Rubbish
Black rubbish bag
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Kensington and Chelsea 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 Kensington and Chelsea
These are the containers used in Kensington and Chelsea. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Mixed recycling
Clear recycling bags
Container details
The container pictures and words are Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
- Rubbish: Residents using doorstep bag collections
- Mixed recycling: Residents using doorstep bag collections
- Mixed recycling: Not Container bins and mini recycling centres
Container descriptions checked 19 September 2026; list of collections built from Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Clear recycling bags and what to do if a delivery is missedKensington and Chelsea Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsKensington and Chelsea Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsKensington and Chelsea Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsKensington and Chelsea Borough Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Kensington and Chelsea 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.
- Make a complaint to Kensington and Chelsea 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 Kensington and Chelsea 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 Kensington and Chelsea compares
- Recycled or composted
- 23%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 404 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £156per household a year. Similar councils: £68
- Value for money
- 1 out of 10 Limited confidence. 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.
A report for Kensington and Chelsea’s Environment Select Committee on 17 September 2026 said weekly food-waste collections now reached every residential property. The final rollout phase finished in April, with communal bins, individual caddies and tailored arrangements for different homes, including flats above shops. Collections averaged 82.3 tonnes monthly in the first seven months of 2026, against a year-end ambition of 100 tonnes. Officers reported a £504,000 funding pressure for collection crews, partly offset by temporary grants. Their next priorities included helping residents participate and improving communal-bin locations, capacity and cleanliness.
- Environment Select Committee — www.rbkc.gov.uk