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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BBC News
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Tributes paid to 'darling boy' killed in collisionThe 19-year-old's parents thank family and friends for their support after the teenager's death.
Cambridge chancellor criticises 'racist feeding frenzy' around Jason ArdayJason Arday, the former University of Cambridge professor at the centre of a plagiarism row, was found dead last week.
Air ambulance confident of raising £4.4m for baseEast Anglian Air Ambulance has launched an appeal to build a new base at New Shardelowes Farm in Fulbourn.
Plans for £20m hub to develop new medicines using AIThe hub is funded by the Medical Research Council and based at Cambridge Biomedical Campus.
Unauthorised sites are growing but travellers say they are forced to break the lawThe government says such developments are unacceptable – so why do they keep springing up?
Wildfire risk raises fears over rare speciesPhilip Parker says some species have "struggled this year" due to the heatwave.
East of England news quiz of the week From bananas to big wins, how many questions can you get right?
In pictures: The fire crews battling Holme Fen blazeCrews from about a dozen counties have been tackling a nature reserve fire in the Fens.