How to use a private window on your browser

All leading web browsers have a “private browsing” mode that, once enabled, stores nothing about your activity on your computer in that browsing window. This won’t stop online services from seeing what you get up to, but it won’t leave any traces of your activity on your computer (no history, web cache or anything else) and so it’s always a useful first step to take.

Internet Explorer: Go to Safety – Tools – “InPrivate Browsing”.

Firefox: Click the Menu button with three horizontal lines – “New Private Window”.

Chrome: Click the Menu button with three horizontal lines and select “New Incognito Window”.

Fire safety advice

Following an investigation it is believed that a fatal flat fire in Kings Hedges started accidentally, and the most probable cause was an electric bike that was charging.

We want to share some important safety advice from the fire service on how to safely charge electric bikes or scooters. All our council homes are provided with a smoke detector. Take a moment to test your smoke detectors today. If there are any issues contact us on 0800 805 1313

Food waste and paper liners

How your food and garden waste is composted

Food waste is collected fortnightly with garden waste in your green bin. The contents collected are combined with other food and garden waste collected in Cambridgeshire and made into nutrient rich compost which is used by local farmers and gardeners.

To find out more about the composting process see the RECAP what happens to waste information.

Kitchen caddies

Kitchen waste

We provide free 5-litre kitchen caddies to South Cambridgeshire residents for collecting food waste to put in your green bin or on your compost heap.

You can collect a caddy from our Cambourne office. Our address is: South Cambridgeshire Hall, Cambourne Business Park, Cambourne, Cambridge CB23 6EA.

Caddy liners

Do not use biodegradable 'plastic' corn starch liners (for example BioBag). These are not accepted in the green bins, even if they display a certification number or seedling logo, as they do not compost quickly enough for our fast composting process.
You can use 100% paper caddy liners, newspaper or brown paper from deliveries, or put your food waste into the green bin without wrapping it first.
If using a paper liner, any 100% paper caddy liners can be used (for example, EcoSack or Alina). They can be bought from our Cambourne offices in packs of 50 for £4.20 (payable by card only, please bring proof of address), or from online retailers or some supermarkets.