{"id":262,"date":"2016-02-03T11:11:06","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T11:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/?page_id=262"},"modified":"2020-06-03T12:45:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T11:45:10","slug":"household-collections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/household-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Household collections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Your local district, city or borough council\u00a0is responsible for collecting household rubbish and recycling.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can find details of bin\u00a0collection days, how to report missed bin collections and how to\u00a0request a new bin or box on the websites below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/eastdevon.gov.uk\/recycling-and-rubbish\/\" rel=\"noopener\">East Devon District Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/exeter.gov.uk\/bins-and-recycling\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Exeter City Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middevon.gov.uk\/residents\/recycling-rubbish\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mid Devon District Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.northdevon.gov.uk\/bins-and-recycling\/\" rel=\"noopener\">North Devon District Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southhams.gov.uk\/article\/454\/Your-Waste-Service\" rel=\"noopener\">South Hams District Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignbridge.gov.uk\/recycling\" rel=\"noopener\">Teignbridge District Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.torridge.gov.uk\/article\/14375\/Refuse-and-Recycling\" rel=\"noopener\">Torridge District Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westdevon.gov.uk\/article\/454\/Your-Waste-Service\" rel=\"noopener\">West Devon Borough Council<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Bulky items<\/h3>\n<p>The authorities listed above also provide\u00a0a chargeable\u00a0bulky waste collection service for items that are too large to be disposed of with your normal household waste. More information\u00a0about what can be collected and how much the service will cost can be found on their websites.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, bulky household items can be taken to your nearest recycling centre. If they are in reusable condition they will be put into the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/recycling-centres\/reuse-shops\/\">reuse shop<\/a>\u00a0for resale.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recycledevon.org\/reuse-it\" rel=\"noopener\">reuse it<\/a> section on Recycle Devon also lists initiatives near you that will reuse and repair unwanted items.<\/p>\n<p>Electrical retailer <a href=\"https:\/\/ao.com\/help-and-advice\/delivery-and-services\/collect-and-recycle\" rel=\"noopener\">AO<\/a>, can collect large electrical items from your household.<\/p>\n<h3>Clinical waste<\/h3>\n<p>Waste containing human or animal tissue, blood or other bodily fluids or excretions, drugs or other pharmaceutical products, swabs, dressings and syringes may all be classified as clinical waste.\u00a0Contact your\u00a0local council listed above to arrange collection of these items.<\/p>\n<div id=\"tabs\"><ul class=\"tabs\" data-responsive-accordion-tabs=\"accordion medium-tabs large-tabs\"  role=\"tablist\" id=\"tablist\" data-multi-expand=\"true\" data-allow-all-closed=\"true\" ><\/ul><div class=\"tabs-content\" data-tabs-content=\"tablist\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your local district, city or borough council\u00a0is responsible for collecting household rubbish and recycling. You can find details of bin\u00a0collection days, how to report missed bin collections and how to\u00a0request a new bin or box on the websites below: East &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/household-collections\/\" aria-label=\"Continue reading Household collections\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":981,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-sidebar.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-262","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-03 18:12:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/981"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5155,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262\/revisions\/5155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}