Services for kerbside properties include:
- fortnightly black bin collections or weekly sack collections for rubbish
- weekly green bin or clear sack collections for recycling
- weekly food waste collections, for most houses and maisonettes
- weekly garden waste collections, if you've signed up for this service
- bulky waste collections, if you've paid for a collection
- weekly small electrical waste and batteries collections, for most houses and maisonettes.
Services for estates and larger communal properties include:
- bulk bin collections for rubbish, weekly or more frequently
- bulk bin collections for recycling, weekly or more frequently
- weekly food waste collections from communal bins for some estates, being rolled out to all estates by May 2026
- bulky waste collections for Lambeth housing estates.
Services for flats above shops include:
- weekly sack collections for rubbish
- weekly sack collections for recycling using the clear sacks that we provide.
Leave your bin:
- out by 6am on your collection day (unless you live in a timed collection area)
- where it can be seen easily
- at the front of your property
We will not collect your bin if it:
- is not left for collection at the front of your property
- contains waste that should be in a different bin
- is over-filled and the lid does not close
Check the rules for collection of each of your bins to make sure we're able to collect them.
Timed collection areas
Five of our town centres have timed collection areas. If you live in one of these, you can only put your waste out at set times on your collection days.
Bank holiday collections
Our collections do not change on most bank holidays.
This year, over the 2023-24 festive period, your collection day will change.
If you live in a kerbside property with a wheelie bin, see below how the festive period may alter your regular collection dates:
Usual collection date | Christmas collection date |
---|---|
Monday 23 December | Monday 23 December |
Tuesday 24 December | Tuesday 24 December |
Wednesday 25 December | Thursday 26 December |
Thursday 26 December | Friday 27 December |
Friday 27 December | Saturday 28 December |
Monday 30 December | Monday 30 December |
Tuesday 31 December | Tuesday 31 December |
Wednesday 1 January | Thursday 2 January |
Thursday 2 January | Friday 3 January |
Friday 3 January | Saturday 4 January |
Collections will resume as normal from Monday 6 January 2025.
Please make sure to return your bin to within the boundaries of your property as soon as possible after collection to make way for other pavement users.