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Hackney bin collection dates
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Bins in Hackney
These are the containers used in Hackney. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling
Green recycling bags
Food
Garden waste
Brown garden waste wheelie bin
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Container details
The container pictures and words are Hackney 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.
- Recycling: Houses and flats in converted houses
- Recycling: Not Estates and blocks of flats; orange bags are indoor transport bags
- Garden waste: Subscribers supplied with a brown wheelie bin
- Garden waste: Not Garden subscriptions using reusable bags
Container descriptions checked 19 September 2026; list of collections built from Hackney Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Bins, bags and collections for your property typeHackney Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsHackney Borough Council
- Find shared food waste bin locationsHackney Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemHackney Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsHackney Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outHackney Borough Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Hackney 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 Hackney 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 Hackney 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 Hackney compares
- Recycled or composted
- 25%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 488 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £87per household a year. Similar councils: £71
- 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.
Hackney’s estates recycling programme is selecting locations for its sixth phase, with residents invited to suggest where bin chutes should close and waste facilities improve. The council says more than 200 estates mean improvements cannot happen everywhere at once.
Its programme update reports 97 new bin stores across 17 estates in earlier phases, including work carried out in 2020 and 2023–24. At Milton Gardens, it reports recycling doubled from 9% to 18% within a year. It attributes the changes to recycling, fire-safety and environmental goals, and offers assisted collections for residents who struggle to reach altered bin stores.
- Estates recycling programme | Hackney Council — hackney.gov.uk