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Lewes 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 Lewes
These are the containers used in Lewes. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling
Container details
The container pictures and words are Lewes District 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.
List of collections built from Lewes District Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Household waste collection guidance for Lewes districtLewes District Council
- Garden waste collectionsLewes District Council and Eastbourne Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsLewes District Council and Eastbourne Borough Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Lewes District 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 Lewes District 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 district councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my district councillors on Lewes District 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 Lewes compares
- Recycled or composted
- 40%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 432 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £104per household a year. Similar councils: £62
- Value for money
- 2 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.
Lewes reported a provisional recycling rate of 41.2% for the year to March 2026, compared with 39.9% in 2024/25, in its September district newsletter. It said crews collect around 160 tonnes of dry recycling, 90 tonnes of garden waste and 30 tonnes of food waste each week. Garden and food waste become soil conditioner for local use. Councillor Wendy Maples thanked residents for using food-waste collections and urged careful sorting to reduce contamination. The newsletter also asked households to keep caddies visible on darker mornings without blocking pavements.
- Lewes District News – September 2026 – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle — communityactioneastsussex.org.uk