Suffolk Coastal currently operates a weekly boundary sack method
of refuse collection for most homes in the district. Household
refuse will be collected on the same day each week though the exact
time may vary depending on workload and traffic.
Your green
waste is collected fortnightly using brown wheeled bins.
Paper waste is collected fortnightly using green
crates.
An increasing number of homes in the district now receive a
new wheeled
bin recycling service and have alternate fortnightly
collections of recyclable materials and household refuse that
cannot be recycled. The Council plans to roll out this
service to every home in the district by the end of 2010.
Refuse sacks
Black refuse sacks for the boundary collection
service will be delivered to your home every 26 weeks. Each
delivery will consist of 26 sacks. Householders may provide
themselves with additional sacks if required. Any number of refuse
sacks containing household waste will be collected. Additional
supplies of black sacks and green sacks for light garden
waste are available. Follow this link to find out
how to order refuse sacks.
Suffolk Coastal garden waste sacks
You can put these green sacks out for collection alongside your
black refuse sacks but unfortunately the content has to be sent to
landfill as it cannot be recycled. The green sack service
is no longer available to any home which has the
new wheeled
bin recycling service. The sacks cost £7 for a bundle of 15
sacks and you can get them from:
- Our refuse collectors
- Our offices at Melton Hill, Woodbridge and our Ufford
Depot
- Aldeburgh Tourist Information Centre
- Town council offices at Kesgrave, Leiston and Woodbridge
- Framlingham Volunteer Centre
- Martlesham Post Office
Please keep all plastic sacks away from small children and store
sacks in a safe place.
Please help us by following these simple rules ...
Always
- Put your refuse out by 7.30am on collection days.
- Make sure your sacks are securely tied, thus avoiding spillage
of litter.
- Wrap all sharp objects, including bottles and jars (broken or
not), well before placing in sacks, thus avoiding injury to
yourself or collectors - preferably use the bottle banks.
- Recycle as much of your waste as possible.
Never
- Put your refuse out prior to collection day.
- Put garden waste in with your domestic waste.
- Put hot ashes in the sacks.
Remember
- The collection point for your refuse is
just inside the boundary of your property, next to
the footway.
If we didn't pick up your refuse when we should have
If you put your refuse out on time, at the right place but
we didn't pick it up then we will come back and clear what we
missed.
To make sure that we pick up your refuse each week you need
to:
- put it out by 7.30am
- put it out at the boundary where your property meets the public
highway
- make sure you only put out domestic waste in black sacks (not
trade waste or garden waste)
If you did all of the above but we still didn't pick up
your refuse then we apologise for our mistake. Please let
us put it right by contacting us on 01394
444000 and we will send someone to pick up the refuse
we missed. You can also email us at
scsltd@suffolkcoastal.gov.uk
Bank holiday collections
The refuse collection service operates as normal on bank
holidays, except during the Christmas and New Year holiday
period.