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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Cambridge Uni objects to railway near observatoryResearch at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory has been recognised with two Nobel Prizes.
Listed library needs £1.5m in renovation worksMill Road library has been empty for several years and was last used as a library in 1996.
School condemns 'abusive' posts by Reform leaderRyan Coogan calls for the resignation of a school's special educational needs co-ordinator.
Heatwave in Cambridgeshire: What's the advice?The NHS, schools and Anglian Water are offering guidance on staying cool during the high heat.
'We're young - we don't think much about the EU'Polls suggest most would back rejoining the EU, but four younger voters say it is a distant concept.
Praise for train crash medics who went 'above and beyond'A hospital boss says staff and volunteers worked in an "exceptionally challenging situation".
Fears for rivers as flows 'exceptionally low'Only two rivers in East Anglia are rated as having "normal" flows.
Watch: Large sinkhole found on redeveloped roadThe cause of the sinkhole on Milton Road in Cambridge is being investigated by highways teams.
Sinkhole closes busy city road in both directionsThe sinkhole opened on Milton Road, close to the Elizabeth Way roundabout, on Monday, police say.
'Spectacularly quick' train crash response saved livesAir ambulance crews feared "100 casualties and up to 20 fatalities" in the crash, it has emerged.
Community comes together after fatal crashA taxi firm ferries people to and from hospital without charge, while a chaplain offers support.