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Rubbish and waste collections

Waste items which can be recycled

Waste items which can be recycled

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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We cannot take bulky waste in your rubbish collection. If it’s heavier than 25kg/50lb or longer than 1m, you can book a bulky waste collection or take it to a household waste and recycling centre.

Sign up or renew garden waste

We cannot take garden waste in your rubbish collection. Find out about our fortnightly garden waste collection service, how much it costs and when your collection day is.

Clinical Waste Collection

Clinical waste and sharps

Clinical waste bags and sharps bins are not collected with normal household rubbish. A separate vehicle collects them on a specific round so you need to tell us if you require this service.

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