Waste and recycling

Residents are being encouraged to find out more about the new waste and recycling upgrade being rolled out across East Cambridgeshire.

Motorists who use the car park extension at the back of Littleport Railway Station are being advised that much of it will be temporarily out of action from 13 March for up to 12 weeks.

The council is launching a campaign to remind the public not to discard batteries in recycling or black bags, after a bin lorry caught fire.

East Cambs residents are being urged to keep nappies, vapes and un-rinsed food containers out of their blue recycling bins.

East Cambridgeshire District Council advisors will be out in the district talking to residents about new upgrades to the bin service this November.

Residents across East Cambridgeshire are being asked to plan ahead for new bin changes coming in next June.

People who have skips in their gardens or at business premises are warned to be extra vigilant after thieves stole a skip and fly-tipped the contents.

Loveheart will be the new name for one of East Cambridgeshire’s Waste and Recycling vehicles after councillors were won over by the five-year-old boy who suggested it.

Environmental Services officers at East Cambridgeshire District Council are appealing for information following the discovery of fly-tipped cannabis production waste that was dumped over the weekend (1 and 2 February 2025).

East Cambridgeshire District Council has joined a new initiative designed to help reduce the five million disposable menstrual products which it estimates go to landfill from across the district every year.