Recycling

Bedfordshire County Council is the Waste Disposal Authority for Bedfordshire. Its overall responsibilities are to:

• Let contracts to disposal operators for the disposal of waste collected by Waste Collection Authorities (the borough and district councils)
• Manage the contract for the Materials Recycling Facility at Elstow
• Provide facilities for the disposal of bulky household waste and recycling (there are five Household Waste Recycling Centres around the county)
• Provide education to the public on recycling and waste issues develop
• Manage initiatives to reduce and recycle waste
• Co-ordinate publicity and promotion of recycling schemes
• Provide support to the Community Recycling Sector
• Management of "closed" county landfill sites
• Delivery of the 'Municipal Waste Strategy for Bedfordshire'

The Waste Collection Authorities (Bedford Borough Council|, Mid Beds District Council|, and South Beds District Council|) collect routine household and recyclable waste, deliver waste and recycling containers (bins and bags), prepare recycling plans and run local recycling sites like bottle and clothes banks).
Waste Regulation issues are the responsibility of the Environment Agency|.