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Islington 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 Islington
These are the containers used in Islington. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling
Green wheelie bin
Food waste recycling
Container details
The container pictures and words are Islington 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: Homes buying their own wheelie bin under the council guidance
Container descriptions checked 18 September 2026; list of collections built from Islington Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Green recycling boxes for houses and converted flatsIslington Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsIslington Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsIslington Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemIslington Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outIslington Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsIslington Borough Council
Links checked 18 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Islington Borough Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
- 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 Islington 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 Islington 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 Islington compares
- Recycled or composted
- 33%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 284 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £44per household a year. Similar councils: £71
- Value for money
- 6 out of 10 An independently constructed WhenIsBins rating, not an official government rating.
Official figures for England, 2024 to 2025.