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Rubbish, waste and recycling
We have responsibilities for the handling of municipal wastes produced in Derbyshire. Municipal waste includes all household rubbish and other waste materials collected by the district and borough councils. Waste collected from Derby is managed by Derby City Council.
Glossop Household Waste Recycling Centre
Due to reduced bridge weight restrictions Glossop Household Waste Recycling Centre and Transfer Station is closed until further notice, the nearest recycling centre is at:
Waterswallows (opens in a new window)
Buxton
SK17 7JB
What we are doing
A vital part of our plan for handling waste material produced in Derbyshire each year is to ensure it is managed in a sustainable way.
To do this we:
encourage the reduction of waste in the first place
encourage the reuse of wastes through charities, web sites such as freecycle http://www.freecycle.org/ (opens in a new window) and other waste reuse programmes
are continuing to develop a wide range of recycling and composting services along with the district and borough councils
To achieve this we:
have published a long-term waste strategy (opens in a new window) for municipal rubbish produced in Derbyshire
will provide two in-vessel composting plants and a treatment plant for wastes which cannot be reused or recycled.
make sure that all municipal wastes are recycled, composted and disposed of correctly
work with district and borough councils to improve reuse, recycling and composting schemes.
take action to increase waste awareness so that the economic and environmental benefits of waste reduction and recycling are better understood.
Recent improvement
In 2008, 10 times more rubbish was recycled in the county than in 2000 and more and more people are in the habit of reducing, reusing and recycling their waste.
This is good news, but we need to do much more to reduce our dependence on landfill both for financial and environmental reasons.
Your local services
Your kerbside collections and local recycling banks are all provided by your district, borough or city council. For more information about these please contact them directly or find details of your kerbside collections and nearest recycling point at www.recyclenow.com (opens in a new window).
Closed landfills
We also manage county council owned landfill sites to ensure complete protection of the environment.
