Bins and recycling news
Residents urged to recycle their small electrical appliances
Published on Monday, 2nd June 2025Hartlepool Borough Council has unveiled its new recycling campaign to improve recycling of small unwanted electricals across the borough.
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Warning issued over disposal of batteries
Published on Friday, 28th February 2025Residents are being urged not to put old batteries and electrical devices in their bins following an incident in which a refuse wagon almost caught fire.
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Garden Waste Subscription Service – sign up for 2025
Published on Monday, 17th February 2025Residents can now sign up to Hartlepool Borough Council’s Garden Waste Subscription Service for 2025.
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Changes to the Household Waste Recycling Centre
Published on Monday, 2nd September 2024Residents of Hartlepool are reminded that from Wednesday 4th September they will no longer need an appointment to visit the Household Waste Recycling Centre in Burn Road.
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Household Waste Recycling Centre appointments system to end from September
Published on Tuesday, 18th June 2024Members of Hartlepool Borough Council’s Neighbourhood Services Committee have voted to end the appointments system at the town’s Household Waste Recycling Centre.
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Sign up now to get maximum number of garden waste collections
Published on Thursday, 11th April 2024Residents are being urged to sign up as soon as possible to Hartlepool Borough Council’s garden waste subscription service to ensure they receive the maximum number of collections.
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Lithium battery safe disposal appeal
Published on Monday, 16th October 2023Residents 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.
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Garden Waste Subscription Service – sign up now online
Published on Wednesday, 1st March 2023Residents wishing to sign up to Hartlepool Borough Council’s Garden Waste Subscription Service can now do so online.
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Council’s festive waste appeal
Published on Thursday, 22nd December 2022Residents of Hartlepool are being urged to dispose of their festive waste responsibly.
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Household garden waste collections to resume
Published on Wednesday, 17th March 2021Brown bin collections will resume for Hartlepool residents from Tuesday April 6th.
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Brown bin collections to resume
Published on Thursday, 21st May 2020Brown bin (household garden waste) collections will resume for Hartlepool residents from Tuesday 26 May.
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Household Waste Recycling Centre to open for pre-booked visits
Published on Wednesday, 6th May 2020Hartlepool Borough Council’s Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) will be open to residents who have pre-booked a visit from Wednesday May 13th.
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CORONAVIRUS – Please help keep our bin crews safe
Published on Friday, 17th April 2020Hartlepool 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.
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It's your duty of care
Published on Thursday, 9th April 2020Residents 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.
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CORONAVIRUS: We need your help – please dispose of your waste at home
Published on Wednesday, 1st April 2020Residents of Hartlepool exercising outdoors are being urged to dispose of their litter and bagged dog waste at home.
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CORONAVIRUS: Maintaining refuse collections during outbreak
Published on Tuesday, 31st March 2020New 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.
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CORONAVIRUS - Garden waste collections to remain suspended
Published on Friday, 20th March 2020Household garden waste collections will not resume in Hartlepool as planned next month as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Brown bin collections to resume
Published on Wednesday, 27th March 2019The collection of residents' brown bins (green waste) will resume from Tuesday (April 2nd) following a winter break.
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Appeal for safer driving around bin lorries
Published on Monday, 4th February 2019Bin crews and council managers in Hartlepool are joining together to highlight concerns over reckless driving that is endangering staff and the public.
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Bin collections to be suspended on Thursday
Published on Tuesday, 24th July 2018We would like to advise residents in Hartlepool that there will be no household bin collections on Thursday 26 July.
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Hartlepool bin collections suspended today
Published on Friday, 13th July 2018We would like to advise residents in Hartlepool that there will be no household bin collections today (Friday 13 July).
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Missed bin collection
Published on Monday, 9th July 2018Due to operational issues, a number of bins were not emptied on roads close to King Oswy Drive on Friday 6 July.
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Brown bin collections to resume
Published on Thursday, 29th March 2018BROWN bin collections will resume in Hartlepool on Tuesday April 3 following a winter break.
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No change to Easter refuse/recycling collections
Published on Thursday, 29th March 2018THERE will be no change to refuse and recycling collections in Hartlepool over the Easter holiday period.
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Help us to protect refuse collectors, residents urged.
Published on Thursday, 8th March 2018HARTLEPOOL Borough Council is seeking the support of residents in its efforts to ensure the safety of refuse collectors.
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Important update about bin collections this coming week
Published on Sunday, 4th March 2018THE 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.
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High winds shut Household Waste Recycling Centre
Published on Friday, 2nd March 2018THE Household Waste Recycling Centre in Burn Road is closed today due to the continuing high winds.
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Bin collections suspended until next week
Published on Thursday, 1st March 2018IT is with regret that the Council has had to suspend refuse and recycling collections until next week due to the severe winter weather.
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High winds shut Household Waste Recycling Centre
Published on Thursday, 1st March 2018THE Household Waste Recycling Centre in Burn Road is closed today due to high winds.
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No change to festive bin collections
Published on Friday, 22nd December 2017THERE will be no changes to household refuse and recycling collections in Hartlepool over Christmas and New Year.
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Winter break for brown bins
Published on Friday, 10th November 2017Hartlepool 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
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Easter bin collections
Published on Thursday, 13th April 2017THERE will be no changes to residential collections over the Easter weekend.
