Services

Household Collections

Domestic collections are carried out on Tuesdays starting at 6am. Please ensure your bin is put out the night before.

All domestic properties are supplied with one standard 240 litre wheelie bin free of charge.

The collection service does not cover removal of building materials, bulky items such as furniture, hazardous waste, scrap metals, oils, soil or large amounts of garden waste.

If the bin is too heavy it will not be emptied. A heavy bin is a health and safety risk to the collection operatives and it could damage the collection vehicles. Please do not overload your bin.

Materials (also called side waste) left outside the bin will not be collected.

Where a bin is damaged or become unusable due to wear and tear we will replace it free of charge.

If you require a new wheelie bin or have any issues with your refuse collection please contact the Commissioners’ Office.

Wheelie bins should be placed where the public highway begins and private land ends which is the edge of your curtilage. In the majority of cases, this will be where gates or drives meet the pavement and householders must ensure that an obstruction is avoided when placing their bins for collection.

The collection point for properties with long drives will be at the point their drive meets the highway. Our refuse contractors will not enter onto private land unless a specific request has been approved for a special needs / assisted collection.

Elderly and disabled householders may request assisted collections (forms can be obtained from the Commissioners’ Office). Where assisted collections are agreed then the refuse bin will be collected from and returned to its normal position by the refuse collectors, providing that safe access is available.

Commercial Collections

Commercial collections for businesses are generally carried out on Fridays from 6am. Businesses may request a weekly or twice weekly collection depending on the amount of waste that is produced. Additional collections will attract an additional collection charges.

We offer several sizes of bin for commercial premises, ranging from 1100 litre to 240 litre.

Charges

Annual refuse collection charge – There is an annual refuse collection charge which varies, depending on the size of the bin.

Annual hire charge – There is an annual hire charge per bin which covers the cost of any replacement or repairs required throughout the life of the bin.

Waste disposal charge – Each bin is weighed as it is collected and the data collected by the system on board the Collection Vehicle. This data is used to calculate the total weight of waste in kilograms.

For full details of commercial refuse costs, please contact the Commissioners’ Office.

Kerbside Recycling

From 5^th April 2023 your recycling collection will be provided by Recycle Collect Limited. This is due to current providers, Douglas Borough Council, being unable to renew the contract on terms acceptable to the board. Your collection day may change as a result of this – please see details below

Collections will still be fortnightly, but there will be 3 collections, on different days, split by area:-

Wednesdays – North Braddan – Union Mills, Strang, Mount Rule, Baldwin, Cronkbourne, Clybane, The Cooil

Thursdays – Richmond Hill, Kewaigue & Port Soderick

Fridays – Mount Murray

We will not be sending out a calendar this year as all of the details will be online. If you visit https://recyclecollect.im/  and go to “Help & Information” the calendar can be viewed, together with details of what is collected.  If you would like a paper copy of the calendar, please contact Recycle Collect on Tel: 342161 Email: hello@recyclecollect.im or via social media and they will be able to send one out upon request.

Full details are provided in the leaflet that was sent out with your rate demand, but just to clarify; you do not have to pay for the service with Recycle Collect; it is included with your rates. You can also sign up for reminders and receive confirmation of when your recycling was collected and all sorts of other fun information that should help you recycle even more! They have created a dedicated Braddan Recycling Facebook Group: “Recycle Collect in Braddan” to keep residents up to date with the service.

Bring Banks are located at the entrance to Union Mills Industrial Estate (opposite the Spar Shop) and at the rear of the Commissioners’ Office, both of these sites include textiles recycling.

Green Waste 

We are no longer providing the Green Waste recycling service in 2023.

Eastern Household Waste Recycling Centre

Braddan residents are able to use the Eastern Household Waste Recycling Centre at Middle River in Pulrose.

To see exactly what you can recycle at Recycling Centre, please see this link.

Please report any incidents of fly tipping to the Commissioners’ Office. 

The authority is responsible for the cutting of verges and hedges on roads and pavements around the Parish, and the control of weeds on pavements. Please report any overgrown areas which are interfering with safe use of the pavements or highways.

The authority is responsible for maintaining the gully pots throughout the parish. Please report any blocked gullies to the Commissioners’ office, giving exact locations wherever possible.

The authority has 574 street lamps throughout the Parish, which are maintained by the MUA on our behalf. If you notice a problem with any of the lamps or columns please make a note of the column number and location and report it to the Commissioners’ Office.

If you believe a vehicle has been abandoned contact the Commissioner’s office giving the make, model, registration number and the exact location of the vehicle.

If you wish to sell goods or services from any street or open space within Braddan you must apply for a Street Traders Licence. For more information, please see the Street Traders’ Licence Application Form.

The authority’s car parks are located at the following locations

• Union Mills Post Office
• Maitland Terrace (next to the entrance to Corlett Son’s & Cowley’s Yard for the users of the Memorial Hall)
• Close Corran (behind the Commissioners’ Office)
• Heritage Trail – located near the former sewage treatment works and reached via Snugborough Avenue
• Port Soderick Hall