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.
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