Bins and recycling news

• Lithium battery safe disposal appeal

  Published on Monday, 16th October 2023

  Residents of Hartlepool are being urged not to dispose of lithium batteries in their household bins to minimise the risk of them igniting and causing fires.

• Garden Waste Subscription Service – sign up now online

  Published on Wednesday, 1st March 2023

  Residents wishing to sign up to Hartlepool Borough Council’s Garden Waste Subscription Service can now do so online.

• Council’s festive waste appeal

  Published on Thursday, 22nd December 2022

  Residents of Hartlepool are being urged to dispose of their festive waste responsibly.

• Household garden waste collections to resume

  Published on Wednesday, 17th March 2021

  Brown bin collections will resume for Hartlepool residents from Tuesday April 6th.

• Brown bin collections to resume

  Published on Thursday, 21st May 2020

  Brown bin (household garden waste) collections will resume for Hartlepool residents from Tuesday 26 May.

• Household Waste Recycling Centre to open for pre-booked visits

  Published on Wednesday, 6th May 2020

  Hartlepool Borough Council’s Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) will be open to residents who have pre-booked a visit from Wednesday May 13th.

• CORONAVIRUS – Please help keep our bin crews safe

  Published on Friday, 17th April 2020

  Hartlepool residents are being asked to play an important part in helping to keep the town’s bin crews safe as the crews go about their daily collections.

• It's your duty of care

  Published on Thursday, 9th April 2020

  Residents and businesses in Hartlepool are reminded that they have a legal duty of care to ensure that any company used to take away their waste – including household garden waste - is properly licensed with the Environment Agency.

• CORONAVIRUS: We need your help – please dispose of your waste at home

  Published on Wednesday, 1st April 2020

  Residents of Hartlepool exercising outdoors are being urged to dispose of their litter and bagged dog waste at home.

• CORONAVIRUS: Maintaining refuse collections during outbreak

  Published on Tuesday, 31st March 2020

  New measures have been introduced to ensure green and grey bins can continue to be emptied safely in Hartlepool, with additional vehicles being used to transport staff behind bin wagons.

• CORONAVIRUS - Garden waste collections to remain suspended

  Published on Friday, 20th March 2020

  Household garden waste collections will not resume in Hartlepool as planned next month as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.

• Brown bin collections to resume

  Published on Wednesday, 27th March 2019

  The collection of residents' brown bins (green waste) will resume from Tuesday (April 2nd) following a winter break.

• Appeal for safer driving around bin lorries

  Published on Monday, 4th February 2019

  Bin crews and council managers in Hartlepool are joining together to highlight concerns over reckless driving that is endangering staff and the public.

• Bin collections to be suspended on Thursday

  Published on Tuesday, 24th July 2018

  We would like to advise residents in Hartlepool that there will be no household bin collections on Thursday 26 July.

• Hartlepool bin collections suspended today

  Published on Friday, 13th July 2018

  We would like to advise residents in Hartlepool that there will be no household bin collections today (Friday 13 July).

• Missed bin collection

  Published on Monday, 9th July 2018

  Due to operational issues, a number of bins were not emptied on roads close to King Oswy Drive on Friday 6 July.

• Brown bin collections to resume

  Published on Thursday, 29th March 2018

  BROWN bin collections will resume in Hartlepool on Tuesday April 3 following a winter break.

• No change to Easter refuse/recycling collections

  Published on Thursday, 29th March 2018

  THERE will be no change to refuse and recycling collections in Hartlepool over the Easter holiday period.

• Help us to protect refuse collectors, residents urged.

  Published on Thursday, 8th March 2018

  HARTLEPOOL Borough Council is seeking the support of residents in its efforts to ensure the safety of refuse collectors.

• Important update about bin collections this coming week

  Published on Sunday, 4th March 2018

  THE decision to suspend bin collections this week was not taken lightly and we would like to thank residents for their patience and understanding during this unprecedented weather.

• High winds shut Household Waste Recycling Centre

  Published on Friday, 2nd March 2018

  THE Household Waste Recycling Centre in Burn Road is closed today due to the continuing high winds.

• Bin collections suspended until next week

  Published on Thursday, 1st March 2018

  IT is with regret that the Council has had to suspend refuse and recycling collections until next week due to the severe winter weather.

• High winds shut Household Waste Recycling Centre

  Published on Thursday, 1st March 2018

  THE Household Waste Recycling Centre in Burn Road is closed today due to high winds.

• No change to festive bin collections

  Published on Friday, 22nd December 2017

  THERE will be no changes to household refuse and recycling collections in Hartlepool over Christmas and New Year.

• Winter break for brown bins

  Published on Friday, 10th November 2017

  Hartlepool Council will be emptying residents' brown bins for the final time this year over the next two weeks (Tuesday November 14-Friday November 24) prior to a winter suspension of the service

• Easter bin collections

  Published on Thursday, 13th April 2017

  THERE will be no changes to residential collections over the Easter weekend.

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