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Hillingdon bin collection days

Hillingdon collects household rubbish every week, in tied black bags rather than a wheelie bin, and takes paper, card, glass, cans and plastics in the same clear recycling bag, also every week. Food waste is a free separate service. Garden waste is a paid sack collection, weekly for most of the year and fortnightly in winter.

Last checked against 11 sources (pre.hillingdon.gov.uk).

What goes in each bin

Black bags of household rubbish · General waste

Bag · Every week

Yes please

  • Ceramics, such as broken plates or mugs
  • Cigarette buds
  • Hard plastics, such as plant pots
  • Nappies
  • Pet waste
  • Polystyrene
  • Sanitary products
  • Used tissues and wet wipes
  • Rubbish stored in large, tied black bags

Not in this one

  • Asbestos
  • Batteries
  • Bulky waste
  • Business waste
  • Chemicals
  • Clinical waste, including needles
  • Deceased animals
  • Electrical items
  • Fluorescent tubes and light bulbs
  • Food waste
  • Garden waste
  • Gas canisters
  • Recyclable items
  • Textiles

Source: pre.hillingdon.gov.uk (opens in a new tab), read

Clear dry mixed recycling bags · Mixed recycling

Bag · Every week

Yes please

  • Paper, newspapers, magazines, catalogues, directories, envelopes and books
  • Cardboard, cartons and Tetra packs
  • Wrapping paper that is not the foil type
  • Shredded paper
  • Glass bottles and jars, with lids in the bag separately
  • Aerosol cans, not pierced or squashed
  • Clean aluminium foil, foil trays, drinks cans and food cans
  • Plastic bottles and lids, yoghurt pots, butter and margarine tubs and plastic trays
  • Plastic plant pots, except black ones

Not in this one

  • Asthma pumps, batteries, light bulbs and prescription bottles
  • Bubble wrap, packaging tape, polystyrene and hard plastics
  • Clinical waste, disposable nappies and sanitary products
  • Crisp packets, shopping bags and pet food packaging
  • Disposable takeaway cups and hot food containers
  • Flower pots, flowers and flower packaging
  • Food waste
  • Plastic toys, textiles and wood
  • Black plant pots

Source: pre.hillingdon.gov.uk (opens in a new tab), read

Food waste caddy · Food waste

Caddy

Yes please

  • Dairy, including eggs, eggshells, cheese and small amounts of butter or lard
  • Pet food
  • Paper kitchen towels
  • Bread, cakes and pastries
  • Fruit, vegetables and peelings
  • Cereals, rice, pasta and pulses
  • Tea bags, tea leaves and coffee grounds
  • Scrapings from plates and dishes
  • Raw and cooked fish and meat, including skin and bones

Source: pre.hillingdon.gov.uk (opens in a new tab), read

Garden waste sacks · Garden waste

Sack

Yes please

  • Grass cuttings and hedge clippings
  • Leaves, twigs and branches
  • Dead flowers and weeds

Not in this one

  • Large amounts of soil, mud and dirt

Source: pre.hillingdon.gov.uk (opens in a new tab), read

Check your bin day

Use Hillingdon’s own page for your bin day

The council's bin collection date finder needs a browser, which BinWeek's lookup service does not run, so the page links to the council's own finder.

Find my bin day on www.hillingdon.gov.uk(opens in a new tab)

How often each bin is collected

Collection frequency by bin for Hillingdon
BinCollected
Black bags of household rubbish · General wasteEvery week
Clear dry mixed recycling bags · Mixed recyclingEvery week

Garden waste

Garden waste is a paid-for service. The 2026/27 garden waste subscription costs £77, paid by card or by an annual Direct Debit that renews each year. New subscribers get sacks and tags. People who already have the service get new tags for their existing sacks, delivered within 28 days. While you wait, the old tags can stay on the sacks. The 2026/27 service runs from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027.

Source: pre.hillingdon.gov.uk (opens in a new tab), read

If your bin was missed

Report a missed rubbish collection through Love Clean Streets, on the website hillingdon.lovecleanstreets.com or in the app. Log in, use your address, and choose missed waste collections, then the type of collection. The council says it will collect again within 2 working days if you followed the collection instructions. A missed collection cannot be reported until after 1.30pm on the collection day, and the report must be within 72 hours of the miss.

Source: pre.hillingdon.gov.uk (opens in a new tab), read

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Good to know in Hillingdon

  • The weekly rubbish round is stated on the household rubbish page. The list of what can go in the black bags is on the collections page, and it uses the council's own wording, including cigarette buds. Recyclable items, food and garden waste are not meant for those bags.
  • Clear recycling bags should hold items that are clean, dry and empty. Black plant pots are excluded. The council's own list also prints the words Junk mall between envelopes and magazines. That looks like a typing error for junk mail, so it is not repeated here as a material.
  • The food waste sign-up page says the service is free for houses and maisonettes with private gardens, and for blocks of flats. Those pages do not say whether the caddy is emptied every week. They tell you to check your collection day. Houses should leave the caddy at the front of the property before 6am, inside the boundary where possible. Some flats use a 140L communal food bin and some a green outdoor food bin. Cooking oil has its own bin at Harefield Civic Amenity Site.
  • If you cannot move recycling to the boundary and nobody can help, you can ask for an assisted collection from the front door.
  • Garden waste tags for 2026/27 are orange. Write your address on the back and fix one tag to the handle of each sack. Take off the old green tags from the 2025/2026 service. The service page says collections are weekly between March and November and fortnightly from December to February, Monday to Friday, with changes over bank holidays. The standard issue is 3 sacks and tags, and a household can ask for up to 3 more.
  • As of 3 October 2026 the centres page named Harefield Civic Amenity Site on New Years Green Lane, Harefield, UB9 6LX, Space Waye on the North Feltham Trading Estate, Pier Road, Feltham, TW14 0TH, and West Drayton waste weekends at the Railway Sidings, Tavistock Road, UB7 7QT. The same page said highway works on New Years Green Lane would start on Monday 5 October and last approximately 10 weeks, with Harefield staying open.
  • Missed rubbish is reported in Love Clean Streets, not on a simple council form. You need an account with your home address saved before the waste option appears.

Bin questions in Hillingdon

How often does Hillingdon collect rubbish and recycling?

Household rubbish is collected every week. The page points you to the recycling service for everyday items that can be recycled.

How much is Hillingdon's garden waste subscription?

For 2026/27 the charge is £77. The service runs from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027. You can pay by card or by annual Direct Debit.

When is garden waste collected in Hillingdon?

Collections run Monday to Friday. They are weekly from March to November and fortnightly in the winter months, December to February, with changes over bank holidays. You need to be signed up. The service is open to houses, maisonettes and flats that have a garden.

When do I put the Hillingdon food caddy out?

On collection day, houses leave the caddy at the front of the property before 6am, inside the boundary where they can. Some flats use a 140L communal food bin and some a green outdoor food bin. The instructions say to check your collection day. They do not state that the round is weekly.

Who can get a food waste collection in Hillingdon?

The council's food waste page says the service is available for houses and maisonettes with private gardens, and for blocks of flats. Signing up is free, and the council sends what you need to start.

When can I report a missed bin in Hillingdon?

Not until after 1.30pm on the collection day, and the report has to be within 72 hours. Use Love Clean Streets. If the collection instructions were followed, the council says it will come back within 2 working days.

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