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Spelthorne 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 Spelthorne
These are the containers used in Spelthorne. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Container details
The container pictures and words are Spelthorne Borough Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
Container descriptions checked 19 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Rubbish bin contents, extra waste and replacement binsSpelthorne Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsSpelthorne Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsSpelthorne Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemSpelthorne Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outSpelthorne Borough Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Spelthorne 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 Spelthorne 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 district councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my district councillors on Spelthorne 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 Spelthorne compares
- Recycled or composted
- 45%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 431 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £79per household a year. Similar councils: £56
- 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.
Spelthorne’s March 2026 recycling changes expanded the range of materials accepted in existing mixed-recycling bins, including cartons, foil, non-black plant pots and empty squeezy tubes. The council explicitly rejected suggestions that residents would need additional bins or face a changed collection timetable.
It said misleading claims about the national Simpler Recycling reforms were circulating online and in the media. Residents are directed to the council’s recycling search tool for uncertain items; food, dirty packaging, textiles, electricals and nappies remain excluded from mixed recycling. Spelthorne already provided the core collection services required by the reforms.
- Simpler Recycling 2026 | Spelthorne Borough Council — www.spelthorne.gov.uk