Refuse Collection

East Suffolk Council provide refuse collections services.  Brown bins for garden waste is chargeable. For full details including collections calendar please click here.

If you have any questions about your waste and recycling services or if you would like any more information or advice, please contact East Suffolk Council tel. 0333 016 2000 

Leiston Recycling Centre

Lovers Lane, Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4UJ 

(On the road to Sizewell from Leiston Abbey)

Tel:  0345 606 6067

For details and opening times please click here


Leiston Recycling Centre allows you to dispose of the following items here:

  • Electricals, Batteries, Timber
  • Printer Cartridges, Mobile Phones
  • Mixed Light Bulbs, Books
  • Cardboard, Paper, Wood
  • Mixed Glass, Bottles And Jars
  • Flat Glass, Household Plastic Packaging
  • Rigid Plastic, Garden Waste
  • Textiles, Spectacles, Cartons
  • Cooking Oil, Dvd’s And Cd’s
  • Furniture, Bicycles, Metal
  • Car Batteries, Used Engine Oil

Some items have restrictions:

  • One small bag of vegetarian pet waste.
    No cat or dog faeces.
  • No hazardous waste including asbestos, poisons,
    flammable liquids, chemicals or clinical waste.
  • The site only accepts Calor and Flo gas bottles.
  • The site only accepts solid water based paint (use soil or sand in the
    tin to dry out). No oil based paint.

Some waste is chargeable:

Charges apply to rubble, soil, hardcore, Trade waste and plasterboard. Before unloading, please  see a member of  the team who will work out the amount you need to pay depending on the amount of material you have. Card payments only.

Local recycling banks in Aldeburgh

Thorp Road Car Park

Fort Green Car Park – 8am-8pm only

Kings Field

Outside Fire Station Kings Field – clothes bank

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