No, the blue-lidded recycling bin is free of charge.

All the same materials that went into your clear recycling sack and blue box.

See our Check what you can put in your bins page.

Yes, you will need to flatten and place them by your recycling bin for collection.

There is no change to your current collection day. Your blue recycling bin will be collected fortnightly.

Find out on our Check your bin collection day page.

You can use up any clear recycling sacks you have as long as they are placed in your blue-lidded recycling bin. However, you will fit more in if your recycling is loose and flattened.

Collections from blue boxes will stop once you have your blue-lidded recycling bin.

If you have not received a blue-lidded-recycling bin email RecyclingRewards@eppingforestdc.gov.uk.

Continue to use the clear recycling sacks and blue box until your blue-lidded recycling bin is delivered.

No, you will need to remove the contaminated material and represent your blue-lidded recycling bin on your next collection day. You may be able to book a contaminated clearance collection at a charge payable in advance.

Find out what goes in each bin on our Check what you can put in your bins page.

The blue-lidded recycling bin is replacing the blue box which together with the clear recycling sacks has a similar size footprint that needs to be stored.

If you still feel that you have no room, you can let us know and if your property meets council criteria through assessment as outlined in the Exemption to wheeled bins policy, you will be exempt from using a wheeled bin for recycling.

It is important to note that services / bins will be prioritised as follows:

1. Refuse  (black bin)
2. Recycling (blue-lidded bin)
3. Food and garden (green-lidded bin)

Residents will not be able to choose what bins they have or don’t have under the exemption. They will be allocated in the order as above.

Where a food and garden bin is withdrawn we will issue a kerbside food caddy for food waste.

Yes, you can request a larger or smaller blue-lidded recycling bin on our Apply for a replacement, repair or order a bin or caddy page.

The standard size of the blue-lidded recycling bin that has been delivered is 240 litres. You can swap this for:

• A larger size of 340 litres
• A smaller size of 140 litres or 180 litres

You must leave out your 240-litre bin to be swapped for your new-sized bin.

You can only swap once for free, all additional swaps will be charged for. Additional bins can only be issued if we have enough bins in stock.

No, all recycling must be put in your blue-lidded recycling bin. You can request a larger blue-lidded recycling bin, see the question above.