Refuse
Green refuse bin
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All councilsEast Hampshire 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
Christmas and New Year bin collections in East Hampshire
Household collections. Refuse, recycling, food waste and glass collections up to Thursday 24 December are unchanged. From Friday 25 December each collection moves a day later, up to Friday 8 January, which is collected on Saturday 9 January; for example Friday 25 December moves to Monday 28 December, Thursday 31 December to Saturday 2 January 2027 and Friday 1 January to Monday 4 January. Normal service resumes on Monday 11 January 2027, and garden waste is suspended from Monday 21 December, restarting on Monday 4 January 2027.
Council source. Checked 10 November 2026.
Look up your address above for its dates. Christmas and New Year collections across the UK.
Bins in East Hampshire
These are the containers used in East Hampshire. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling
Recycling (black) bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are East Hampshire District Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What can (and can't) go in your binsEast Hampshire District Council
- Food waste caddy rollout and use guidanceEast Hampshire District Council
- Garden waste collectionsEast Hampshire District Council
- Food waste collectionsEast Hampshire District Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemEast Hampshire District Council
- Recycling centres and tipsHampshire County Council
- Get help putting your bins outEast Hampshire District Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell East Hampshire District 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.
- Make a complaint to East Hampshire District 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 district councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my district councillors on East Hampshire District 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 East Hampshire compares
- Recycled or composted
- 35%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 457 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £90per household a year. Similar councils: £65
- Value for money
- 1 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.
East Hampshire is preparing to introduce weekly food-waste collections in October 2026, with caddy deliveries already under way. In August, the council urged residents not to start using the new containers early after some households had already filled them.
It advised anyone affected to empty that food into their refuse bin and start again the week before their first collection. Most homes will receive kitchen and outdoor caddies; communal bin areas will have a shared container. Residents can sign up for council collection updates. The council says collected food will generate energy and soil improver for farmers.
- Food waste collections | East Hampshire District Council — www.easthants.gov.uk
- Less haste, says EHDC as patience urged over food waste collections — www.haslemereherald.com