Household waste - rubbish collections

• What's New for 2008
• Over a twelve week period between the middle of March and the end of May 2007, 40,935 Households across urban and rural Carlisle were issued with either a 240 litre or a 140 litre wheeled refuse bin.
• Following receipt of their new bin, these households were incorporated into the new alternate weekly refuse collection service. In addition to a limit being placed on the amount of refuse collected, only waste presented in the refuse bin will be taken away. Any waste left in sacks next to the refuse bin will not be removed by the refuse crews.
• Some 6,794 Households (mostly terraced properties) were deemed to be unsuitable for wheeled refuse bins and continue to receive a weekly collection of refuse.
• However, to ensure parity with those households receiving the wheeled bin service, limits were placed on the amount of refuse that would be collected each week (normally a maximum of two sacks per collection).
• Special purple refuse sacks are provided at each collection to reduce the opportunities for the new service to be abused.

Please see below for information regarding refuse and recycling data:

• Monthly refuse going to Landfill data 2007
• Green Box Data
• Plastics and Card Data
• Total Household Landfilled Waste Collected by the Waste Collection Authority and the Waste Disposal Authority
• National Indicator 191 Kg Residual Waste Per Head

Please contact Customer Services

• Telephone: 01228 817200
• Email: recycling@carlisle.gov.uk
• Address: Waste Services, Bousteads Grassing, Carlisle, CA2 5LG