Domestic refuse

Salford City Council provides a domestic refuse collection service (black bin) for all homes in the city.

Your refuse is collected once a week from Tuesday to Friday (depending on where you live).

Only use your black bin to dispose of items that cannot be recycled such as:

• Plastic bags
• Plastic film trays
• Margarine tubs and yoghurt pots
• Cat litter
• Polystyrene
• Disposable nappies

My bin has been missed, what should I do?

Please call 0161 909 6500 as soon as possible. Where practical, alternative arrangements will be made.

My bin has been stolen, what should I do?

Householders are responsible for keeping your black wheelie bin safe. If your wheelie bin is lost, stolen or vandalised a charge of £25 will be made for a replacement (which covers administration and delivery).

Please call us on 0161 909 6500 or email environment@salford.gov.uk to arrange a replacement (as soon as stocks allow).

In the meantime, you can put up to four black bins bags out on collection day at your collection point whilst you are waiting for your new bin to be delivered. Please tie a note to your bags advising the refuse collectors that your bin has been stolen to ensure collection.

What size wheelie bins are available?

We operate the following policy regarding the issue of wheelie bins for domestic properties:

• The standard issue wheelie bin has a capacity of 240 litres
• Alternatively a smaller 140 litre bin for the elderly, infirm or those living alone can be provided
• If a request is received from a resident with a property that has six or more occupants, then a 360 litre wheelie bin may be issued, subject to the occupants proving they are committed to reducing their waste via recycling.

Reduce, reuse, recycle

Did you know that around 100,000 bins are emptied throughout Salford each week producing about 2,000 tonnes of rubbish?

With your help, around 70 to 80% of Salford's domestic waste could be recycled so that it does not end up in landfill sites.

Salford City Council sees recycling as being very important and we are always looking for ways to provide you with easier access to recycling facilities.

Who to contact

Name

Waste Services

Address

Turnpike House
631 Eccles New Road
Salford
M50 1SW
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Telephone

0161 909 6500

Email

environment@salford.gov.uk

This page was last updated on 22 May 2012