Check your bin collection day

Find out which day we collect your waste.

Services for kerbside properties include:

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:

Check your collection day

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 dateChristmas collection date
Monday 23 DecemberMonday 23 December
Tuesday 24 DecemberTuesday 24 December
Wednesday 25 DecemberThursday 26 December
Thursday 26 DecemberFriday 27 December
Friday 27 DecemberSaturday 28 December
Monday 30 DecemberMonday 30 December
Tuesday 31 DecemberTuesday 31 December
Wednesday 1 JanuaryThursday 2 January
Thursday 2 JanuaryFriday 3 January
Friday 3 JanuarySaturday 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.