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Harrow 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 Harrow
These are the containers used in Harrow. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recyclables
Food
Garden waste
Garden waste bin (brown)
Container details
The container pictures and words are Harrow 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 Harrow Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Bin types for houses and flatsHarrow Borough Council
- Request a bin repairHarrow Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsHarrow Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsHarrow Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemHarrow Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outHarrow Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsHarrow Borough Council
Links checked 14 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Harrow 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 Harrow 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 Harrow Borough Council.
WriteToThem is an independent mySociety service. You'll enter your postcode there before choosing who to contact.
Complaint routes verified 7 September 2026.
How Harrow compares
- Recycled or composted
- 31%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 640 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £68per household a year. Similar councils: £73
- Value for money
- 4 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.
Harrow Council announced tougher oversight of its contracted environmental enforcement in August 2026, after suspending Kingdom’s activity in June over conduct concerns. A newly recruited team was due to return from 1 September to tackle offences including littering and fly-tipping. The council said officers must use body-worn cameras, and penalty notices without supporting footage would be cancelled. Kingdom would audit at least 40% of footage for six months, with weekly oversight meetings and stronger complaint handling. Residents were invited to report concerns about officer conduct through the council’s complaints service.
- Update on Environment Enforcement - London Borough of Harrow — www.harrow.gov.uk