Rubbish and recycling | Sevenoaks District Council

Rubbish and recycling

The Big Waste Conversation

Have your say on the future our waste collection service...

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View your collection day

View your rubbish, recycling and garden waste collection day...

Reusable recycling bags

We're phasing out clear recycling sacks and introducing Reusable Bags to most households...

Christmas and New Year waste collections

Our staff will be working extra days over Christmas so you won't miss a collection, but there will be changes to your usual days...

Christmas tree collections

There are several ways to dispose of your real Christmas tree once the festivities have ended...

What to put in your recycling and waste bags

Find out what you can recycle and put out as waste every week for collection...

Report a missed collection

How to report a missed rubbish or garden waste collection...

Garden waste collection

How to dispose of grass, leaves and other garden waste with our garden waste collection service...

What to put in your garden waste

Find out what to put in your garden waste collection...

Commercial waste collection

Find out about our rubbish, paper and cardboard recycling collections for businesses in and outside of the Sevenoaks District...

Christmas and New Year commercial waste collections

There will be changes to out commercial waste collections over Christmas and into the New Year...

Book a large item collection

How to book a collection, what we collect and what we can't collect...

Household Waste Recycling Centres

Find your nearest centre, when it's open and what you can and can't bring...

Home composting

Purchase a discounted compost bin...

Recycling sites for glass, textiles and cardboard

We provide more than 40 local recycling facilities for glass, paper, card and other materials...

Fly-tipping

How to report incidents of fly tipping and those responsible...

Doorstep collections for unwanted clothing, footwear and household items

We are working with Anglo to collect residents' unwanted clothing, footwear and household items so they can be reused...

Assisted rubbish collection

Help for elderly and disabled residents to carry their rubbish and recycling sacks to the boundary of their property...

Nappies

Disposable nappies cannot be recycled and must be bagged and put in with your black waste sacks….

Clinical waste collection

Arrange for domestic clinical, or medical waste, collection...

Street care and cleaning

Street cleaning in the Sevenoaks District and report a street that has an unacceptable level of litter...

Waste collection updates

Information about missed waste collections...

Vehicle seizures

We can seize vehicles and their contents if we believe they have or will be used to commit waste crime...

We are an Environment Agency registered waste carrier