Waste collections:
some households will have new collection days as part of our new waste contract. Check your calendar.
What goes in your general rubbish bin, house rubbish collections, flat and estates rubbish collections, check your collection days, report a missed collection and how to order a replacement rubbish bin.
Collections of recycling and general waste continue to be impacted by staff shortages in the London labour market with a particular impact on HGV drivers needed to deliver vital waste and recycling collection services. Veolia continues to recruit and train employees to deliver services. Despite this, some collections are taking place later than scheduled.
We are currently completing most collections on their scheduled day so please continue to put your bins out for collection on your normal day. If your collection is missed, please leave your bins out and we will get to you as soon as possible.
There are no reported issues with collections today.
Please do not report a missed collection. Leave your waste and recycling out and our crews will try to get to you as soon as possible.
Please continue to report individual missed collections in the same way as usual.
If your rubbish collection is missed, or you have any other problem with the collection, you must report it within 2 working days, starting at 10pm on the day of the collection.
If we missed your collection by mistake, we aim for this to be collected by the end of the following weekend. If the missed collection is not resolved by then, please wait until your next collection date to present your bin.
You can report a rubbish collection problem online.
We will not return if the collection was not our mistake, for example, if your rubbish bin:
In these cases, we will put a tag on your bin to explain why it was not collected. You will then have to wait for your next collection.
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