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Epsom and Ewell bin collection dates
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- Get an email the evening before
- Print an A4 sheet for the fridge
Bins in Epsom and Ewell
These are the containers used in Epsom and Ewell. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Green recycling bin
Recycling and Food
Container details
The container pictures and words are Epsom and Ewell 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 Epsom and Ewell Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Put the right thing in the right binEpsom and Ewell Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsEpsom and Ewell Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsEpsom and Ewell Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemEpsom and Ewell Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outEpsom and Ewell Borough Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Epsom and Ewell 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 Epsom and Ewell 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 Epsom and Ewell 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 Epsom and Ewell compares
- Recycled or composted
- 51%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 395 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £70per household a year. Similar councils: £56
- Value for money
- 3 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.
Epsom and Ewell expanded its mixed-recycling list from 31 March 2026 under the national Simpler Recycling changes. Residents can now include clean cartons, foil trays, non-black plastic plant pots and empty squeezy metal or plastic tubes, including toothpaste tubes.
Clean foil is also accepted when scrunched into a ball at least tennis-ball size. The council says the reforms aim to reduce confusion caused by different local recycling rules and shift funding costs towards producers. Empty aerosols were already collected locally, so their inclusion is not a new Epsom and Ewell service.
- New items for recycling from March 2026 — www.epsom-ewell.gov.uk