Greater Cambridge Shared Waste Service encourages designers to contact our planning team for specific waste and recycling design guidance. Correct design will benefit the occupier and can help eliminate potential cost implications for incorrect design.
Requirements for new developments
We aim to:
- provide a kerbside collection for all existing and new developments
- increase our recycling rates by encouraging waste reduction and home composting
- make the service efficient, and in turn cost effective which will help to reduce vehicle emissions and our carbon footprint
- increase public safety by reducing the amount of reversing and unnecessary vehicle manoeuvres
In all cases, please refer to this Waste and recycling guide for developers [PDF, 3MB] where you will find all the necessary requirements for recycling and waste provisions for all development sizes. This is tailored to our waste collection service.
You can also view the RECAP design guide (SPD) from the county council.
For more information on our waste services please visit Greater Cambridge Shared Waste.
Technical note on odour and Cambridge water recycling centre
We commissioned Odournet to assess the level and risk of odour impact posed by the Cambridge water recycling centre.
The assessment will aid the consideration of development proposals that might come forward in its vicinity.
We have prepared a technical note to set out how they intend to interpret the results of the assessment.
The following documents will be material considerations in the determination of planning applications for development in the vicinity of water recycling centre: