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Brent bin collection dates
- Add your dates to Google, Apple or Outlook calendar
- Get an email the evening before
- Print an A4 sheet for the fridge
Bins in Brent
These are the containers used in Brent. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling collection
Food waste collection
Paper and cardboard
Blue sack
Paper and cardboard collection
Container details
The container pictures and words are Brent Borough Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
Greyed-out bin icons are placeholders where the container type or colour is not confirmed.
Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Brent Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What you can put in your binsBrent Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsBrent Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsBrent Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemBrent Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outBrent Borough Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Brent Borough Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
- Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
- Make a complaint to Brent Borough CouncilIf reporting it didn't fix it.
Complaint didn't work either? Ask your councillors
If you've already reported the problem and used the council's complaints process, your borough councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my borough councillors on Brent Borough Council.
WriteToThem is an independent mySociety service. You'll enter your postcode there before choosing who to contact.
Complaint routes verified 6 September 2026.
How Brent compares
- Recycled or composted
- 33%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 423 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £67per household a year. Similar councils: £68
- Value for money
- 7 out of 10 An independently constructed WhenIsBins rating, not an official government rating.
Official figures for England, 2024 to 2025.
Local bins and recycling news
AI-generated summary, reviewed before publication. Checked 18 September 2026.
Brent agreed to review its blue-sack recycling system after councillors challenged its performance, the Standard reported in July 2026. A 3,500-signature petition had opposed the sacks, citing quality and capacity problems.
The review will consider restoring wheelie bins where sacks cause difficulties, while keeping sacks where they work best. Cabinet member Promise Knight acknowledged disappointing recycling rates but said separating paper and card had reduced contamination and generated income for frontline services. Councillors also highlighted the space constraints facing people in flats, arguing that different housing needs different collection arrangements.
- North London council to roll back use of blue sacks as residents ... — www.standard.co.uk