WhenIsBinswhenisbins
All councils

Waltham Forest bin collection dates

Then choose your address. Dates come from Waltham Forest Borough Council's own bin checker. We are not the council.

  • Add your dates to Google, Apple or Outlook calendar
  • Get an email the evening before
  • Print an A4 sheet for the fridge

Missed bin or a problem

Bins in Waltham Forest

These are the containers used in Waltham Forest. Which ones a home has depends on its address.

  • Refuse Collection Service

  • Food Waste Collection Service

  • Garden waste

    Brown bin

  • Black bin

    Black bin for all other rubbish

  • or

    Green bins or green sacks

    Green recycling bin, or green recycling sack

Container details

The container pictures and words are Waltham Forest 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.

  • Black bin: Homes with their own wheelie bins
  • Green bins or green sacks: Homes using a green bin rather than green sacks
  • Green bins or green sacks: Homes using green sacks rather than a green bin

Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Waltham Forest Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.

Links checked 17 September 2026.

Missed bin or a problem

Tell Waltham Forest Borough Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.

  1. Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
  2. Make a complaint to Waltham Forest 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 Waltham Forest 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 Waltham Forest compares

Recycled or composted
34%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
Rubbish not recycled
556 kgper household a year
Cost of collections
£95per household a year. Similar councils: £70
Value for money
6 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.

Waltham Forest reported less waste going for disposal and more recycling after moving most houses to fortnightly rubbish collections in March 2025. A March 2026 report said landfill-bound waste fell 14% between spring 2024 and summer 2025, while dry recycling rose 13.5% and food recycling 19.3%. Councillor Clyde Loakes credited the collection change, while saying further improvement was needed. Flats retained weekly rubbish collections, and recycling and food caddies remained weekly. Separately, the council announced additional mobile CCTV in March 2026 to deter fly-tipping, after clearing one reported dump and issuing an £800 penalty.

Tell us something is wrong