General household waste
Wheelie bin with a dark grey or black lid
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Worthing 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 Worthing
These are the containers used in Worthing. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
or Recycling
Wheelie bin with a blue lid, or blue box for recycling
Container details
The container pictures and words are Worthing Borough Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
- General household waste: Most households, those with a wheelie bin for general household waste
- Recycling: Homes with a recycling wheelie bin rather than a blue box
- Recycling: Homes with a blue box rather than a recycling wheelie bin
Container descriptions checked 20 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- When and where to put your bins outWorthing Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsWorthing Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsWorthing Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemWorthing Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsWorthing Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outWorthing Borough Council
Links checked 20 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Worthing Borough Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
Missed-bin guidance checked 20 September 2026.
- Report another bin collection problemAnything else about the collection or your bins.
- Make a complaint to Worthing 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 Worthing 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 Worthing compares
- Recycled or composted
- 43%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 417 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £26per household a year. Similar councils: £58
- 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.
Worthing is introducing weekly food-waste collections in stages from September 2026, with household start dates supplied alongside caddies and information packs. The joint Adur and Worthing announcement was released in August; households not included in the first phase will be contacted later. Existing fortnightly rubbish and recycling rounds and collection days stay unchanged. Flats receive shared outdoor food bins, while houses receive individual containers. Collected food will produce energy and fertiliser at a plant near Horsham. Councillor Martin McCabe said separating food should improve recycling and help residents recognise how much edible food they waste.
- Food waste collections — www.adur-worthing.gov.uk
- Food waste collections set to launch in Adur and Worthing from ... — www.adur-worthing.gov.uk