Rubbish and recycling | Sevenoaks District Council

Rubbish and recycling

View your collection day

View your rubbish, recycling and garden waste collection day...

The BIG recycling upgrade - your new recycling and waste collection services

From April 2026, we are increasing the items we collect for recycling while making our service more convenient, cost-efficient and better for the environment…

Food waste collection service

From 27 April 2026, we will begin separate weekly food waste collections for most households...

New bins and collections from autumn 2026

To help residents recycle more and reduce their general waste, we're introducing wheelie bin collections for most households from this autumn...

Our waste and recycling collection rules

What you can expect from us and in return what you must do when putting your waste, recycling and food waste for collection...

What to put in your recycling and waste bags

Find out what you can recycle and put out as waste every week for collection...

Report a missed collection

How to report a missed rubbish or garden waste collection...

Garden waste collections and composting

Dispose of grass, leaves and other green waste with our garden waste collection service or buy a discounted compost bin...

Book a large item collection

How to book a collection, what we collect and what we can't collect...

Recycling sites for paper, glass and textiles

We provide more than 40 local recycling facilities for glass, paper and other materials...

Household Waste Recycling Centres

Find your nearest centre, when it's open and what you can and can't bring...

Fly-tipping

How to report incidents of fly tipping and those responsible...

Assisted rubbish collection

Help for elderly and disabled residents to carry their rubbish and recycling sacks to the boundary of their property...

Report a dead animal

Report a dead cat, dog, fox or badger on the road or in a public or private space...

Doorstep collections for unwanted clothing, footwear and household items

We are working with Anglo to collect residents' unwanted clothing, footwear and household items so they can be reused...

Clinical waste collection

Arrange for domestic clinical, or medical waste, collection...

Street care and cleaning

Street cleaning in the Sevenoaks District and report a street that has an unacceptable level of litter...

Business waste and your duty of care

If you operate any form of business, you have a legal responsibility to safely and legally dispose of any waste produced from your business...

Nappies

Disposable nappies cannot be recycled and must be bagged and put in with your black waste sacks….

Vehicle seizures

We can seize vehicles and their contents if we believe they have or will be used to commit waste crime...

We are an Environment Agency registered waste carrier