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Recycling, rubbish and litter

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In Cornwall we collect your food waste weekly and your recycling and household rubbish fortnightly (on alternating weeks). Garden waste is collected fortnightly if you subscribe to our garden waste collection service.

To find out more about your household collections, as well as our other waste services, please use the links found on this page.

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Waste collections

Use the links below to access some of our popular waste collection services, from bookings to reporting missed collections.

Recycling A-Z

We want to make it easier for everyone in Cornwall to recycle more and reduce waste. You can now recycle more things from home. This includes cartons, plastic bags and wrapping.