Welcome to Essex County Council’s waste and recycling service. Here you can find everything you need to know about:

• recycling centres (including directions and opening times)
• what you can and cannot take to our centres
• recycling (including how to reduce and reuse waste)
• collection and disposal of household waste 
• A-Z guide to waste 
• our waste strategy
• volunteer to become a Waste Buster

Through our Waste Education Team, we are also responsible for raising awareness in young people of the issues surrounding waste.

Although we are not responsible for commercial waste, we offer information for businesses on the options available to them.