Who to contact about a bin collection

Your district or borough council is responsible for your bin and household waste recycling collections.

They are also responsible for:

• replacement wheelie bins, recycling boxes, nets and sacks
• household garden waste collections
• bulky waste collections
• queries relating to missed wheelie bin and recycling collections
• queries relating to materials collected in your recycling collections
• payments for garden waste collections
• sharps bins used to dispose needles and syringes

Find your district council

Clinical waste

You will need to arrange a special collection for the disposal of any household clinical waste. This can include: 

• human tissue
• blood and other bodily fluids
• swabs and dressings
• syringes, needles or other sharp instruments

If you need to dispose of clinical waste, please contact your doctor's surgery or local health centre to request a sharps box or clinical waste sack.

Request a clinical waste collection

Contact your district council to arrange collection of:

• yellow sharps boxes for medical syringes

Contact your doctor’s surgery or local health centre to arrange collection of:

• yellow clinical waste sacks for any waste contaminated with blood or other bodily fluids