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Waste collection authority
The Greater Cambridge Shared Waste Service (GCSWS) between South Cambridgeshire District and Cambridge City Council empty residents' bins. This means that we are the waste collection authority. Once collected, our bin lorries drop off recycling and waste at waste transfer stations. This is the case for all 3 of the waste streams that we collect – that is material inside blue, green, and black bins.
Waste disposal authority
Cambridgeshire County Council is the waste disposal authority. This means that Cambridgeshire County Council hold the contract for the onward processing or disposal of green and black bin waste.
The waste collection authorities (including Greater Cambridge Shared Waste) within the Recycle for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough partnership jointly procure the contracts for the processing of blue bin recycling materials as part of a strategic partnership. Each waste collection authority then has their own recycling processing contract.