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Sutton 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 Sutton
These are the containers used in Sutton. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Food waste
Brown wheelie bin
Garden Waste collection
Paper and card
Black wheelie bin with blue lid
Mixed Recycling collection
Paper & Card collection
Container details
The container pictures and words are Sutton 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.
- Food waste: Communal properties with the food waste wheelie-bin service
- Paper and card: Communal properties with the paper and card wheelie-bin service
Container descriptions checked 18 September 2026; list of collections built from Sutton Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What happens to your recyclingSutton Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsSutton Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsSutton Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemSutton Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsSutton Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outSutton Borough Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Sutton 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 Sutton 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 borough councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my borough councillors on Sutton 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 Sutton compares
- Recycled or composted
- 41%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 470 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £57per household a year. Similar councils: £82
- Value for money
- 10 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.
Sutton announced changes to some collection days from 29 September 2025, alongside separate vehicles for rubbish and recycling. The council said dedicated vehicles would reduce contamination and improve recycling quality. Food-waste collections remained weekly, with rubbish, recycling and subscribed garden waste fortnightly. It expected a 9% reduction in vehicle emissions through shorter journeys and newer vehicles. The announcement followed the start of a new Veolia service and a summer survey in which 86% of residents said they were satisfied with waste collections. Assisted collections were to continue unchanged.
- Some waste collection changes — www.sutton.gov.uk