27/05/2026
Say goodbye to clear sacks - a waste recycling message from Braintree District Council:
From 1 June, we will no longer accept recycling in clear sacks.
Please put your dry, clean paper and card directly into your red-lidded bin or paper and card box, and your mixed recycling directly into your blue-lidded bin or mixed recycling box.
We are also no longer delivering clear sacks. If you need any for your final recycling collections in May, you can collect them from your nearest library or our Causeway House office in Bocking End, Braintree.
No food recycling caddy?
Recycling food is a great way to stop your grey bin from getting smelly and full, and it's brilliant for the environment too.
When we collect your food recycling caddy, its contents go to an anaerobic digestion facility in east London, where it becomes biofuel and soil improver, meaning nothing is wasted!
Here's what we accept in your food recycling caddy:
meat and fish, both raw and cooked, including bones
fruit and vegetables, both raw and cooked, including peelings
dairy products such as yoghurt and cheese
eggs and eggshells
bread, cakes and pastries
rice, pasta and beans
uneaten food from plates and dishes
tea bags and coffee grounds
pet food
If you don't have a food recycling caddy, we will bring one to your door. Complete the online form here, email us at [email protected] or call on 01376 552525.
Request a food recycling caddy: https://www.braintree.gov.uk/xfp/form/292
AHP collection application form now live:
Does someone in your household use nappies or continence care products? Sign up for our new AHP collections service.
Applications for the new Absorbent Hygiene Products (AHP) collection service are now open.
If your household uses nappies or continence care products, you may be eligible for a free separate AHP collection.
What can be included?
Nappies, nappy bags and wipes, training pants and pull-ups, disposable bedpans and liners, continence care products, colostomy, stoma and catheter waste, feeding tubes, urine bottles, gloves, aprons and tissues and single use absorbent bed sheets.
If your application is approved, you’ll receive a welcome pack explaining how and when to present your sacks. The service will launch on 1 June alongside the other changes to recycling and general waste collections. The sacks (supplied free of charge) will be collected twice in every three week period.
Find out if you're eligible and apply: https://www.braintree.gov.uk/ahpcollections
Applying for extra grey bin general waste capacity or absorbent hygiene products (AHP) collection
