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Other Non-Recyclable Waste

Your black household waste bin is for non recyclable waste only and is collected every two weeks on the alternate week to your recycling collections. Please check your calendar for collection dates.

Everything you put into this bin is sent to landfill. Crewe, Nantwich and Congleton areas waste is taken to Maw Green landfill site at Crewe and Macclesfield areas waste is sent to Danes Moss in Gawsworth, Macclesfield. For more information on landfill.

Please use plastic bags to contain the waste before you put it into the bin.

What you can and can't put into your Other Non-Recyclable Waste BinThe Black Waste Bin

Yes Please No Thanks - how to dispose of these items
  • Food waste
    Please compost where possible
  • Polystyrene
  • Disposable nappies
  • Broken drinking glasses and crockery
  • Old style light bulbs 

Please take to your nearest Household Waste Recycling Centre

Collection Information

  • Put your bin at the edge of your property, adjacent to the public highway, for collection
  • Ensure the lid is closed and your bin is out for 7am on your collection day
  • Return your bin to your property as soon as reasonably possible after collections have been made
  • Additional household waste left next to the bin, will not be collected
  • If you are elderly or disabled and will have difficulty moving the bin, please contact us on 0300 123 5011 to be considered for an assisted collection service.

If you are experiencing problems with your waste collection please go to our problems with collection page.

When is My Bin Collected?

You can check out when your non-recyclable waste bin will be collected by using the online My Collection Day app.

Cheshire East Council  Telephone: 0300 123 55 00
Westfields, Middlewich Road, Sandbach, CW11 1HZ
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