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Camden bin collection dates

Then choose your address. Dates come from Camden Borough Council's own bin checker. We are not the council.

  • Add your dates to Google, Apple or Outlook calendar
  • Get an email the evening before
  • Print an A4 sheet for the fridge

Christmas and New Year bin collections in Camden

We had not found Camden Borough Council’s arrangements for Christmas 2026 and New Year 2027 when we checked on 10 November 2026. We check every week until Christmas; councils often publish in late November or December.

Check the council’s bins information.

Look up your address above for its dates. Christmas and New Year collections across the UK.

Missed bin or a problem

Bins in Camden

These are the containers used in Camden. Which ones a home has depends on its address.

  • Rubbish

    Orange rubbish bags

  • Recycling collection

  • Food collection

Container details

The container pictures and words are Camden 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.

  • Rubbish: Residents living in flats above shops
  • Rubbish: Not Other homes; residual orange bags do not establish continuing provision

Container descriptions checked 19 September 2026; list of collections built from Camden Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.

Links checked 17 September 2026.

Missed bin or a problem

Tell Camden Borough Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.

  1. Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
  2. Report another bin collection problemAnything else about the collection or your bins.
  3. Make a complaint to Camden 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 Camden 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 Camden compares

Recycled or composted
28%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
Rubbish not recycled
329 kgper household a year
Cost of collections
£71per household a year. Similar councils: £73
Value for money
10 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.

Camden’s recycling challenges were highlighted in a September 2025 report: the borough recycled 29.1% of waste in 2023/24, against a 35% target for 2025. The report said estates lagged behind kerbside collections and described work on clearer signs, resident engagement and food waste workshops.

Veolia’s account of its eight-year contract extension described plans for 14 electric collection vehicles, revised routes and extra street cleaning. Camden’s deputy leader said an additional £1 million was being invested. Veolia said the changes were intended to improve air quality and provide cleaner streets for residents, businesses and visitors.

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