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Slough 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 Slough
These are the containers used in Slough. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Garden waste
Green bins
Waste
Container details
The container pictures and words are Slough 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.
Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Slough Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Replace damaged, stolen or missing binsSlough Borough Council
- What goes in my binsSlough Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsSlough Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsSlough Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemSlough Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsSlough Borough Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Slough 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 Slough 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 unitary authority councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my unitary authority councillors on Slough 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 Slough compares
- Recycled or composted
- 27%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 593 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £52per household a year. Similar councils: £79
- Value for money
- 7 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.
Slough Council says weekly food-waste collections are now available to every household, including flats, after a trial and phased rollout. Houses use indoor and outdoor caddies, while larger blocks share outdoor food bins. Collections take place on the usual bin day, and residents can reuse carrier bags or bread bags rather than buying special liners. In its original announcement, the council said the service would free space in grey rubbish bins and reduce problems with flies. Collected food is taken to a Surrey facility to produce electricity-generating biogas and fertiliser.
- Food waste – Slough Borough Council — www.slough.gov.uk
- Food waste collections for all by April 2026 - Slough Borough Council — www.slough.gov.uk