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Surrey Heath 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 Surrey Heath
These are the containers used in Surrey Heath. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
or Recycling
Green recycling bin, or black recycling bin with a blue lid
Food waste
Garden
Batteries-small electricals-textiles
Container details
The container pictures and words are Surrey Heath 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.
- Recycling: Households supplied with a green recycling bin
- Recycling: Not Black recycling bins with blue lids
- Recycling: Households supplied with a black recycling bin with a blue lid
- Recycling: Not Green recycling bins
Container descriptions checked 19 September 2026; list of collections built from Surrey Heath Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Which bin to use and where to find collection guidanceSurrey Heath Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsSurrey Heath Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsSurrey Heath Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsJoint Waste Solutions
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Surrey Heath Borough Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
Missed-bin guidance checked 20 September 2026.
- Make a complaint to Surrey Heath 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 Surrey Heath 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 Surrey Heath compares
- Recycled or composted
- 59%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 346 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £119per household a year. Similar councils: £57
- Value for money
- 3 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.
Surrey Heath’s executive approved a new joint waste contract in July 2026, aiming to avoid disruption when Amey’s existing agreement ends in June 2027. Joint Waste Solutions manages the existing agreement on behalf of the four councils. The council said price and service quality carried equal weight in choosing the preferred bidder. An August BBC report subsequently named Veolia for an initial seven-year term covering Surrey Heath, Woking, Mole Valley and Elmbridge. Planned improvements include bookable collections of small electrical items, batteries and textiles, with a customer service centre moving to Surrey.
- New Joint Waste Contract approved — www.surreyheath.gov.uk
- New £632m contract to change rubbish collection — www.bbc.com