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New Forest 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 New Forest
These are the containers used in New Forest. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycle 240L
Food waste
Glass Box
Container details
The container pictures and words are New Forest 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.
Container descriptions checked 18 September 2026; list of collections built from New Forest District Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Damaged or lost bins, caddies and glass boxesNew Forest District Council
- New collection service bins and food waste caddiesNew Forest District Council
- When and where to put your bins outNew Forest District Council
- Garden waste collectionsNew Forest District Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemNew Forest District Council
- Get help putting your bins outNew Forest District Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell New Forest District 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.
- Report another bin collection problemAnything else about the collection or your bins.
- Make a complaint to New Forest 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 New Forest 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 New Forest compares
- Recycled or composted
- 37%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 444 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £48per household a year. Similar councils: £55
- Value for money
- 1 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.
New Forest’s third phase of waste-service changes was scheduled for the week of 11 May 2026, according to Marchwood Parish Council. Households in that phase were told rubbish and recycling would alternate weekly in wheelie bins, with weekly food-waste collections and glass collected every four weeks. Residents were instructed to keep using sacks until their start date. The announcement also reported that the new service had collected more than 2,000 tonnes of food waste by February 2026, reducing incineration. Households with medical needs, large families or nappies were offered a route to apply for extra waste or recycling capacity.
- New waste collection service — marchwoodparish.gov.uk