www.getcomposting.com
Due to current social distancing measures, the HRCs in Buckinghamshire are closed. Please do not visit these sites to dispose of your recycling.
General rubbish
Service status
The general rubbish service continues as business as usual. There are no current planned changes to collection frequencies or days.
Advice for residents
To support our crews, we kindly ask that residents contain all their waste within their bin (with the lid shut flat), or bags (max. 4 per collection).
Medical Waste (including COVID-19 waste)
Sharps and sack collections are occuring as business as usual for residents who already have this service set up. Customers should request collections as they usual do (sharps only).
For information on how to dispose of waste from possible cases of COVID-19 and cleaning of areas where possible cases have been (such as disposable cloths and used tissues), visit: COVID-19 waste
Bulky waste
Service status
New bulky waste collections are suspended. If you have previously booked a bulky waste collection, a member of our team will contact you to discuss your booking.
Advice for residents
Owing to the current situation, and closure of HRCs to the public, we advise residents to store their bulky waste items until it is safe for disposal options to resume.
Household Recycling Centres (HRCs)
All HRCs across Buckinghamshire are closed to the public until further notice. Please do not visit these sites to dispose of any waste.
Bin deliveries
Service status
Bin deliveries are suspended until further notice. We will be contacting residents who have placed orders before Friday 20 March to discuss their delivery.
Advice for residents
If you do not have a bin or your bin is broken, we will collect your general waste from single use sacks and your recycling from a reusable container. These sacks and/or container(s) must be provided by the householder.
