Bin, bulky waste and clinical waste collections
Get in touch with your local borough or district council if you have any questions about:
- bin collection dates
- bin men strike
- bulky waste collections (furniture, freezers, fridges for example)
- dog waste bins in your community
- food bins
- garden waste
- garden waste stickers
- missing or ordering a new or replacement bin
- plastic sack requests
- red stickers
- what you can or cannot put in your bins.
Food waste
Your local council collects food waste. See how to order a food caddy or to find out what goes in your food caddy.
Recycling
Whilst your local council collects your recycling, discover our top tips to help you to recycle your plastics at home.
Contact your local council
- Ashford Borough Council
- Canterbury City Council
- Dartford Borough Council
- Dover District Council
- Folkestone and Hythe District Council
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Medway Council
- Sevenoaks District Council
- Swale Borough Council
- Thanet District Council
- Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
- Tunbridge Wells Borough Council.
Find out what other services your borough or district council provides.
Once your household waste is disposed of, we find the most sustainable friendly way to get rid of it. See how we recycle your waste.
Pay someone to take your rubbish away
If you choose to not ask your local council to collect your bulky waste, you have a duty of care to make sure that your waste is disposed of correctly. If the waste disposal service fly-tips your waste, you can face a fine.
Learn how to protect yourself from rogue waste collectors and traders by following our simple steps.
Clinical waste collection
To arrange collection or disposal of a sharps container contact the healthcare service who provided the item or your district council may offer a collection service:
- Ashford Borough Council - clinical waste collections
- Canterbury City Council - clinical waste collections
- Dartford Borough Council - clinical waste collections
- Dover District Council - clinical waste collections
- Folkestone and Hythe District Council - clinical waste collections
- Gravesham Borough Council - clinical waste collections
- Maidstone Borough Council - clinical waste collections
- Sevenoaks District Council - clinical waste collections
- Swale Borough Council - clinical waste collections
- Thanet District Council - clinical waste collections
- Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council - clinical waste collections
- Tunbridge Wells Borough Council - clinical waste collections
Help us reduce, reuse and recycle even more!
Are you doing all you can to reduce, reuse and recycle your household waste too?
Why not check out these great ideas about how you can reduce your waste and recycle.