Whether you are an individual, part of a town or parish council, a school, or a local community group, you can organise and carry out litter picks with our support.
How to get involved
Litter picking kits can be provided that include essential equipment such as litter pickers, high visibility vests, gloves and bags. These kits can be loaned out to anyone interested in organising a litter pick. Additionally, we will arrange for the collection and disposal of the litter gathered during these events
To request a litter picking kit, email wasteaware@uttlesford.gov.uk with your name, address, contact details, the equipment required, and the dates for collection and return of the kit.
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Debden litter pick
That is exactly what Debden Parish Council did when they arranged their litter pick. They had 25 volunteers and collected over 20 bags of litter, found a microwave and reported a fly-tipping site!
Everyone was also rewarded with breakfast.
Thank you Debden PC!
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To celebrate Reusable Nappy Week, Love Essex is offering you the chance to win a bundle of cloth nappy goodies worth almost £100.
To enter:
- like the Love Essex Facebook or Instagram post
- follow Love Essex on Facebook or Instagram
- comment on the post with why you love cloth nappies or why you’d like to try them
The closing date to enter is 31 May.
► Visit the Love Essex website for more information
If you’d like to start smaller, Love Essex also offers a cloth nappy refund where you can claim £30 back on a £30+ purchase of cloth nappies.
► Claim your refund
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If you live in Uttlesford, you can ask us to collect garden waste from your home. Collections are every two weeks with a four-week break over the Christmas period.
You can also renew your subscription to the service and order a new or replacement garden waste bin.
► Sign up for the garden waste collection service
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The Love Essex Fund offers £500 micro-grants to projects that reduce household waste. The fund is available to individuals, schools and organisations.
Over 40 projects were successful in receiving funding in the latest round of applications, including repairs cafés, a library of things, preloved uniform swaps, and many more.
Check out the list awarded to Uttlesford projects:
Lots of items can be donated for reuse via charities across the county. You can help support local causes while reducing the amount of items that are thrown away.
Reuse directory
Visit the new reuse directory to find projects and organisations that accept donations of furniture and appliances near you. Most of them will even collect your items for free!
► Visit the reuse directory
Donate large electrical appliances at recycling centres
► Find out which items are accepted and where to drop off your large electrical appliances
Donate clothing, toys and books
For smaller items such as clothing, toys, books and bric-a-brac, you could donate to your local charity shop. Please check if they accept the items you wish to donate and you may need to make an appointment.
► Find a local charity shop
If recycling bins containing non-recyclable items – such as black plastic sacks, nappies, food waste, polystyrene or garden waste – are not spotted by the crews before they are picked up, this can cause a whole lorry load of recycling to be spoiled.
A very small percentage of non-recyclable items in the bin can result in tonnes of otherwise reusable waste being diverted away from recycling and sent to landfill. We must stop this from happening.
If our refuse crews identify a recycling bin which contains non-recyclable items, a bin hanger (like the one in the picture) will be attached to the bin highlighting which items need to be removed. Once these offending items have been removed by the householder, the bin will be emptied on the next scheduled collection – we will not return to empty the recycling bin before this.
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Recycling resources
► Uttlesford household waste and recycling
► Book a bulky waste collection
► Can I recycle it? online tool
► Home composting
What happens to my waste?
Ever wondered what happens to the waste and recycling collected at the kerbside or at recycling centres?
► Watch this video for an overview of what happens to your waste
► Watch this video to find out what happens to your food waste
► Watch this video to find out what happens to your garden waste
► Get more information about your waste and recycling
Packaging seems to have a lot of different symbols on it these days – but what do they all mean?
Did you know that there’s a specific symbol telling you when something needs to be recycled with the lid left on? Or when you need to remove a sleeve or film?
Take some time to get to know the different recycling symbols and you’re all set to become a recycling superstar!
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The first of five new 32-tonne Olympus Twin Pack refuse collection vehicles has hit the streets of Uttlesford – and it's already making a difference.
Our refuse collection vehicles have to travel long distances across the rural district, so it is crucial to maximise the volume collected per trip. This reduces the need for multiple journeys to waste disposal sites.
The new vehicles, which have been purchased as part of a strategic renewal of the fleet, are ideal for the job.
► Find out more
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