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Elmbridge 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 Elmbridge
These are the containers used in Elmbridge. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling
Blue-lidded recycling bin
Food waste
Clothes, textiles and small electricals
Container details
The container pictures and words are Elmbridge 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 19 September 2026; list of collections built from Elmbridge Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What goes in your recycling binElmbridge Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsElmbridge Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsElmbridge Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemElmbridge Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsElmbridge Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outElmbridge Borough Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Elmbridge 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 Elmbridge 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 district councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my district councillors on Elmbridge 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 Elmbridge compares
- Recycled or composted
- 54%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 395 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £51per household a year. Similar councils: £61
- Value for money
- 8 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.
Elmbridge News reported in September 2026 that Veolia was set to replace Amey as the borough’s waste and street-cleaning contractor on 6 June 2027. Collections would initially stay the same, with changes to rounds planned for September 2027 and advance notice promised to residents. The initial agreement lasts seven years, also covering Mole Valley, Surrey Heath and Woking. Planned additions include bookable collections for small electrical items, batteries and textiles, plus mobile recycling centres. The report said locations and opening patterns for those mobile centres had not yet been announced.
- Elmbridge bin collections: Veolia takes over in June 2027 — elmbridgenews.co.uk