Alternate-Week Bins, Weekly Food Waste — Start With Your Exact Address
Most Huntingdonshire homes alternate residual rubbish and dry recycling every two weeks, while the new food-waste caddy is emptied every week.
Bin colours are not completely uniform across the district, so use the live property calendar before relying on an old colour guide, neighbour’s routine or saved screenshot.
Huntingdonshire Bin Collection 2026: Quick Answer
Standard individual properties use alternate-week residual and recycling collections, plus weekly food waste.
Subscribed garden waste is also collected fortnightly. Flats and other communal properties can have a different frequency.
| Service | Typical container | Frequency | Key rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residual household waste | Grey wheelie bin | Fortnightly | No routine side waste. |
| Dry recycling | Usually blue; green in some areas | Fortnightly | Extra recycling can use a clear sack. |
| Food waste | 23L outdoor grey/silver caddy | Weekly | Separate vehicle may arrive at a different time. |
| Garden waste | Subscribed green garden bin | Fortnightly | £57.50 standard first-bin subscription for 2026/27. |
| Communal properties | Shared large bins | Residual + food weekly; recycling fortnightly | Follow the building-specific setup. |
How to Check Your Huntingdonshire Bin Collection Day
Huntingdon, St Ives, St Neots, Ramsey, Yaxley, Sawtry, Godmanchester and surrounding villages do not all share one borough-wide collection date.
- Open the official refuse calendar. Start with the council tool rather than a third-party timetable.
- Enter your postcode. Use the full postcode for the property receiving the collection.
- Select the exact address. Do not assume every home in the street is identical.
- Read the service and date together. Check residual, recycling, food and subscribed garden waste separately.
- Save the dates if useful. But return to the live calendar around Christmas, road disruption or unusual weather.
New-build address not found?
A newly created address can take time to reach the calendar system.
Check another address on the same development only as a temporary indication, then contact Huntingdonshire with the full new address for confirmation.
What Time Should Huntingdonshire Bins Be Out?
Have bins, authorised sacks and food caddies at the collection point by 6:30am.
Waste should not normally be put out before 6pm the previous evening.
- Present at the property edge where it meets the public highway.
- Private-drive properties normally present where the private access meets the public highway.
- Close wheelie-bin lids fully.
- Keep the food-caddy lid/handle correctly secured.
- Keep access clear for crews.
- Do not make bins too heavy to move or lift.
Do not call before 3pm just because the truck is late
Ordinary rounds can run between approximately 6:30am and 3pm.
The crew does not have to reach your road at the same clock time on every collection day.
Grey, Black, Blue or Green? Huntingdonshire Bin Colours Explained
Colour alone is not a safe way to identify every Huntingdonshire collection.
The current formal Waste Collection Policy describes residual household waste as a grey bin and recycling as a blue bin, while noting that some areas still use green recycling bins.
A separate current council sorting page still uses the phrase “usually black bin” when referring to domestic waste.
Safest rule
- Check your actual container.
- Read its label/lid information.
- Check the property calendar.
- Match the waste stream, not just the colour.
This avoids being misled by an older bin colour, inherited container or search result.
Huntingdonshire Grey Bin: Residual Household Rubbish
Use the residual bin for ordinary household waste that cannot use the current recycling, food-waste, garden-waste or specialist routes.
Common examples
- Non-recyclable plastics
- Nappies
- Sanitary products
- Polystyrene
- Broken non-electrical toys
- Bagged cold ash
- Small quantities of wrapped cat litter or dog waste
- Other non-recyclable household rubbish
Do not put these in
- Hot ash
- Car parts
- Builders’ rubble
- Soil
- Oil
- Paint
- Fluorescent tubes
- Electrical equipment
- Pesticides
- Loose sharps
No routine excess rubbish beside the bin
Huntingdonshire does not collect ordinary residual side waste for a standard wheelie-bin property.
Huntingdonshire Recycling: What Can Go in the Blue or Green Recycling Bin?
Dry recycling is normally collected every two weeks.
Common accepted items
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Junk mail
- Envelopes
- Directories
- Cardboard
- Card packaging
- Cardboard egg boxes
- Milk/juice cartons
- Plastic bottles
- Plastic pots
- Plastic tubs
- Plastic trays
- Clean flexible plant pots
- Carrier bags
- Bread bags
- Cling film
- Bubble wrap
- Glass bottles
- Glass jars
- Cans
- Tins
Huntingdonshire accepts several flexible plastics
Carrier bags, bread bags, cling film and bubble wrap are among the flexible plastics currently listed for the district’s dry-recycling service.
Keep these out
- Black sacks
- Textiles and clothing
- Food waste
- Polystyrene
- Broken toys
- Nappies
- Electrical items
- Batteries
Extra recycling is allowed — but make it visible
Correct excess recycling can be presented in a clear/transparent sack or suitable cardboard box beside the recycling bin.
Do not use a black or dark rubbish sack for extra recycling. The crew must be able to see the contents.
Regularly need more?
Current policy allows up to two additional 240L recycling bins on request.
Shredded paper
Huntingdonshire directs shredded paper to a subscribed garden-waste bin rather than the ordinary dry-recycling bin. If you do not have a garden service, check the A–Z for the current alternative.
Huntingdonshire Food Waste: New Weekly 2026 Collection
Weekly food-waste collection started in the week commencing 30 March 2026.
It runs on the household’s normal collection weekday but uses a separate collection vehicle.
Standard household equipment
- 7L indoor grey/silver kitchen caddy
- 23L outdoor grey/silver lockable caddy
The containers are provided free.
Food accepted
- Raw and cooked meat
- Bones and gristle
- Fish and fish bones
- Cheese
- Eggs and eggshells
- Other dairy food
- Tea bags
- Coffee grounds
- Rice
- Pasta
- Beans
- Bread
- Cakes and pastries
- Fruit
- Fruit peelings
- Vegetables
- Vegetable peelings
- Pet food
- Plate scrapings
Keep these out
- Milk or other liquids
- Cooking oil
- Liquid fat
- Food packaging
- Garden waste
- Pet bedding
- Cat litter
- Animal faeces
Liners are optional
You may use:
- a compostable liner,
- a normal thin non-compostable liner,
- newspaper, or
- no liner.
Do not use very thick bags such as black refuse sacks or bags-for-life as food-caddy liners.
Huntingdonshire does not supply household liners.
Outdoor caddy presentation
- Put it at the property edge by 6:30am.
- Keep the handle in the locked position.
- Present it with the household’s other collection.
- Leave it visible if the main truck has already passed.
Why might the main bin go first?
Food waste is collected by a separate vehicle, so the caddy can be emptied earlier or later than the household’s large wheelie bin.
Never received your caddies?
Contact the Waste Minimisation team on 01480 388382 or email wasteminimisation@huntingdonshire.gov.uk and provide the full address.
Need extra outdoor capacity?
Current policy allows one additional 23L external food caddy to be requested.
Where does the food go?
The food is sent for anaerobic digestion, producing renewable energy and fertiliser.
Current 2026 resident feedback opportunity
Huntingdonshire’s food-waste resident survey is currently open until 3 September 2026 at 11:59pm. It asks households about their experience of the new weekly service.
Huntingdonshire Missed Bin: Wait Until After 3pm
Refuse, recycling and subscribed garden waste: wait until after 3pm before reporting a genuine missed collection.
Report it no later than the following three days, including weekends.
Before reporting
- Check the correct address date.
- Confirm it was out by 6:30am.
- Use the correct boundary collection point.
- Check the lid was closed.
- Look for a hanger/sticker.
- Check the contents.
- Check whether the bin was too heavy.
- Check a live disruption notice.
- Wait until after 3pm.
What happens after a valid report?
Huntingdonshire says an accepted missed refuse, recycling or garden-waste collection should normally be recollected within three working days.
Leave the bin at the collection point until it is emptied, including across a weekend where necessary.
Why do some council pages say three days and another says four?
The missed-bin page says report within the next three days. Garden terms phrase the same window as four days including the collection day.
The safest practical interpretation is: report after 3pm on collection day and do not let the next three calendar days expire.
Food caddy: completely different return rule
Huntingdonshire does not normally return specifically for one missed outdoor food caddy.
Still report it. The report helps the council identify route/service problems.
If you run out of food-caddy space before the next weekly collection, current policy says the excess food can go into the domestic residual bin.
Huntingdonshire Bin Not Emptied: Missed or Rejected?
| What happened? | Likely reason | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Hanger left on bin | Wrong item / presentation failure | Correct the problem and use the next scheduled collection. |
| Lid open | Bin overfilled | Remove excess waste. |
| Bin too heavy | Crew/vehicle cannot safely move it | Remove weight and present next time. |
| Recycling contaminated | Wrong material | Remove contaminant before next recycling date. |
| Garden bin frozen | Contents did not fall out | Loosen safely; crew does not normally return. |
| Food caddy missed | Possible route miss | Report it, but expect next weekly collection rather than return visit. |
Repeated contamination can escalate
Huntingdonshire’s formal collection policy allows repeated recycling or garden contamination to move through warning, education/waste-audit and ultimately service-suspension stages.
Fix a contamination hanger rather than repeatedly presenting the same incorrect material.
Huntingdonshire Replacement Bins: Current £15 Delivery Charge
Lost, stolen or household-damaged wheelie bins: £15 delivery charge.
The same £15 charge covers replacement of one or all required wheelie bins when ordered together.
Think the bin was stolen?
- Check nearby houses. Bins can be returned to the wrong address.
- Check farther along the road. Collection crews can move containers during emptying.
- Wait for neighbouring bins to be taken in. Your bin may become visible.
- Wait three days after collection. Huntingdonshire does not normally allow a stolen-bin replacement request before this point.
Council crew damaged or swallowed the bin?
Where the crew records that it damaged the container or it fell into the vehicle, replacement is free.
Broken wheel or lid only?
Huntingdonshire no longer supplies separate replacement lids or wheels. The current FAQ says a new bin is required, with the normal delivery charge unless the crew caused the damage.
Moving into a house where the previous occupier took the bins
The £15 delivery charge normally applies.
Genuine new-build property
The standard domestic and recycling containers can be ordered without that replacement delivery charge.
Can you buy your own wheelie bin?
No. The council only empties containers of the correct specification supplied through its own service.
Additional Grey Bin: Who Qualifies for More Residual Capacity?
An extra residual bin is conditional. It is not routine extra capacity for overflowing rubbish.
Current criteria include
- Six or more permanent residents with unavoidable residual waste.
- Five permanent residents including a child/children in full-time nappies.
- Four permanent residents with more than one child in full-time nappies.
- A resident whose special circumstances regularly create unusual amounts of waste.
- A household producing a large quantity of offensive/hygiene waste.
Approved total capacity
The current policy caps approved residual capacity at approximately 380 litres.
A property with a 140L grey bin can receive an additional 240L capacity; a property already using 240L can receive an additional 140L.
The council can perform a waste audit
Applicants must declare how they meet the criteria.
Checks can include:
- household occupancy,
- a recycling/waste audit,
- a site visit, and
- periodic reviews.
If the excess material is mainly recyclable, Huntingdonshire may provide additional recycling capacity instead of another residual bin.
Nappy-based approval is normally temporary
Where extra capacity was approved because of babies in nappies, the normal maximum approval period is two years unless another eligibility reason remains.
Moving House or Sharing Bins in Huntingdonshire
Standard bins normally stay at the property
Council-provided standard containers remain council property and should normally be left at the address when moving.
Important exception
An authorised additional residual bin and a valid subscribed garden bin can move with you when moving to another Huntingdonshire property.
Tell the council about the new address. If records are not changed, the moved additional/garden bin may not be collected.
Sharing with a neighbour
Huntingdonshire allows neighbouring households to share a wheelie bin by agreement.
One address must take overall responsibility for contamination, misuse and replacement.
The same principle applies to a shared subscribed garden bin: one property holds responsibility and makes the full subscription payment.
No Practical Space for Wheelie Bins? Huntingdonshire Sack Service
Some properties can use an authorised sack collection instead of standard wheelie bins.
Possible reasons include
- No practical rear or side access.
- Front storage area too small for bins.
- Steep inclines or steps make wheeled bins impractical.
- Bins would have to be wheeled through the home.
- The property is a considerable distance from the public highway.
- Disability/infirmity prevents wheeled-bin use and assisted collection is not workable.
- Exceptional levels of hygiene waste.
- Other circumstances specifically agreed by the council.
| Sack service | Standard provision |
|---|---|
| Residual waste | 104 council blue sacks per year |
| Dry recycling | 104 clear sacks per year |
| Food waste | Normal external food caddy provided |
For an authorised residual sack service, only the supplied council blue sacks are collected. Shop-bought black rubbish bags are not a substitute.
Extra recycling can use the resident’s own clear sacks because the crew can verify the contents.
Huntingdonshire Garden Waste 2026/27: £57.50 First Bin
Standard 2026/27 price: £57.50 for the first garden bin.
Additional subscribed bins cost £30 each, with up to three additional bins — four subscribed garden bins in total.
| Garden service detail | 2026/27 rule |
|---|---|
| Subscription period | 1 April 2026–31 March 2027 |
| First bin | £57.50 standard price |
| Additional bin | £30 each |
| Maximum | 4 subscribed garden bins total |
| Frequency | Every 2 weeks throughout the year |
| Collection time | Ready by 6:30am |
| Join late | Full annual price still applies |
| Direct Debit setup | Can take up to 2 weeks |
| Card setup | Normally added within a couple of days |
| Sticker delivery | Within around 2 weeks |
| Additional physical bin | Delivery within up to 10 working days |
| Unwanted-bin removal | Can take up to 6 weeks |
Why might someone pay £50 rather than £57.50?
A limited group of legacy Early Bird subscribers who joined by Direct Debit before January 2024 locked the first-bin price at £50 for a minimum three-year period.
That legacy deal does not change the standard current first-bin price of £57.50.
Direct Debit vs card
Direct Debit normally renews automatically.
If you previously subscribed by credit/debit card, you must renew manually for the new subscription year.
Sticker location
Place the annual subscription sticker on the rear of the bin, just below the handles.
Accepted garden waste
- Weeds
- Hedge trimmings
- Grass cuttings
- Flowers
- Plants
- Leaves
- Windfall fruit
- Shredded paper
- Small twigs/branches under 2.5cm diameter
- Cold ashes
- Small amounts of bedding from vegetarian pets
Keep these out
- Kitchen food waste
- Plastic bags
- Biodegradable/compostable bags
- Flowerpots
- Trays
- Soil
- Stones
- Rubble
- Turf
- Branches/logs over 2.5cm diameter
- Textiles
- Animal faeces
- Compost
- General household rubbish
Kitchen fruit vs windfall fruit
This distinction matters in Huntingdonshire.
Kitchen fruit and peelings → weekly food caddy.
Windfall fruit / produce from a vegetable patch → garden bin.
Frozen or compacted contents
If frozen material stays inside the bin when the vehicle tips it, the crew does not normally return before the next scheduled collection.
Missed garden collection
The bin must have been correctly subscribed, presented by 6:30am, in the correct place, not rejected and not recorded as too heavy/excessive.
Report within the normal missed-bin window.
No refund is paid simply because a garden collection was missed.
Moving within Huntingdonshire
You can take a valid subscribed garden bin with you, but contact the council so the service is reassigned to the new address.
Moving outside the district
There is no refund for the unused portion of the annual subscription.
Neighbour sharing
Allowed. One household must be the registered subscriber and take responsibility for the shared bin.
Huntingdonshire Assisted Bin Collection
An assisted collection means the crew collects the container from its normal agreed storage position, empties it and returns it.
Who can qualify?
- Resident cannot move the bins because of age, disability, infirmity or visual impairment.
- No other household member is able to take the containers out.
Ground-floor rule
Bins or sacks must be stored on the ground floor for an assisted collection.
Keep the route accessible
- Unlock gates where required.
- Remove obstacles.
- Keep overhanging vegetation clear.
- Store containers toward the front where practical.
Private drive?
Where an assisted property is a long distance along a private road/drive, the council may require an indemnity before the collection vehicle enters.
Smaller-bin alternative
If full assistance is unnecessary, Huntingdonshire also offers a narrower 140L wheeled-bin option.
Huntingdonshire Flats and Communal Bin Stores
Flats and accommodation blocks normally use shared 1100L containers where practical.
| Communal waste stream | Normal frequency |
|---|---|
| Residual waste | Weekly |
| Food waste | Weekly |
| Dry recycling | Fortnightly |
Communal food waste
Residents normally receive an individual 7L kitchen caddy and empty it into a shared 240L outdoor food-waste bin.
Contamination affects the entire block
If a communal container is contaminated, it can be rejected until residents/managing agents remove the incorrect material.
Do not block the bin store with loose rubbish
Loose bags/items around a communal bin are not collected.
If they physically block access, the main communal bin can also be left until the obstruction has been cleared for the next scheduled collection.
Huntingdonshire Clinical, Hygiene and Sharps Waste
Ordinary non-infectious hygiene waste
Examples include:
- incontinence pads,
- nappies,
- sanitary products,
- catheter bags,
- stoma bags,
- minor self-care plasters, and
- feeding tubes/equipment where non-infectious.
Double-wrap where necessary and use the residual household service.
Too much hygiene waste for the bin?
A household producing large quantities can apply for additional residual capacity.
Infectious clinical waste
Huntingdonshire’s dedicated clinical-waste service can collect eligible infectious waste produced while a resident treats themselves at home under healthcare guidance.
Evidence from the GP or healthcare team is required.
Home dialysis
Dialysis collections need referral from the responsible healthcare service.
Sharps
Never put loose needles or sharps in the residual bin.
Sealed sharps boxes can be returned free to participating pharmacies.
A council-arranged home collection of sealed sharps containers currently costs £8 per collection.
Small Electricals, Batteries and Vapes
Electrical items smaller than a microwave
Huntingdonshire has dedicated small-electrical recycling bins around the district.
Accepted examples include:
- chargers and cables,
- adaptors,
- laptops/tablets,
- electric razors,
- electric toothbrushes,
- hairdryers,
- small kitchen appliances, and
- other small items with a plug, battery or cable.
Do not leave large electricals beside a street recycling bin
Take them to a Household Recycling Centre or use the bulky collection where eligible.
Batteries and vapes
Do not put loose batteries or vapes into household wheelie bins or the small-electrical street bins.
Huntingdonshire directs batteries and vapes to appropriate retailer take-back routes or Household Recycling Centres.
Huntingdonshire Bulky Waste Collection 2026
| Booking size | Current charge |
|---|---|
| 1–4 items | £40 |
| 5–7 items | £55 |
| 8–11 items | £80 |
The standard booking accepts a maximum of 11 items.
Presentation is earlier than normal bin rounds
Bulky collection crews can start from 5:30am.
Place the booked items together at one point at the edge of the property beside the public highway on the night before collection.
Do you need to be home?
No, unless you requested assisted bulky collection.
Assisted bulky collection
Help is available to eligible elderly, disabled or infirm residents without support.
Items must be:
- on the ground floor,
- safely accessible,
- easy to remove, and
- not dependent on the crew dismantling furniture.
Common accepted examples
- Sofas
- Armchairs
- Mattresses
- Beds
- Wardrobes
- Tables
- Fridges/freezers
- Washing machines
- Tumble dryers
- Cookers
- Televisions
- Computers
- Bicycles
- Garden furniture
Change or cancel
Call 01480 388640 by 3pm on the working day before the booked collection.
Huntingdonshire Household Recycling Centres: Alconbury, Bluntisham and St Neots
These sites are operated under Cambridgeshire County Council, not Huntingdonshire District Council’s household bin team.
| Centre | Address | Current opening pattern |
|---|---|---|
| Alconbury | Wood Walton Road, Alconbury Hill, PE28 4JH | Apr–Sep 8am–5pm daily; Oct–Mar 9am–4pm daily |
| Bluntisham | Heath Road, Bluntisham, PE28 3LQ | Apr–Sep 8am–5pm daily; Oct–Mar 8am–4pm daily |
| St Neots | 3 Marston Road, St Neots, PE19 2HB | 8am–6pm daily under the current published listing |
Booking
Normal household visits do not currently require a booking.
Gate closes early
Entrance gates shut approximately 10 minutes before the published closing time.
Best time to avoid queues
Cambridgeshire advises avoiding peak periods around 11am–2pm, weekends and bank holidays where possible.
Vehicle limits
Maximum vehicle size is currently approximately:
- 5.5m long,
- 2.3m high, and
- trailer no longer than 2.5m excluding towing mechanism.
E-permit
Qualifying commercial-type vehicles and larger trailers require the free Cambridgeshire household e-permit.
| Permit rule | Current position |
|---|---|
| Cost | Free |
| Household limit | One permit |
| Visit allowance | Maximum 12 visits in 12 months |
| Eligibility | Cambridgeshire residents |
| Waste | Own household waste only |
Paint
Paint is not accepted at every Cambridgeshire HRC. Among the three Huntingdonshire sites above, the current county guidance lists St Neots for household paint.
Commercial/trade waste
The ordinary household recycling-centre service is not for business waste, tradespeople’s waste or large-scale renovation material.
Snow, Ice, Heat, Parked Cars and Blocked Roads
Huntingdonshire attempts scheduled collections during severe weather where the driver considers access safe.
Things that can prevent collection
- Snow or ice
- Unsafe road conditions
- Parked cars blocking a refuse vehicle
- Roadworks
- Building works
- Road closure
- Unsafe access for crew or public
What happens after serious disruption?
The council says it will attempt to catch up where possible.
If continuing conditions make a return impossible, temporary arrangements such as sacks can be used in some circumstances.
During significant disruption, Huntingdonshire’s policy says residual household waste will normally receive collection priority.
Huntingdonshire Christmas and Bank Holiday Collections 2026
Do not copy December 2025 / January 2026 dates into Christmas 2026.
Huntingdonshire has previously used a mixture of earlier collections, later collections and Saturday rounds over the festive period.
Use this December routine
- Open the live Refuse Calendar. Use your exact address.
- Check the service as well as the date. Residual, recycling, weekly food and garden can be affected differently.
- Read current council alerts. Festive dates can move earlier as well as later.
- Ignore last year’s screenshot. Christmas dates change each year.
Real Christmas tree
A subscribed garden-waste household can use the garden service for an eligible real Christmas tree when prepared to the council’s size requirements.
A Household Recycling Centre is the alternative route.
When Does a Huntingdonshire Bin Problem Become a Complaint?
Use the normal waste-service route first. A first missed-bin report is an operational request, not automatically a formal complaint.
- Report the waste problem correctly. Use the missed-bin, bin-management or other relevant service.
- Keep the reference and dates. Save any hanger, photograph or council response.
- Give the service a chance to fix it. Many issues can be resolved informally.
- Use Stage 1 if still unresolved. Explain what happened and what outcome you want.
- Request Stage 2 review if necessary. This is the council’s final internal review stage.
| Stage | Published target |
|---|---|
| Stage 1 acknowledgement | Within 5 working days |
| Stage 1 response | Within 10 working days after acknowledgement |
| Stage 2 acknowledgement | Within 5 working days |
| Stage 2 response | Within 20 working days after acknowledgement |
After Stage 2
Where appropriate, an unresolved complaint can then be taken to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.
Huntingdonshire Bin Collection Contact Details
General Customer Services: 01480 388388
Waste-related services commonly use: 01480 388640
| Issue | Current route |
|---|---|
| General council enquiry | 01480 388388 |
| Assisted / waste-management help | 01480 388640 |
| Food caddy not delivered | 01480 388382 / wasteminimisation@huntingdonshire.gov.uk |
| Garden missed collection | 01480 388584 or online missed-bin form |
| Clinical / sharps collection | 01480 388640 |
| Bulky collection amendment | 01480 388640 |
General Customer Service hours
Current published Call Centre hours are:
- Monday–Thursday: 8:45am–5pm
- Friday: 8:45am–4:30pm
Before contacting the council about a bin
- Have the full address and postcode.
- Know the scheduled collection date.
- Know which waste stream/container is involved.
- Confirm it was ready by 6:30am.
- Check for a rejection hanger.
- Remember food waste uses a separate vehicle.
- Have garden subscription details where relevant.
- Have any existing report reference ready.
Related Bin Collection Guides
Huntingdonshire’s colours, 6:30am deadline, weekly food service and missed-bin rules should not be applied automatically to another Cambridgeshire council.
Huntingdonshire Bin Collection FAQs
How do I check my Huntingdonshire bin collection day?
Use Huntingdonshire District Council’s Refuse Calendar, enter the full postcode and select the exact property. Read the waste stream and date together because residual, recycling, food and garden services do not all follow the same frequency.
What time do Huntingdonshire bins need to be out?
Bins, authorised sacks and food caddies should be at the correct boundary collection point by 6:30am. Waste should not normally be put out before 6pm on the previous evening.
Is the Huntingdonshire household rubbish bin grey or black?
The current formal Waste Collection Policy calls standard residual household waste a grey bin. Another current council sorting page still uses the phrase “usually black bin”, so the safest approach is to follow your actual container label and property calendar rather than colour alone.
Is every Huntingdonshire recycling bin blue?
No. The current policy says dry recycling is normally collected in a blue wheelie bin but some areas still use green recycling bins.
Is Huntingdonshire food waste collected every week?
Yes. Weekly food-waste collections started in the week commencing 30 March 2026. The food caddy is collected on the normal weekday by a separate vehicle, which can arrive at a different time.
Will Huntingdonshire return for a missed food caddy?
Normally no. You should still report the missed caddy because the information helps the council investigate service performance, but an individual caddy normally waits until the next weekly collection.
When can I report a missed Huntingdonshire bin?
For ordinary refuse, recycling or subscribed garden waste, wait until after 3pm on collection day and report within the following three days. When the criteria are met, Huntingdonshire normally recollects within three working days.
How much is Huntingdonshire garden waste in 2026/27?
The standard price is £57.50 for the first garden bin and £30 for each additional subscribed bin, with up to three additional bins. Some qualifying legacy Early Bird Direct Debit subscribers can still have a £50 first-bin rate.
How much does a replacement Huntingdonshire bin cost?
A £15 delivery charge applies where a wheelie bin is lost, stolen or damaged by the household. The same £15 covers one or all replacement wheelie bins requested together. Crew-caused damage is replaced free.
Do Alconbury, Bluntisham or St Neots recycling centres require booking?
Normal household visits do not currently require a booking. Qualifying commercial-type vehicles and larger trailers need the Cambridgeshire household e-permit, and entrance gates close about 10 minutes before the published site closing time.