Bexley: which bins go out tonight?
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What Bexley collects
Mixed recycling or cans
Recycling bins with a white lid
What goes in:
- glass bottles and jars (metal lids can also be recycled, but separately)
- plastic bottles
- plastic food containers like yoghurt pots, spread tubs and trays that hold meat, fruit or ready meals
- food and drink cartons and cans
- foil (scrunched into a ball) and foil food trays
- plastic tubes eg toothpaste, icing tubes
- metal tubes eg tomato puree tubes
- plastic tubs or metal tins from sweets and cakes
- plastic plant pots
What doesn't go in:
- other household plastics like, film plastics, crisp packets, plastic carrier bags and black sacks
- labels and cut flower cellophane
- mirrors or sheet glass (see dangerous waste)
- lightbulbs
- glass cookware (like Pyrex) or drinking glasses
- pet food pouches
- polystyrene
- nappies
- batteries and any electronic or electrical items
- Putting any of these items in with your recycling makes it more difficult and expensive for us to sort and could mean we don’t collect your recycling. Please put them into your general waste bin or take them to the reuse and recycling centres for recycling or disposal. Batteries, electrical items and lightbulbs should never be placed into your general waste bin.
- No additional rubbish and recycling left at the side of your bins will be collected.
Bexley says: Put all recycling in the bin loose. Do not put items inside plastic bags, as these will not be collected.
Source: www.bexley.gov.uk
Paper and cardboard
Recycling bins with a blue lid
What goes in:
- newspapers and magazines
- letters, envelopes and junk mail (whole or shredded)
- cereal boxes and other dry food and medicine packaging
- paper bags
- cardboard boxes (broken down, flattened and placed inside wheeled bin)
What doesn't go in:
- food or drink cartons
- plastics (including bags), glass or foil
- foam cups, or used paper cups, plates and straws
- foil/glittery wrapping paper or gift bags
- plastics carrier bags and black sacks
- No additional rubbish and recycling left at the side of your bins will be collected.
Bexley says: Put all recycling in the bin loose. Do not put items inside plastic bags, as these will not be collected.
Source: www.bexley.gov.uk
Garden waste
Brown wheelie bin
What goes in:
- hedge cuttings
- grass cuttings
- weeds
- plants
- flowers
- dead leaves
- twigs
- fallen fruit
- real Christmas trees (no decorations) - Can be placed next to the garden waste bin when cut into 2/3 pieces
What doesn't go in:
- food waste
- plastic bags/cut flower cellophane
- manure, dog poo, cat litter and pet bedding
- soil, stones, gravel and rubble
- fences, MDF, or treated wood
- plastic plant pots/labels
- large branches or logs over 6cm in diameter
Bexley says: Your wheeled bin needs to be left on the front edge of your property (within 1 metre of your property boundary) for collection. If you do not have enough space at the front of your property your bins may be left on the pavement for collection, if they do not cause an obstruction. They must be taken in again as soon as they are emptied and must not be left on the pavement at any other time. All garden waste wheeled bins are to be put out at the front boundary of your property by 6am. If your bin is not placed out on time it will not be collected until the next scheduled collection day and a missed collection will not be able to be logged. Collections for the Garden Waste Service will occur every two weeks, apart from the Christmas and New Year period when there will be 4 weeks between collections. The London Borough of Bexley reserves the right not to empty a bin that in its opinion poses a health and safety risk to operatives. This includes heavy bins which residents will be required to reduce the weight of before they are emptied. If bins continue to present a health and safety concern the householder will be contacted by The London Borough of Bexley and offered advice on using this service. If this continues the bin will be removed and collections will cease without any refund. The Council will only collect garden waste that is presented in the designated paid for brown wheeled bin(s) that are provided as part of the service. The Council will not collect garden waste presented in any other container(s). Garden waste can only be placed loose in the container. No plastic or paper bags of any kind are to be placed in the container. Customers are required to present garden waste in their garden waste wheeled bin with the lid closed. By shutting the lid odours will be contained, and there will be less damage caused to lids whilst being mechanically emptied. Additional waste outside of the wheeled bin (side waste) will not be collected. Wheeled Bins containing unacceptable materials will not be collected. It is the responsibility of the householder to remove the items prior to the next collection. If a bin continues to contain unacceptable material the householder will be contacted by The London Borough of Bexley and offered advice on using this service. If this continues the bin will be removed and collections will cease without any refund. We reserve the right to suspend services, without prior notice if circumstances beyond our control prevent our ability to collect. We will always endeavour to collect as soon as possible or ensure a double collection is put in place for the next collection, if appropriate. If your bin can only be partially emptied due to the contents being frozen then the bin will not be collected again until the next scheduled collection, and it will not be possible to log a missed collection
Source: www.bexley.gov.uk
What Bexley says about bin day
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Bexley says put recycling in the bin loose, not inside plastic bags.
From Bexley's website (checked 2026-10-23)
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