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Tonbridge and Malling 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 Tonbridge and Malling
These are the containers used in Tonbridge and Malling. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Mixed recycling
Green-lidded bin
Food waste
Brown garden waste
Paper and cardboard
Green recycling box
Container details
The container pictures and words are Tonbridge and Malling 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.
- Check what goes in each bin – Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
- Check what goes in each bin – Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- New or replacement bins, recycling boxes and repairsTonbridge and Malling Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsTonbridge and Malling Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsTonbridge and Malling Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemTonbridge and Malling Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsTonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Links checked 18 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Tonbridge and Malling 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 Tonbridge and Malling 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 Tonbridge and Malling 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 Tonbridge and Malling compares
- Recycled or composted
- 48%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 449 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £37per household a year. Similar councils: £71
- Value for money
- 9 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.
Tonbridge and Malling and Tunbridge Wells councils awarded FCC Environment a new joint waste and recycling contract, reported in May 2026. It will run for an initial 12 years from 1 April 2027 and includes household collections and street cleansing.
Residents were told to expect no significant collection changes when the contract starts because the service already meets Simpler Recycling requirements. The award therefore extends an existing partnership rather than announcing an immediate switch to a different collection company.
- Kent councils award joint 12-year contract to FCC ... — www.circularonline.co.uk