Public Utilities
Gas
To report a gas or carbon monoxide emergency, or if a pipeline is struck (even if no gas leak has occurred) call the National Gas Emergency Service 24 hours a day on 0800 111 999 (calls are recorded and may be monitored).
0800 111999
0800 111999
General Recycling
Fortnightly service for newspapers, tins and bottles collected from roadside. For information:
01353 863864
Milton Recycling Centre, Butts Lane, Milton:
01223 860674
Bins for bottles (glass and plastic), cans, paper & clothes at Burwell: Village College & Ex-service Club Bins for plastic bottles at Tan House Lane Garden / vegetable / wood waste: Burwell Allotments Shredder Plastics / clothes / bottles: Tesco Supermarkets.
01353 863864
Milton Recycling Centre, Butts Lane, Milton:
01223 860674
Bins for bottles (glass and plastic), cans, paper & clothes at Burwell: Village College & Ex-service Club Bins for plastic bottles at Tan House Lane Garden / vegetable / wood waste: Burwell Allotments Shredder Plastics / clothes / bottles: Tesco Supermarkets.
Water & Sewerage
Electricity
Energy Conservation
Insulate your home to save money and reduce CO2 emmisions. Arrange a no obligation survey of your home.
Contact: HEAT Cambridgeshire Scheme:
08000930450
ECDC Energy Conservation Officer:
01353 616251
08000930450
ECDC Energy Conservation Officer:
01353 616251
Power cut?
Working 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to keep your lights on but sometimes faults occur.
0800 3163105 (From Landline)
03333232105 (From Mobile)
Web
Text POWER and your postcode to 80876
0800 3163105 (From Landline)
03333232105 (From Mobile)
Web
Text POWER and your postcode to 80876
Refuse / Recycling
Check Dates by Postcode/Address
Normal weekly collection on Thursdays or Fridays Large articles can be collected free of charge (not bathroom or kitchen fittings):
01353863864
Village News
Controlling Weeds
Burwell, one of only 7 out of 243 Cambridgehsire parishes who have chosen to opt out of the council weed treatment programme. Controlling weeds
cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Burwell, one of only 7 out of 243 Cambridgehsire parishes who have chosen to opt out of the council weed treatment programme. Controlling weeds
cambridgeshire.gov.uk
UK's biggest solar farm approved for east of England (Click on image for larger version)
Latest Proposals
Project and
Current Status
Latest Proposals
Project and
Current Status
BBC News
Calls for 'misogynistic' sculpture to be removedOpinions are split on the public artwork, which its creator hopes will trigger a positive debate about art.
Ice cream man scoops council's 100s and 1,000sA council hands an ice cream firm £40,000 to help pay for a machine that makes waffle cones.
Parakeets spotted in orchard for first timeThe colourful birds are seen for the first time near Cambridge, according to an orchard owner.
Rail boss says growth proves Serpell Report wrongPassenger growth is proving that the 1980s proposal to shut all but two lines in the East was wrong.
Hedgehog hostel appeals for new premisesVolunteers at a hedgehog hostel appeal for larger premises as its annual intake reaches capacity.
New music night promises 'mini festival experience'The event is being put together by the co-founder of the long-running Sound and Vision convention.
‘IVF was the only chance we had of having a family’A family who struggled to conceive over two generations speak of their journey to have babies.
Hospital recruits five tiny babies for feeding studyThe study looks at how babies born up to six weeks early are fed through tubes.
All-day concessionary bus travel approvedThe scheme, starting next year, helps people who regard the bus as a "lifeline", the mayor says.
Cancer research 'could stall', says charityAs it invests in a new £173m centre, Cancer Research UK says more government funding is needed.