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
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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
Millstone Park Housing Development
(350 new homes)
Linden Homes
Web Site
Planning Docs
This Land -
Councillors
Express Concerns
This Land -
Council plays down
fears over loan
This Land Business Plan?
(350 new homes)
Linden Homes
Web Site
Planning Docs
This Land -
Councillors
Express Concerns
This Land -
Council plays down
fears over loan
This Land Business Plan?
BBC News
Ex-brickworks extension recommended for approvalCambridgeshire County Council Planning Committee will make a decision on 4 March.
Data tool to spot families due financial supportHouseholds entitled to national benefits will be identified by the new system.
Soham murderer Ian Huntley seriously injured in prison attackThe 52-year-old is serving a life sentence after being convicted of murdering schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.
Possible oil spill into river 'came from layby'The Environment Agency says "no significant environmental impacts were identified" after the spill.
Uncertainty remains over university's vet teachingThere are worries that the decision to keep veterinary teaching in place is not a "final pardon".
£5m fund aims to slash water use in public buildingsAuthorities say the funding will help drive down water demand in Greater Cambridge.
Woman killed after leaning into busway, court toldAn inquest hears Kathleen Pitts had a series of interactions with mental health services.
Detective aided possession of device in prisonDet Con Zoe Rogers aided the unauthorised possession of a device inside a prison, police say.
Probe launched into reported diesel spill in riverAnglian Water says it is assisting an investigation after reports of a spill in Saffron Walden.
'I've found tents & a mahogany wall clock in bins'Chris Lively, 64, works in a city with more than 1,000 public litter bins.
From high seas to high fashion: The students making new clothes from old sailsStudents at Anglia Ruskin University are finding creative ways to save the material from landfill.