Environment and waste

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council provides a wide variety of services to the public for environment and waste.

Recycling 

 Recycling collections, recycling services, reducing your rubbish, schools recycling, environmental education, plus lots of useful links.

Refuse - household waste

   Household waste collection days, advice on where to leave your bin, large household items/bulky
waste service and skips available to hire.

Refuse - commercial waste

   Business refuse and recycling collection services, skip hire, sweeper hire and office cleaning services.

Household waste recycling centres

 Find your nearest household waste recycling centre (the 'tip') and recycling bank site along with opening hours for these sites.

Environmental Education and Action

 Find out about our work with residents, groups and schools to make the Borough a cleaner, safer, greener place to live and work.  

Environmental health

 The aim of the environmental health service is to improve the quality of life for all the people of the borough by identifying and developing sustainable improvements to their environments, targeting inequalities and improving the standards of health in the borough.

Parks and open spaces

 The council manages and maintains a wide variety of ‘green’ landscapes within Blackburn and Darwen. Many of which compliment the built urban environment and form part of the neighbourhood. Recreational activities are provided within these green spaces through sports facilities, visitor centres, guided walks, environmental education and outdoor events.  Pro-active community involvement is encouraged through park supporters groups and neighbourhood groups.

Pollution

 The Pollution Control team is responsible for dealing with a range of pollution and environmental protection issues which impact on health. These include noise nuisance, regulating certain industrial processes, tackling air pollution problems, and commenting on planning applications to try to avoid pollution problems in the future. Please look at our web pages for more details.