Recycling
Blue wheeled recycling bin
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Ealing 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 Ealing
These are the containers used in Ealing. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Container details
The container pictures and words are Ealing Borough Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
- Recycling: Homes with individual wheeled recycling bins
- Recycling: Not Communal recycling bins
Container descriptions checked 19 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Household recycling and what goes in the binEaling Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsEaling Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsEaling Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemEaling Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsEaling Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outEaling Borough Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Ealing Borough Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
Missed-bin guidance checked 20 September 2026.
- Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
- Report another bin collection problemAnything else about the collection or your bins.
- Make a complaint to Ealing 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 Ealing Borough Council.
WriteToThem is an independent mySociety service. You'll enter your postcode there before choosing who to contact.
Complaint routes verified 7 September 2026.
How Ealing compares
- Recycled or composted
- 49%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 263 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £75per household a year. Similar councils: £68
- 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.
Ealing announced changes to its 2026/27 garden-waste service after nearly 3,000 existing users gave feedback, including a lower annual price and shorter winter pause. Subscriptions cost £75, or £50 for residents aged 65 or over or receiving means-tested benefits.
The winter break falls from eleven weeks to eight, responding to complaints that the old pause was too long. New part-year options cover July and October joiners, with proportionate refunds for subscribers moving away. Fortnightly collections continue outside winter, and January Christmas-tree collections remain available. More than 16,000 households already use the service.
- Prices pruned back for garden waste recycling service — www.aroundealing.com