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Household bin collections

Bin collection days. What goes where. Order or change your bins.


Read the latest changes to black bin collections for kerbside properties

Changes to your black and brown wheeled bin collections


Answers to your frequently asked questions on the changes to black bin collections

Check your collection days


Find out when we collect your bins, caddies, or sacks and what you need to do to ensure collection

Report a missed bin collection


If your rubbish or recycling hasn’t been collected on the day it should be, please report it online to the Council.

Weekly food waste collections


Information on weekly food collection services in the borough.

Supported collection service


A service for residents who are unable to present their wheelie bin(s) for collection

What goes in each bin


What you can and cannot put in your wheelie bin, communal bins and your waste and recycling sacks.

Book a large item collection


Arrange to dispose of large and electrical household items, sometimes known as bulky waste.

Types of bins


How your rubbish and recycling is collected depends on the type of property you live in.

Order a bin


Order a new, replacement container or ask us for a different size

Additional items for recycling


You can recycle clothes, batteries, coffee pods, small electrical items and printer cartridges with your weekly bin collection if you have two wheeled bins.

Property Damage by Environmental Services Contractor


Find out how to report damage to property caused by the Council's Waste, Street Cleansing and Grounds Contractor only.

Food recycling collections for communal flats


Information for residents living in communal flats, about food recycling collections

Food recycling collections for kerb-side properties


Information for residents living in kerb-side properties, about food recycling collections

Coffee pod collection service


Recycle your coffee pods every week as part of your normal kerbside waste and recycling collections.

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