Household rubbish collections
Your household rubbish will be collected every 2 weeks.
Depending on your circumstances, each household has been allocated one of the following two options:
- standard: 140 litre black rubbish bin
- bag and box: 2 authorised blue sacks per fortnight
There is a charge of £12.50 per year for authorised blue sacks. Please use our online form to request sacks.
Using your bin
- put your bin out for collection by 6am on your collection day
- make sure the bin is at the edge of your property, where the waste collection team can see it from the road and collect it easily
- make sure your bin lid is closed
- don’t put out any extra rubbish bags for collection
- if your bin is too heavy to be wheeled to the back of our collection vehicle then we can’t empty it
- take your bin back to your property as soon as possible after the collection
What you can put in your household rubbish
- disposable nappies
- plastic film and polystyrene
- broken glass (wrapped in paper)
- cold ashes
- pet waste (including cat litter)
- medical and sanitary waste
- disposable razors (wrapped in paper)
- tissues and paper towels
- foil based wrapping paper
What you cannot put in your household rubbish
- garden waste
- recycling (use recycling bin or box)
- food waste (use brown food waste container)
- hot ashes
- clinical (such as syringes)
- hazardous waste (such as paints, oils, chemicals, gas bottles and low energy light bulbs)
- commercial waste
- industrial, construction or landscaping waste (such as bricks, rubble and stony debris)
- batteries (use battery bag)