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Sutton bin collection days

Sutton collects house food waste every week, and collects the brown general-waste bin every two weeks. Paper and card go in a green wheelie bin one fortnight, and plastics, glass, cans and cartons go in a box on the alternate fortnight. Garden waste is a paid fortnightly subscription.

Last checked against 6 sources (www.sutton.gov.uk).

What goes in each bin

Brown wheelie bin for general waste · General waste

Bin · Every two weeks

Yes please

  • Non-recyclable rubbish
  • Wet or dirty cardboard, such as food-stained pizza boxes
  • Plastic bags and film
  • Polystyrene
  • Nappies

Not in this one

  • Recycling
  • Food waste
  • Electrical items
  • Batteries
  • Gas canisters
  • DIY and building waste
  • Hazardous waste, including asbestos, oil-based paints, antifreeze, chemicals and petrol

Source: www.sutton.gov.uk (opens in a new tab), read

Green wheelie bin for paper and card · Paper and card

Bin · Every two weeks

Yes please

  • Newspapers and magazines
  • Card and cardboard
  • Toilet and kitchen roll tubes
  • Egg boxes

Not in this one

  • Plastic bags
  • Dirty cardboard, such as food-stained pizza boxes
  • Food and drink cartons
  • Disposable face masks
  • Tissue paper
  • Shredded paper, unless it is inside a paper bag or envelope
  • General waste

Source: www.sutton.gov.uk (opens in a new tab), read

Recycling box for plastics, glass, cans and cartons · Mixed recycling

Box · Every two weeks

Yes please

  • Plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays
  • Glass jars and bottles
  • Cans, tins, aerosols and tin foil
  • Food and drink cartons

Not in this one

  • Plastic bags
  • Plastic film
  • Rigid plastic, such as toys and plant pots

Source: www.sutton.gov.uk (opens in a new tab), read

Food waste caddy · Food waste

Caddy · Every week

Yes please

  • Uneaten food and plate scrapings
  • Raw and cooked fruit and vegetables, including peelings
  • Cooked and raw meat, chicken, fish and bones
  • Rice, pasta and beans
  • Bread, cakes and pastries
  • Cheese and eggs
  • Tea bags, loose tea and coffee grounds
  • Cut flowers

Not in this one

  • Plastic bags
  • Packaging of any kind
  • Liquids such as milk
  • Oil or liquid fat
  • Garden waste

Source: www.sutton.gov.uk (opens in a new tab), read

Garden waste bin · Garden waste

Bin · Every two weeks

Yes please

  • Grass and hedge clippings
  • Leaves
  • Twigs and sticks
  • Old plants and weeds
  • Branches up to 22cm in diameter
  • Windfalls, such as fallen apples

Not in this one

  • Bricks, rubble, soil and turf
  • Plant pots and polystyrene plant containers
  • Animal waste and animal bedding
  • Garden tools and general garden rubbish
  • Sacks, including old garden-waste sacks, plastic sacks and compostable bags
  • Branches over 30cm in diameter
  • Japanese knotweed
  • Wire, string, plastic or metal
  • Liquids such as paint, pesticides and weed killers
  • Food waste

Source: www.sutton.gov.uk (opens in a new tab), read

Check your bin day

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Live bin day lookups for Sutton are planned. Until then, Sutton’s own page will show your collection day.

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

How often each bin is collected

Collection frequency by bin for Sutton
BinCollected
Brown wheelie bin for general waste · General wasteEvery two weeks
Green wheelie bin for paper and card · Paper and cardEvery two weeks
Recycling box for plastics, glass, cans and cartons · Mixed recyclingEvery two weeks
Food waste caddy · Food wasteEvery week
Garden waste bin · Garden wasteEvery two weeks

Garden waste

Garden waste is a paid-for service. The annual subscription is £99 per bin, and a household can have as many bins as it needs. That buys 24 fortnightly collections. Bins are sent within 10 days of payment, and the year starts on the first collection. Pay online by debit or credit card, or call 0208 770 5000, Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. The service breaks for four weeks over the festive period, from Wednesday 6 January 2027 to Sunday 31 January 2027, and starts again on Monday 1 February 2027. Christmas trees are collected in that break. The bin has to be at the edge of the property, not on the pavement, by 6 am.

Source: www.sutton.gov.uk (opens in a new tab), read

If your bin was missed

Report a missed bin, box or caddy online, then leave it at the front of the property, close to the pavement but not on it. The crew will not come back if it was not out before 6:00 am, held the wrong waste, or was too heavy. After a successful report, a crew returns within two working days. Wait until after 6:00 pm on the collection day. Crews work until 6:00 pm. The report has to be within two working days, Monday to Friday.

Source: www.sutton.gov.uk (opens in a new tab), read

Your nearest tip

Good to know in Sutton

  • House containers go at the boundary, in line with the footpath but not on it, by 6:00 am. The food service is a small indoor caddy and a larger outdoor caddy with a lockable lid. Line the indoor caddy with a compostable liner or newspaper, not a plastic bag. Cut flowers are on the food list. Garden waste is not.
  • Paper and card must be clean and dry. Extra card can be flat-packed and kept dry beside the green bin. The box takes rinsed bottles, pots, tubs, trays, glass, cans, aerosols, tin foil and cartons. Rigid plastics such as toys and plant pots stay out of the box. The council runs a strict one-bin policy for each stream. A larger bin can be requested where medical needs create extra waste, or where a large family needs more capacity.
  • Flats above shops use council bags twice a week, one blue-stripe recycling bag and one red-stripe rubbish bag each time. A different bag can be treated as fly-tipping. Those red bags may hold food waste. Bag supplies are delivered every 3 months, and extra red bags are not provided. Side and rear collections are not made from houses.
  • Garden waste must be loose in the bin. Anything else in the bin, or waste left beside it, is not taken. The accepted list stops at branches of 22cm diameter, which the page also gives as 8 inches, and refuses branches over 30cm. There is no stated bin colour on the garden pages.
  • As of 3 October 2026 the centre page gave the address as Household Reuse and Recycle Centre, Kimpton Park Way, off Oldfields Road, A217, Sutton, SM3 9QH. Cars, pedestrians and bicycles can use the reuse site and shop Monday to Saturday 9am to 5pm, and Sunday 9am to 2pm. Christmas Eve is 9am to 12pm. Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day are closed. Other bank holidays are 9am to 5pm. Vans and large vehicles are Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm and Saturday 9am to 12:30pm, with no Sunday or bank holiday access. A time slot has to be booked. Business and trade waste is refused, including gardening or building work done by someone who is not the homeowner.

Bin questions in Sutton

How often does Sutton collect house bins?

Food waste is collected every week. General waste is collected every two weeks in the brown wheelie bin. Paper and card, and the box for plastics, glass, cans and cartons, are each collected every two weeks, on alternate weeks.

How much is Sutton garden waste?

£99 per bin for 24 fortnightly collections. The service stops from 6 January 2027 to 31 January 2027 and starts again on 1 February 2027. You can subscribe for more than one bin.

When can I report a missed Sutton bin?

After 6:00 pm on the collection day, and within two working days, Monday to Friday. It will not be recollected if it was late, contaminated or too heavy. A successful report is collected within two working days.

Do Sutton flats above shops use the same bins?

No. The bag service is twice a week, one blue-stripe recycling bag and one red-stripe rubbish bag. Food waste is listed as allowed in the red bag. Supplies of bags are delivered every 3 months.

Where do Sutton house bins go?

At the boundary of the property, in line with the footpath but not on it. The missed-collection page says they need to be out before 6:00 am. The council runs a one-bin policy for each waste stream.

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