Recycling and recycling centres

There are 11 household waste recycling centres in Suffolk run by Suffolk County Council.

For details of opening times and what waste they accept, visit Suffolk recycles - Recycling Centres

Mini recycling points near you

In West Suffolk, glass isn't collected in the blue household recycling bins but there are over 1,000 glass recycling banks that you can use across Suffolk. To find a recycling point near you, visit Suffolk recycles - Where to recycle near me?

There's lots of information about glass recycling and a video about what happens to your blue bin recycling materials at Suffolk recycles - Glass - its better in the bank

If you want to report a glass bank that needs emptying, please contact our contractors Countrystyle Recycling directly by email: CSEast@countrystylerecycling.co.uk or phone 01842 820804

Do not leave waste or recyclables at the site if the banks are full.

Please contact us if the area around any of our glass, clothing or paper banks needs cleaning up.

Small electrical recycling

18 new collection banks have been installed at existing mini recycling centres. These are banks can be filled with small electricals for recycling, including mobile phones, tablets, cables, kettles, toasters and children's toys - anything smaller than a standard sized microwave.

The bin locations are mini recycling centres at:

Brandon

Brandon Centre, Bury Road, IP27 0BQ

Bury St Edmunds

Moreton Hall Community Centre Car Park, Symonds Road, IP32 7EE
Southgate Community Centre Car Park, Heron Road, IP33 2QA
Ram Meadow Car park, Cotton Lane, IP33 1XP
Parkway Surface Car Park, Parkway North, IP33 3BA
Vinery Road Car Park, Vinery Road, IP33 2JP

Haverhill

Strasbourg Square Car Park, Millfields Way, CB9 0HR
Car Park, Lower Downs Slade, CB9 9LL
Queensway and Blair Parade, CB9 9BW
Enringshausen Way Car Park, CB9 0BB
Clements Shops Car Park, Leiston Road, CB9 8JJ

Lakenheath

Wings Road Car Park, IP27 9HW

Mildenhall

Jubilee Centre Car Park, Recreation Way, IP28 7HG
St Johns Close Car Park, IP28 7NX

Newmarket

The Guineas Car Park (rear of Crown Walk), CB8 9EG
All Saints Car Park, CB8 8ET
The Centre Car Park, Brickfields Avenue, CB8 7RX

Red Lodge

Sports Pavilion, Hundred Acre Way, IP28 8XR

These can also be viewed at Find my Nearest.

This is one of over 60 UK projects funded by Material Focus, the not-for-profit leading the Recycle Your Electricals campaign, which has provided £34,822 to support this project. West Suffolk Council is joining other projects around the country making it easier for 10 million UK residents to recycle their electricals.

Recycling single-use drink containers

In February 2024 West Suffolk Council became the first council in the country to get behind an initiative to boost recycling of single-use drink containers through a rewards app.

Working with Trovr, the company supplying the machines, this initiative prepares the community for the launch of the National Deposit Return Scheme in 2027: GOV.UK - Government to clean up communities with deposit return scheme for plastic bottles and cans.

Residents can earn points by recycling at designated machines, redeemable for national and local rewards.

Following the success of the six-month trial period, additional machines have been installed in Suffolk. Machines in West Suffolk can be found at:

Howden Insurance, Brentgovel Street, Bury St Edmunds
West Suffolk College, Risbygate Street, Bury St Edmunds (for students and faculty only)
Haverhill Leisure Centre, Lordscroft Lane, Haverhill
Newmarket Leisure Centre, Exning Road, Newmarket
The Guineas Shopping Centre, The Rookery, Newmarket

The scheme has been supported by the following partners: West Suffolk Council, Bury St Edmunds BID, Newmarket BID, West Suffolk College, Abbeycroft Leisure Centre, the Guineas Shopping Centre and Howden Insurance. Find out more: West Suffolk celebrates one year of reverse vending machines with plans for expansion

Unsure of what to recycle where?

Use the Suffolk recycles - What to do with? (A - Z) to browse or search for information on how to reduce, reuse, recycle or dispose of everyday household objects.

Where your recycling goes

To find out where your recycling goes and what happens to it, visit Suffolk recycles - Where recycling goes