General household waste
Black sacks
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Christmas and New Year bin collections in Havering
We had not found Havering Borough Council’s arrangements for Christmas 2026 and New Year 2027 when we checked on 10 November 2026. We check every week until Christmas; councils often publish in late November or December.
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Bins in Havering
These are the containers used in Havering. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling
Container details
The container pictures and words are Havering 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.
- General household waste: Houses and converted flats with boundary sack collections
- General household waste: Not Flats with communal bin collections
Container descriptions checked 18 September 2026; list of collections built from Havering Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Black-sack collections for houses and converted flatsHavering Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsHavering Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsHavering Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemHavering Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsHavering Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outHavering Borough Council
Links checked 18 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Havering Borough Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
Missed-bin guidance checked 20 September 2026.
- Make a complaint to Havering 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 Havering Borough Council.
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Complaint routes verified 6 September 2026.
How Havering compares
- Recycled or composted
- 38%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 592 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £36per household a year. Similar councils: £70
- 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.
Havering’s separate household food-waste collections were delayed again until spring 2027, the Romford Recorder reported in September 2026. Vehicles were expected from January; the original October 2025 launch had already been postponed once. The council had ordered vehicles and was arranging food caddies, but said government funding would not meet all startup and continuing costs. Councillor Martynas Cekavicius promised to lobby for funding and update residents as delivery information became available. The planned weekly service would turn food scraps into biogas and fertiliser, reducing the amount placed in general rubbish.
- Havering food waste collection delayed until spring 2027 — www.romfordrecorder.co.uk