East Hampshire puts paper, card, plastic bottles, tins and aerosols in a black recycling bin, glass in its own box, and everything else that is not garden waste in a green refuse bin. Food still goes in that green bin until the weekly caddy round reaches the address. Garden waste is a paid brown bin, or a sack for existing customers, collected every two weeks except over Christmas. Hampshire County Council decides what the district can recycle.
Last checked against 3 sources (www.easthants.gov.uk).
What goes in each bin
Green refuse bin · General waste
Bin · Varies by area, so check your address
Yes please
Plastic packaging such as food pots, tubs and trays
Plastic bags, film and wrapping
Food waste until the weekly caddy service is in place
Polystyrene, bottle tops, shredded paper and cartons
East Hampshire does not collect food waste every week. Weekly food collections are due to begin on Monday 5 October. East Hampshire Norse has the vehicles and crews, and caddies are still being delivered. Most homes get a five-litre kitchen caddy and a 23-litre outdoor caddy. Communal bin areas get a kitchen caddy and a shared 140 litre bin. Until a home is on the round, food stays in the green refuse bin. The black recycling bin is still limited to paper, card, plastic bottles, tins and aerosols until a new materials recovery facility in Eastleigh is available. About 30% of what goes in the green bin is unused food.
Garden waste is a paid-for service. The annual garden waste bin subscription is £130.00. A 240 litre brown bin, including delivery, is £86.00 if you do not already have one. Existing sack customers pay £98.00 a year, or £28.00 with the benefit reduction, and a replacement sack is £17.00. A subscription, once bought, is non-refundable. There is a charge for a lost, stolen or replacement wheeled bin. The service is 25 fortnightly collections a year. It does not run over Christmas. Real Christmas trees are taken on the first garden collection after the break, in January. New customers on hard-to-reach rounds, the calendars that begin with H, cannot join. Capacity elsewhere is limited. Renewals are at the end of each calendar month.
Leave the bin out and report a missed garden collection through MyEHDC. A recycling bin that is contaminated before it is emptied gets a hanger and is not taken. You remove the wrong items and wait for the next collection. The garden waste page is the missed-bin instruction these pages give; they do not set out a separate rule for the green or black bin. Missed bins must be reported by 4pm on the next working day after the scheduled collection. After that you wait for the next scheduled collection. A replacement garden sack is ordered by calling Case Management on 01730 234295.
The black bin must be clean, dry and loose. The sorting machine looks for bottle shapes, so pots, tubs, trays, bags and cartons are rejected and belong in the green bin. Foil also goes in the green bin. A new materials recovery facility is being built in Eastleigh. Until it is in use, the black bin list does not get wider.
Glass goes in a 38 litre box and should weigh less than 5.5kg. Metal lids from jars can go in the black bin. Broken glass is wrapped for the green bin if it is small, or taken to a household waste recycling centre if it is large. The bin collections page says glass is collected fortnightly and that excess glass is taken if the container is suitable and not too heavy.
The contents page does not say how often the green refuse bin or the black recycling bin is emptied. Collection days are on the bin calendar. Food waste days on MyEHDC were described as provisional while routes were still being tested, including changes on 4x4 hard-to-reach rounds.
Garden waste for a new subscriber is £130.00 a year plus £86.00 if a 240 litre bin has to be delivered. Sack prices, £98.00 or £28.00 with the benefit reduction, are for existing customers. There is no refund once the year is paid. Assisted rubbish collections carry over to the garden bin.
A contaminated recycling bin is left with a hanger. Crews will not take a green bin that is a safety hazard, and refuse should be in sturdy bags. Ash, vacuum dust, nappies and animal waste should be double-bagged.
As of 3 October 2026 the food page said weekly collections would begin on Monday 5 October, with caddy deliveries still going out. Household waste recycling centres are bookable if you cannot join the garden service. The pages read did not name the centres.
Bin questions in East Hampshire
What goes in East Hampshire's black recycling bin?
Paper, card, plastic bottles, tins, cans and empty aerosols, clean, dry and loose. Not glass, not pots, tubs or trays, not cartons and not foil. Those stay out until the Eastleigh materials recovery facility changes what can be sorted.
How much is East Hampshire garden waste?
£130.00 a year for the bin subscription, and £86.00 for a 240 litre brown bin if you need one delivered. There are 25 fortnightly collections, with no service over Christmas. The fee is not refunded.
Has weekly food waste started in East Hampshire?
The food page said weekly collections begin on Monday 5 October. Most homes get a five-litre kitchen caddy and a 23-litre outdoor caddy. Until then, food goes in the green refuse bin.
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