Brown Wheeled Bin Collection
The Council uses brown wheeled bins for the collection of non recyclable waste. From April 2008 a charge of £29 has been made for households requiring a replacement brown bin.
The wheeled bins are usually 140 litres in size, holding about two black sacks of waste. It doesn’t sound a lot but please remember that half of your waste can be recycled, (newspapers, cardboard, cans and plastic bottles) in your green wheeled bin. Larger 240 litre brown wheeled bins are only available under exceptional circumstances. To find out more please contact our Call Centre on 020 8770 5070.
Please note: Garden waste must not be put in your brown wheeled bin. Garden waste will only be collected from the special green waste sacks.
Wheeled bins are not practical for some addresses and the Council allows residents living in these properties to use black sacks which can be purchased from supermarkets. Each week, we will collect a maximum of 2 black sacks from each of these homes unless there are special circumstances.
Extra Side Waste
Extra sacks of waste placed at the side of the brown wheeled bins will not be collected, although if you do not have a brown wheeled bin we will collect a maximum of 2 sacks unless there are exceptional circumstances. Please contact our Call Centre on 020 8770 5070 if you need to arrange for more than 2 sacks to be collected.
If you have excess waste, special blue bags for side waste are available to purchase at the the Libraries and the Civic Offices Cash Hall for £2 per bag (cash only). The bags will be collected with the brown bin on your next scheduled collection day.
We do not operate a closed lid policy but the waste inside the bins needs to be secure and not fall out when our staff pull the bin to the vehicle
Please note, as with all your household waste, you need to put your sack out after 8pm the night before your collection or before 6am on the day of collection.
Related Links:
Green Wheeled Bin Collection
Waste Collection & Disposal
Waste Management Contact Information
