If you live in a house or a flat within a house, your service may include...
Recycling
Brown wheelie bin | Collected once every 2 weeks
Rubbish
Dark grey wheelie bin | Collected weekly
Sorry, no food waste recycling
If you live on an estate or in a flat with communal bins, your service may include...
Recycling
Blue communal bin or 2 blue communal bins (one for paper/card and one for mixed recycling) | Collected every 2 weeks.
Rubbish
Silver and grey communal bin | Collected weekly
Sorry, no food waste recycling
If you live in a flat above a shop, your service may include...
Recycling
Blue communal bin | Collected at least weekly
Recycling
Brown wheelie bin | Collected at least weekly
Rubbish
Silver communal bin | Collected at least weekly
Rubbish
Grey wheelie bin | Collected at least weekly
Sorry, no food recycling
You can recycle...
Tins and cans
Plastic bottles
You can't recycle...
Plastic pots, tubs and trays
Crisp packets
Plastic film
Polystyrene
Garden waste
If you have a garden, you can sign up for a paid garden waste collection. Green wheelie bin. Collection every 2 weeks between March and December.
Bulky waste
You can book a paid bulky waste collection if you have large items you no longer want.
Useful information
Your local reuse and recycling centre
Frizlands Lane Depot, Rainham Road North, Dagenham, RM10 7HX
A-Z of recycling
You can use our A-Z search to find out if something can be recycled and how to recycle it properly.
