Find out about changes to our services and Christmas opening times on our Festive information page. To find out when your bin will be collected over the festive period, visit Changes to County Durham bin collections at Christmas.

Due to maintenance, the following systems will be unavailable from 11.45am on Tuesday 24 December until 8.00am on Thursday 2 January: our online Council Tax, business rates and housing benefit services, and our welfare assistance form. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Cut down your waste

Find information about how and what to recycle and how you can reduce the amount of waste you produce.

Like our Recycle for County Durham Facebook page to get handy tips and information on reducing waste, reusing, recycling and composting.

Recycling

Our reuse and recycling A-Z tells you what you can recycle and where different recyclables go.
Make sure you know what goes in which bin for your household bin collections.
Make use of your local household waste recycling centres.

Replacing furniture

Replacing your television? Getting a new couch? Find out about reusing furniture and household items through one of our county's furniture reuse schemes.

Composting

Help your garden grow by composting your household waste.

Top tips to cut your waste

Find out how to stop junk mail.
Make your purchases kind to the environment with greener shopping habits.
Reduce your waste at Christmas - shopping, food, card and tree recycling.
Love food, hate waste - food planning, storage, preparation and leftovers.
Use Cloth nappies.