Kingston Council Bin Collection: Schedule, Dates & Calendar
Use this Kingston Council bin collection guide to check your 2026 collection dates, download your annual PDF calendar, understand green mixed recycling, blue-lid paper and cardboard, black rubbish, weekly food waste, garden waste subscription, missed-bin reporting, bulky waste booking, new bins and Villiers Road Household Reuse and Recycling Centre.
What do you need today?
Choose the resident action first. This page turns every important Kingston bin-search intent into a practical section, table, tool or FAQ.
How to check Kingston Council bin collection dates
Use the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames bin collection day service to check when your refuse, recycling and food waste are collected, and to download a PDF calendar of your bin collection days for the year. Put bins, boxes or sacks out by 6.30am on the correct collection day and keep them visible on your property boundary without blocking the pavement.
Official source verification for Kingston Council bin collection
This is an independent resident guide for Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames bin collection users. It is not the official council website and does not replace live council forms, calendars, payments, bookings or service updates.
Collection calendar checked
The official collection page lets residents check refuse, recycling and food waste dates and download a PDF calendar for the year.
6.30am rule checked
Kingston says bins, boxes or sacks should be out by 6.30am and visible on the property boundary, without blocking the pavement.
Sorting rules checked
Mixed recycling, paper/cardboard, rubbish and weekly food waste each have separate container rules and contamination warnings.
Live actions linked
Use official pages before reporting missed bins, subscribing to garden waste, booking bulky waste, ordering bins or visiting Villiers Road HRRC.
Last checked: 15 June 2026. Live council pages can change without notice, so always use the official links before making a report, payment, booking or recycling-centre visit.
3-minute Kingston bin setup for houses, flats, Surbiton, New Malden, Norbiton, Chessington and Tolworth
Do this once. It prevents most wrong-week, wrong-container, late-presentation, communal-bin and missed-bin problems.
Open the official lookup
Use the Kingston bin collection day service or waste-services portal and select your exact address. Flats, maisonettes and mixed-use properties can have different container arrangements.
Download the PDF calendar
Save or print the annual PDF calendar for your property so the household can see rubbish, mixed recycling, paper/card and food waste dates clearly.
Set the 6.30am rule
Put bins, boxes, sacks and outdoor food waste bins at the boundary before 6.30am. If your home forgets, set a night-before phone reminder.
Separate mixed recycling from paper/card
Green bins/boxes and blue sacks are for mixed recycling. Blue-lid paper/card bins and clear sacks are for paper, card and cardboard.
Make a shared-home note
For flats, landlords, students, HMOs and families, write one simple note: “food weekly, mixed recycling week, paper/card week, rubbish week, garden only if subscribed.”
Kingston bin collection calendar: address lookup, annual PDF and bank holiday rules
People searching “Kingston council bin collection”, “Kingston bin collection dates”, “Kingston rubbish collection day” or “what bin is it this week Kingston” need the address calendar first.
| Resident need | What to do | Important caution |
|---|---|---|
| Find next collection day | Use the official bin collection day page or waste-services address lookup. | Check the exact property, especially flats and converted houses. |
| Download calendar | Download the PDF calendar of collection days for the year. | Recheck after moving home or after major service changes. |
| Bank holiday check | Most bank holidays are normal. | Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day are exceptions; check official updates. |
| Garden waste date | Subscribe first, then check next garden waste date. | Garden waste is separate, paid and collected every 2 weeks for subscribed addresses. |
| Missed bin | Wait until the crew has been down your street and collections have had time to finish. | Collections can take place until 6pm; report within 2 working days if truly missed. |
Kingston Bin Reminder Planner: save what goes out tonight
This mini-tool stores a reminder in your browser only. It does not submit personal data and does not replace Kingston’s official collection calendar.
My next Kingston bin reminder
First check the official collection calendar. Then save your next household note here.
No reminder saved yet. Check the official calendar, then save your next bin note here.
Tonight’s Kingston bin checklist
Best use: bookmark this page and share it with family, housemates, landlords, tenants or carers.
Kingston item route helper: mixed recycling, paper/card, rubbish, food waste, garden or HRRC?
Use this quick helper for common Kingston disposal routes. It is not a full official BinSmart database, but it prevents the most common contamination mistakes.
Choose an item
Result: Select an item to see the likely Kingston route.
Most common mistake
Paper and cardboard do not belong in mixed recycling. Use the blue-lid paper/card bin or clear sack for paper, card and cardboard. Use green bins/boxes or blue sacks for mixed recycling like bottles, jars, cans, cartons and plastic containers.
Kingston bin types: green mixed recycling, blue-lid paper/card, black rubbish, food waste and garden waste
Kingston separates mixed recycling from paper/cardboard, which is the key difference many new residents miss.
| Container | Use for | Collection pattern / key rule |
|---|---|---|
| Green recycling bins or boxes and blue sacks | Mixed recycling such as plastic bottles, semi-rigid food packaging, tubs, bottle tops, Tetra Pak cartons, glass bottles/jars, tins/cans, foil and aerosols. | Collected every 2 weeks in most cases. Rinse items and do not add paper/cardboard. |
| Blue-lid paper/card bin and clear sacks | Paper, card, cardboard, newspapers, magazines, envelopes, catalogues, greeting cards, cardboard tubes, egg boxes and small amounts of shredded paper. | Collected every 2 weeks in most cases. Flatten cardboard and remove polystyrene. |
| Black rubbish bin or red sack | General household waste such as soft plastic, greasy cardboard, polystyrene, nappies, vacuum waste and items that cannot be recycled. | Collected every 2 weeks in most cases. Crew will not take extra rubbish left on top or next to the bin. |
| Outdoor food waste bin | Cooked and raw food, plate scrapings, mouldy food, meat/fish including bones, tea bags, coffee grounds, pet food, cut flowers and eggshells. | Collected weekly. Put outside caddy out by 6.30am with handle upright to secure the lid. |
| Garden waste subscription bin or sacks | Grass cuttings, garden or house plants, twigs, leaves, hedge trimmings, flowers, weeds and garden prunings. | Paid subscription or paid sack route; collected every 2 weeks for wheelie-bin subscribers. |
Kingston recycling collection: mixed recycling vs paper and cardboard
People searching “Kingston recycling bin”, “what goes in my Kingston bins” or “Kingston blue sack green box” need item-by-item guidance because incorrect items can stop collection.
| Item | Kingston route | Resident caution |
|---|---|---|
| Plastic bottles, yoghurt pots, meat trays and tubs | Mixed recycling: green bin/box or blue sack. | Remove soft film lids or covers where possible and rinse first. |
| Tetra Pak cartons, glass bottles/jars, tins, cans, foil and aerosols | Mixed recycling: green bin/box or blue sack. | Rinse items and flatten plastic bottles to create space. |
| Newspapers, envelopes, catalogues and paper | Paper/card route: blue-lid bin or clear sack. | Keep paper separate from mixed recycling. |
| Cardboard, greeting cards, tubes and egg boxes | Paper/card route: blue-lid bin or clear sack. | Flatten cardboard and remove polystyrene packaging. |
| Extra mixed recycling | Plastic tub or cardboard box beside mixed recycling container. | Do not put extra recycling out in black bin bags. |
| Extra paper/cardboard | Flatten and leave next to paper/card bin where one person can carry it. | Remove polystyrene first. |
| Soft plastic, clingfilm, crisp packets, bubblewrap and polystyrene | Black rubbish bin unless a separate specialist route applies. | Do not place these in mixed recycling. |
| Textiles, electricals, batteries, DIY waste or hazardous waste | Separate collection, HRRC or special disposal route. | Do not hide these in the black rubbish bin. |
Kingston food waste collection: weekly outdoor caddy, liners and flat-block rules
Kingston collects food waste every week from outdoor food waste bins. Use the kitchen caddy indoors, then empty it into the outside bin for collection.
Accepted food waste
Cooked and raw food, plate scrapings, mouldy food, meat and fish including bones, tea bags, coffee grounds, pet food, cut flowers and eggshells.
Liners are optional
You do not have to use compostable liners. You can also put food in loose or wrapped in paper/newspaper. Compostable liners are available from supermarkets and Kingston libraries.
Outdoor caddy rule
Place the outdoor food waste bin by the pavement by 6.30am and keep the handle upright to secure the lid.
Do not add
No packaging, plastic bags, tissues, kitchen roll, dirty pet waste, liquids including oil or milk, or garden waste.
Kingston missed bin collection: check before reporting
A missed collection is not always a council error. Kingston asks residents to report missed bins within 2 working days, but collections can take place until 6pm and whole-street misses may be handled without each household reporting.
| Problem | Likely reason | Best next step |
|---|---|---|
| It is still collection day | Collections can take place until 6pm. | Wait until the crew has been down your street before reporting. |
| Whole street missed | Access issue, vehicle breakdown or route problem. | Leave bins out; the crew should return as soon as possible. |
| Bin not out by 6.30am | Crew may have already passed. | Set a night-before reminder and present earlier next time. |
| Wrong container or contamination | Paper/card mixed with mixed recycling, soft plastics in recycling, food in wrong bin or garden contamination. | Remove wrong items and present on the next scheduled collection. |
| Extra rubbish beside black bin | Kingston will not take extra rubbish left on top or beside the bin. | Use HRRC, bulky waste or reduce/recycle route. |
| Report window | Missed bins must be reported within 2 working days. | Use the official missed-bin form quickly once checks are complete. |
Missed Bin Diagnosis Tool: report, wait, fix or recheck?
This tool helps residents avoid weak missed-bin reports. It gives a practical next step before using the official form.
Choose the likely issue
Result: Select a situation to get the next step.
Reporting rule
Use the official missed-bin form only after checking the calendar, 6.30am presentation, correct container, contamination, whole-street issue and the 2-working-day report window.
Kingston garden waste collection: subscription cost, sacks, accepted items and missed collections
Garden waste is an optional paid service. Kingston offers a wheelie-bin subscription collected every 2 weeks for 12 months, plus a garden waste sack option.
Wheelie-bin subscription
A 12-month subscription costs £104 and starts from your first collection. You can subscribe for up to 5 bins at one address.
Garden bin cost
If you need to buy a garden waste bin, it costs £24 plus a £20 administrative fee. Additional bins ordered at the same time have a £10 fee each.
Sack option
Garden waste sack collection costs £45 for a roll of 10 sacks, which must be used within 12 months.
No extra garden waste
Crews will not take extra garden waste left next to the bin, and will not return for bins that are too heavy, too full or contaminated.
| Accepted in garden waste | Not accepted | Resident note |
|---|---|---|
| Grass cuttings, plants, twigs and leaves | Wood products, timber, rubble, rocks and stones. | Put garden waste directly into the bin, not inside sacks or liners. |
| Hedge trimmings, flowers, weeds and prunings | Soil, plant pots, plastic and food waste. | Garden bin must be out by 6.30am on the correct garden collection day. |
| Normal household garden waste | Animal bedding and contaminated waste. | Report missed garden waste within 2 working days. |
Kingston bulky waste collection: prices, booking slots and items not collected
Bulky waste collection is for large household items like furniture and appliances. Only items listed in your booking summary will be collected.
| Bulky waste need | Official listed rule | Resident caution |
|---|---|---|
| Cost for 1 to 4 items | £48 for 1 to 4 items. | Bookings are limited to the items listed in the booking summary. |
| Cost for 5 to 8 items | £73 for 5 to 8 items. | You can choose an available slot in the next 8 weeks. |
| Collection day | Items must be outside by 6.30am and are collected between 6.30am and 4.30pm. | Items should be clearly visible from the front of the house, close to the pavement but not on it. |
| Flats above shops | Call 020 8547 5002 so the council can arrange a suitable collection location. | Blocks of flats should place items next to the bin store area, not inside it, on the morning of collection. |
| Not collected examples | Doors, kitchen or bathroom units, greenhouses, boilers, radiators, fence panels, DIY waste, very heavy items, asbestos, chemicals, tyres, clinical waste and garden waste. | Use HRRC, specialist disposal or a licensed waste carrier route. |
Order new bins, boxes, sacks or caddies in Kingston
Kingston residents can order new or replacement containers for recycling, rubbish, garden waste and food waste. Indoor and outdoor food caddies are free.
| Container request | Current charge / rule | Resident note |
|---|---|---|
| 180L or 240L refuse, recycling or garden wheelie bin | £24, plus administrative rules where applicable. | Containers remain property of the Royal Borough of Kingston. |
| 360L refuse, recycling or garden bin | £38. | Check whether your property is eligible before ordering. |
| Dry mixed recycling box | £5.20. | Use correct box/bin/sack for mixed recycling. |
| Indoor or outdoor food caddy | Free. | Food caddies may be green or brown in colour. |
| Additional rubbish bin | Do not request through this form. | Kingston will only empty one rubbish bin per household. |
| Communal bins for flats | Different route. | Contact landlord, managing agent, housing officer or residents’ association. |
Villiers Road Household Reuse and Recycling Centre: Kingston KT1 3GZ
Villiers Road HRRC is for Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames residents and visits must be pre-booked. Visitors without a confirmed booking will not be allowed access.
Location
20 Chapel Mill Road, off Villiers Road, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 3GZ.
Opening times
Monday to Friday 7.30am-4.45pm, Saturday 7.30am-4pm, Sunday and Bank Holidays 9am-4pm. Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.
Fair use rule
Kingston lists a maximum of 20 bookings per calendar year and a maximum of 6 bags per visit of soil, sand, hardcore, rubble and DIY waste.
Pedestrian/cyclist access
Pedestrian and cyclist access is available Saturdays and Sundays from 3.15pm to 4pm without booking.
Official Kingston Council bin collection links
Use these official links for live actions. This guide explains the process, but official pages control calendars, reports, payments, bookings and service rules.
Service trust, reviews and complaint guidance
No fake ratings or testimonials are used on this page. Waste-service feedback is local and case-specific, so use the correct official route rather than relying on social media comments.
For live service issues
Use the official missed-bin, garden waste, bulky waste, new-bin or HRRC booking pages first. These routes create the right service record.
For repeated problems
Keep a simple log: date, container type, time presented, location, whether whole street was missed and any contamination issues.
For shared properties
Landlords, tenants, managing agents and residents’ associations should agree who checks the calendar and who presents containers by 6.30am.
Kingston Council bin collection FAQs
Use the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames bin collection day page or waste-services portal to check your address and download a PDF calendar of collection days for the year.
Bins, boxes and sacks should be out by 6.30am on the correct collection day and visible on your property boundary, or as close as possible, without blocking the pavement.
Kingston collects bins as normal on all bank holidays except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. Check the official calendar around Christmas and New Year.
Mixed recycling includes plastic bottles, semi-rigid food packaging, tubs, bottle tops, Tetra Pak cartons, glass bottles and jars, tins, cans, foil and aerosols. Use green recycling bins/boxes or blue sacks, and rinse items first.
Use blue-lid paper/card bins or clear sacks for newspapers, magazines, envelopes, catalogues, printed paper, flattened card and cardboard, greeting cards, cardboard tubes, egg boxes and small amounts of shredded paper.
The black rubbish bin or red sack is for general household waste such as soft plastic, greasy cardboard, polystyrene, nappies, vacuum cleaner waste and items that cannot be recycled. Do not add textiles, electricals, batteries, DIY waste, garden waste or hazardous waste.
Food waste is collected every week from outdoor food waste bins. Use your kitchen caddy indoors, then empty it into the outside bin and put it out by 6.30am with the handle upright.
Report a missed collection within 2 working days of the collection day. Wait until the crew has been down your street, because collections can continue until 6pm.
A 12-month Kingston garden waste wheelie-bin subscription costs £104. If you need to buy a garden waste bin, it costs £24 plus a £20 administrative fee. A roll of 10 garden waste sacks costs £45 and must be used within 12 months.
Kingston bulky waste collection costs £48 for 1 to 4 items and £73 for 5 to 8 items. Items must be listed in the booking summary and outside by 6.30am on the booked day.