No need to dispose of your food and garden waste separately any longer in MK. With the new monthly garden waste collection, you can mix food and garden waste together in one green bin for one collection per month. From Monday 11 May, waste collection service will return to normal across Milton Keynes. The garden waste collection service in the Milton Keynes area will return to normal from Monday 11 May. New Search by location to find out when your garden waste (green bin) collection will return to normal following the completion of the Garden Waste Collection Milton Keynes Milton Keynes Replacement Programme.

Collection of Green Waste (leaves and hedge cuttings) take place on alternate weeks – residents are asked to put the green waste out, free of charge, on the specified evening in the large brown waste bins. The skip will be left for three weeks maximum. Being energy efficient is the top priority for many people and as a result they are buying more electrical equipment. Milton Keynes Council offers green waste collection on a selection of its recycling bins, as part of its commitment to further reducing the amount of waste going to landfill.

Eastside Community Safety Partnership has launched a campaign to remind residents, and landlords of their responsibility on keeping appliances such as chargers and batteries away from sources of heat. The campaign has an advert running across Milton Keynes'local radio stations. In Milton Keynes there is a number of items that can't go in your brown bin like batteries, aerosols and paint cans. You can recycle these items by taking them to one of the many recycling points around the borough.