Welcome to Recycling and Waste

Welcome to the Recycling and Waste pages. Here you can find out when your bin is collected, whether materials can be recycled through your kerbside collections or elsewhere locally. You can also find information on the new recycling scheme due to be introduced in July and find out what happens to the recycled materials. You will also find the latest Recycling and Waste news and lots more besides.


Recycling and Waste Collection in Wealden

CROWN (Composting and Recycling our Waste Now) is a segregated waste collection service that allows residents to compost and recycle a wide range of materials.

Use the links below to find out about the different CROWN recycling and waste collections schemes we have in Wealden:

Other Collection Services

Waste Reduction

The Government has laid out a target of making the UK a Zero Waste Nation, and encourages us to apply the "Three Rs": Reduce, Re-Use and Recycle.

Material Processing

All the materials, except green waste and cardboard, are taken to Wealden District Council's Material Reclamation Facility where they are sorted and bulked up for onward transport to Ideal in Kent. The materials are then sorted, baled and sold on to mainly UK reprocessors. The following headings will give more information:

Joint Waste Contract

Wealden is now working in partnership with Kier to provide waste and recycling collection services. Here you can find more information on the partnership and the forthcoming changes / improvements to the service.