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Fareham 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 Fareham
These are the containers used in Fareham. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling
Blue-top bin
Garden waste
Container details
The container pictures and words are Fareham 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 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Fareham Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What can go in refuse, recycling and garden waste binsFareham Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsFareham Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsFareham Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemFareham Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsFareham Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outFareham Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsFareham Borough Council
Links checked 18 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Fareham 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 Fareham 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 Fareham 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 Fareham compares
- Recycled or composted
- 37%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 443 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £48per household a year. Similar councils: £57
- Value for money
- 7 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.
Fareham asked residents for feedback on proposed changes to its household waste and recycling policy, with a consultation deadline of 28 August 2026. Questions covered whether the guidance was understandable, enforcement measures and the food-waste service. The council said around 60% of households had started using food-waste collections since their introduction earlier in the year. It offered online and paper responses and planned two public roadshow events for discussion. Councillor Ian Bastable said the aim was clearer guidance and better use of services; the announcement did not establish the final policy outcome.
- Cookies on Fareham Borough Council's website — www.fareham.gov.uk