Waste and Recycling

Bracknell Forest Borough Council’s Waste and Recycling Team manages external contracts to ensure collection, recycling and disposal of household rubbish in the Borough. This includes collection of bulky household items and clinical waste collection.

The Council operates Alternate Bin Collection (ABC). One week recyclables and garden waste are collected and on the alternate week rubbish for landfill is collected. Find out which zone you live in and when your collection is due from LocalView.

The Council provides 36 recycling sites throughout the borough where residents can recycle a variety of materials. Home composters are also available at subsided rates, or free of charge, if residents request a smaller wheelie bin.

Recycling in the garden

For more information about all aspects of waste and recycling visit our A-Z directory.

Latest News

There are now webcams at Longshot Lane so you can check the length of the queue before visiting. Go to the re3 website and select 'Webcams' from the list on the left-hand side of the page
New opening times at Longshot Lane Civic Amenity Site until summer 2009 while redevelopment and improvement works take place
One third of the food we buy ends up being thrown away! Now there is a national Love Food Hate Waste campaign to reduce this because wasted food is a waste of money and is a major contributor to climate change
re3, the Central Berkshire waste management partnership, has produced an animation to help you learn about what you can and can’t recycle at home. The animation includes translations into several languages including Portuguese, Polish, Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi.

Recycling - bottles

Report a waste/recycling issue online
Use the online form on the right to report a waste/ recycling issue. The form takes about 5 minutes to complete and you can monitor your progress using the progress bar at the bottom of the screen.