We are making our waste and recycling collections fairer and more efficient. We are also making it easier for you to recycle.
Changes to waste and recycling collections in your area
Some changes were made to collection dates from week commencing Monday 29 September 2025.
Use the online waste calendar to find collection dates for your address. You can also download and print your bin calendar.
Check your waste and recycling collection dates
Expansion of our kerbside recycling service
More households in Cumberland now benefit from an improved kerbside recycling service.
Some rural households have recycling collected for the first time, and some have their service expanded to the whole list of recyclables, including TetraPak, plastics, tin, cans, glass, cardboard and paper.
Recycling bins continue to be delivered to affected households.
Residents are advised to only place recycling in the bins provided.
Allerdale area
We want to make it easier for you to recycle and also make sure our services are consistent. Changes to your waste and recycling collections:
- your waste collection has changed from every week to every two weeks
- your glass, cans, tins and plastics recycling remain the same and continues to be collected every two weeks
- your cardboard and paper recycling is now collected every two weeks (for the majority of households)
- there have been some changes to waste and recycling collection dates for some Allerdale households
- please check your updated collections
- if you are using refuse sacks you can pick up a seagull proof sack from Allerdale House, Workington to keep your waste secure
Carlisle area
We will be making some changes to recycling collections:
- most properties will be provided with wheeled bins for recycling
- one bin for paper and cardboard
- one bin for glass, cans and plastics
Your waste bins and recycling collections will continue to be every two weeks.
There will be some streets that will remain on the current box and bag scheme.
Copeland area
There will also be changes to waste and recycling collection dates for the majority of households in Copeland. These started from week commencing Monday 29 September.
Please check your updated collections
If you are using refuse sacks you can pick up a seagull proof sack from Market Hall, Whitehaven to keep your waste secure.
Garden waste collection changes (all areas of Cumberland)
If you have a garden waste bin, you get one bin collected every fortnight from March to November but any additional bins will have a yearly £40 collection charge per bin.
Subscribe for extra garden waste bin collection
You can also dispose of garden waste at Household Waste Recycling Centres or choose to home compost your garden and food waste. Buy composter and food digesters.
Safer working
We are making our waste and recycling collections safer for their staff and the public.
To ensure collections are safe, we have brought in more stringent practices when crews are reversing vehicles. This is to ensure the safety of their staff and the public.
We are assessing how collections can be made in accordance with the new health and safety guidance. Properties are in the process of being allocated a vehicle that is able to safely carry out the collection.
We are putting in place temporary measures to enable collections to happen and ask that households leave out their waste and recycling for collection as normal. We will endeavour to then collect, with a reasonable amount of excess bags, as quickly as they can.