How our waste collection services work

How household waste works

Most households have a fortnightly household waste collection from black bins. Find out when your bins and waste will be collected.
A few households are on a weekly blue bin bag collection. Find out more about how to order and collect bags if you're a new resident.

The council provides green waterproof recycling bags for each residence to dispose of recycling
Residents can put out as many recycling bags as they can fill with items we collect at the kerbside - See what to put in recycling bags
Extra green recycling bags can be collected from a local hub
Bags must be sealed at all times to make sure all recycling stays dry
All items must be placed loose (not in plastic bags) in the bags
Wash and squash items like bottles and tins to make the most of the space in your bags
Rinse out tins and bottles to keep the bags clean and stop smells
We collect your recycling from your green bags every other week, on the weeks when we don’t empty your wheeled rubbish bin. Find out when your bins and waste will be collected.

We provide an annual brown bin collection service for garden waste which is chargeable - bins are collected fortnightly - find collection days
To order an annual brown bin for collection use our garden waste collection order form
You can also buy brown sacks to dispose of garden waste - brown sacks are also collected on your fortnightly garden waste collection day - find collection days
Find out what you can dispose of in garden waste
Find out where to leave your garden waste for collection

To find out what to put in your bin and where to put it food waste collections page
The council provides a small indoor food waste caddy for your kitchen, and a larger lockable black food outdoor waste bin to put out for collection
Residents in flats can put their food waste into the larger red wheeled bin, in the bin store
Food waste bins can be collected from a local hub
Food waste is collected every week at the same time we collect your rubbish and recycling
Only put food waste in the caddy - no packaging
You can line you bin with any plastic bags such as bread bags and carrier bags, along with food waste bags or newspapers
We'll only collect food waste and oil (in a plastic bottle) from the outdoor food waste containers