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Recycling

Image of a lady and child recycling

Image of a lady and child recycling

Helston Flora Day – Wednesday 8 May 2024
Due to planned road closures for Helston Flora Day, collections on some streets will not be taking place on Wed 8 May. We will be making the collections from 7.00 am on Thurs 9 May instead. See our Helston Flora page for information.

This page is for Cornwall’s current weekly rubbish and fortnightly recycling collections. We are rolling out new weekly food waste and fortnightly recycling and rubbish collections across Cornwall area by area Find out about the changes.

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Recycling collection days

Enter your postcode below and then select your address to find your recycling collection days

Recycling A-Z

Find out what you can recycle and which container it goes in using our A-Z search of recycling.

Recycling A-Z

Recycling Containment

Order recycling equipment

Whether you need more containers because you are so good at recycling, or you don't have any, you can request recycling equipment using our online form.

What items cannot be collected

There are some items that we cannot recycle such as black plastic, plastic straws, plastic bags, crisp packets etc. Find out what items we cannot recycle.

Community Initiative

Community initiatives

Cornwall has 3 Waste and Recycling Community Support Officers. They are available to work with groups to help inform, educate and support them.

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