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Changes to your waste and recycling collections
We are making our waste and recycling collections fairer and more efficient.
We are also making it easier for you to recycle.
Garden waste collections: all areas in Cumberland
- From week commencing Monday 31 March 2025 if you have a garden waste bin you will still get one bin collected for free but any additional bins will have a collection charge.
- There will be a yearly charge of £40 for each extra garden waste bin.
- Collections are fortnightly between March and November.
- Residents will be able to make a payment for extra bins on our website or by contacting our customer contact team from week commencing 10 March.
Waste and recycling collections: former Allerdale area
- We want to make it easier for you to recycle and also make sure our services are consistent.
- Your waste collection is changing from every week to every two weeks from May 2025.
- Your glass, cans, tins and plastics recycling will remain the same and will continue being collected every two weeks.
- Your cardboard and paper recycling will continue to be collected every four weeks but will increase to every two weeks from September 2025.
- Householders will be given the opportunity to request a free replacement 180 litre bin (most residents have a 120-litre bin). Requests can be made on our website or by contacting our customer contact team from April.
Other changes to your collections:
From September 2025:
- There will be updated collection dates in Allerdale, Carlisle and Copeland.
Further information about your bin collections
Help us by reducing and recycling for Cumberland
If you have larger amounts of waste that cannot be recycled you may be able to reduce your waste in other ways:
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