Dover: which bins go out tonight?
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What Dover collects
Mixed recycling or cans
blue-lidded wheeled bin or blue box and black paper/card box
What goes in:
- glass and plastic bottles and jars (including lids)
- tins and cans
- plastic food containers
- food and drink cartons (Tetra paks)
What doesn't go in:
- Thin plastics like bread bags, grape bags, magazine wraps, crisp bags, frozen vegetable bags, wrapping on tubs of fruit/veg, plastic bags and shrink wrap plastic can be recycled at most supermarkets.
- Hard plastics like children's toys, buckets, mop handles and Tupperware cannot be recycled at the kerbside. Take these items to your nearest household waste recycling centre (tip).
- Polystyrene is currently not recyclable and should go into your refuse bin.
- Food waste goes into your food caddy.
- Paper and cardboard can be recycled, but need to be separated from plastics, glass and metal and put in your black box.
- Old clothes and textiles should be donated to a charity shop or deposited in specialised collection containers. If this is not possible, they should be put into your general rubbish.
- Lightbulbs and mirrors cannot be recycled through the kerbside collection.
- Electrical items such as microwaves and vacuum cleaners can be disposed of at your nearest household waste recycling centre (tip) or by using our bulky item collection service.
- Pet food pouches cannot be collected as part of the kerbside recycling service. Please dispose of in your refuse bin.
Dover says: place everything loose in your bin, not in a black sack or plastic carrier bags
Source: www.dover.gov.uk
Paper and cardboard
black paper/card box
What goes in:
- newspapers
- magazines
- junk mail
- directories
- catalogues
- envelopes
- cardboard
- cereal boxes
- paper bags
What doesn't go in:
- hardback books
- greeting cards with metallic or shiny finishes
- wrapping paper with metallic finishes
- food and drinks cartons (Tetra Pak) - these need to be placed inside your blue lidded recycling bin or blue box
Dover says: Large cardboard should be broken down into dustbin-sized pieces and placed safely near your black box for collection.
Source: www.dover.gov.uk
Rubbish
refuse bin
What goes in:
- Polystyrene is currently not recyclable and should go into your refuse bin.
- Pet food pouches cannot be collected as part of the kerbside recycling service. Please dispose of in your refuse bin.
Dover says: Polystyrene is currently not recyclable and should go into your refuse bin.
Source: www.dover.gov.uk
Food waste
food caddy
What goes in:
- Food waste goes into your food caddy.
Dover says: Food waste goes into your food caddy.
Source: www.dover.gov.uk
Garden waste
240 litre wheeled bin
What goes in:
- grass cuttings
- twigs and small branches (branches must be smaller than 9cm in diameter)
- prunings and hedge clippings
- flowers and plants
- weeds (except Japanese Knotweed and ragwort)
What doesn't go in:
- soil and turf
- rubble and stones
- cooked foods and kitchen waste
- wood
- all non organic waste
- garden chemicals
- pet litter/bedding
- wood chippings
Dover says: Garden waste must be placed inside your 240 litre wheeled bin. Any garden waste presented outside of your wheeled bin will not be collected. Place your garden waste wheeled bin on the front boundary of your property by 7am on collection day unless you have a pre agreed collection point. The wheeled bins are 240 litres. If you overload your garden waste bin it may not be collected. Collections are made between 7am and 4pm on your scheduled date.
Source: www.dover.gov.uk
What Dover says about bin day
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Dover says bins contaminated with refuse will not be emptied.
From Dover's website (checked 2026-10-21)
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Dover says food and drink cartons go in the blue lidded bin or blue box, not the black box.
From Dover's website (checked 2026-10-21)
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