West Suffolk Council has purchased 25 acres of land to help prepare for a major overhaul of bin collections across Haverhill and the wider district, starting this June. The council bought the site next to its current Operational Hub in Fornham St Martin to give staff the space needed to manage hundreds of thousands of new recycling containers.
The total investment for the land and new facilities is around £10 million. This expansion will provide room to store and distribute 160,000 food waste caddies and 80,000 green-lidded recycling bins as part of the new Better Recycling service. It also creates space for 40 additional staff and 14 new collection lorries required to run the expanded service.
Residents in Haverhill should see their new food waste caddies arriving from 9 March 2026. Although the new bins will be delivered over the coming weeks, the council has asked households to keep them safe and wait until June 2026 to start using them. People should continue to use their current bins for all waste and recycling until the official changeover date.
The council says the extra space will ensure they can meet the rigorous delivery schedule for the new containers and maintain a reliable collection frequency once the service launches. By having a larger central site, the team can better manage the work of delivering new bins to every home in the district before the summer deadline.
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