Your collection service

Recycling and rubbish collections are collected on alternate weeks for most households in the borough: recycling one week and rubbish the next. Food waste is collected every week and garden waste is collected fortnightly. 

Alternate recycling and rubbish collections will reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality by reducing the number of collection trucks on the streets.

Check online to find out if your next collection is your rubbish or recycling collection week.

Check your collection schedule

Food waste

Food waste is collected weekly from green food waste bins and is available to all households with a front boundary. Please make sure your food waste bin is presented for collection where it is visible to the crews.

Find out more about our food waste collection service or order a new food waste bin.

Wheelie bins

As part of the service, most households have recycling and rubbish collected from wheelie bins.

Wheelie bins make it easier to recycle and stop foxes and rats ripping open sacks. This will help to keep our streets cleaner. They also prevent recycling being blown away from open containers. 

If there is a problem with your wheelie bin please contact customer services on 020 8825 6000.

Help moving your bins

If you are not able to to move your recycling and rubbish bins on collection day, we may be able to help you.

Request help moving your bins

Find out more

Find out more about how the service works by reading our frequently asked questions.

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