Rubbish, waste and recycling

Quality recycling keeps Carlisle’s rubbish moving

Sorting out your glass, tins, paper, cardboard and plastic from the rest of your rubbish is helping to ensure that all the recyclables collected in Carlisle are being recycled.
No materials collected for recycling in Carlisle are being stockpiled. Instead, all the paper, glass and tins you put in your Greenbox along with the plastic and cardboard you put in your Greenbags is recycled into products that are sold throughout the world.
Because you sort these recyclables before they are collected, the quality of material collected for recycling here in Carlisle is of the highest standard. Rinsing your tins, glass bottles and jars and squashing your waste where possible also helps to ensure a high quality product.
In recycling, the old adage ‘quality sells’ holds true.

In 2007/8, the overall amount of household rubbish recycled in Carlisle was reached 50%.
12,913 tonnes of paper, glass, tins and cans were recycled during this period.
Since the introduction of our new refuse and recycling collections, the amount of household waste has been reduced by a staggering 30%.

Carlisle City Council’s Waste Services was recently short listed as one of 6 finalists in the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) ‘2007/08 Performance Network awards’ in the category of Best performer for refuse collection (N.B. Refuse and Recycling).

As well as being short listed for the Best performer for refuse collection (N.B. Refuse and Recycling) Carlisle City Council also topped the list as best performing household waste collection service in the North West out of 47 authorities and came 24th out of all 398 UK local authorities in figures audited by the Audit Commission.

To find out your refuse and recycling collection dates please use the link below. If you cannot find your calendar please contact us.

Please follow the link below to see charts representing the quantity of waste collected by Carlisle City Council.