Where and when to leave orange sacks out for collection
This collection is once a week.
Please leave your orange sacks on the floor, just inside your property boundary nearest the pavement by 7am.
It is important that sacks are placed on the boundary of your property and not grouped together with other residents' waste and/or on grass verges, by a post or on the public highway (including footpaths).
Please note waste sacks cannot be collected from wheeled bins.
Please do not leave sacks on top of walls or bins as this can lead to them snagging and spilling during collection and pose a safety hazard to our crew.
If you live in a flat please see our collections for flats page.
What goes in orange sacks?
Use our what goes where guide to look up items to see what to do with them.
What item goes where recycling and waste guide
If you are still struggling to recycle any of the above items that cannot be placed in the orange sacks, try not to produce these types of waste in the first place. See the Reducing Waste section for more information and advice.
Get extra recycling sacks
A roll of 16 orange sacks are delivered to each household every 13 weeks.
You can look at the orange sack delivery schedule to see the date your road will get new rolls. Please be aware that these dates are always subject to change and sometimes deliveries can be up to a couple of weeks later than advertised.
Extra orange sacks are also available from our libraries.
Alternatively you could ask a friend or neighbour if they have any leftover orange sacks.
Remember, you can fit more in your orange sacks if you crush down plastic bottles and tins before you put them in. Rinsing them out with water first also helps with recycling and means that you can keep the sacks longer without them starting to smell.
Your collection day
Check your next collection day
Your next collection day may be different to your normal collection day over a bank holiday period. You can check for changes on our bank holiday collections page.
Missed collections
Split orange sack
Has a sticker been left on your orange sack?
Get help to put your waste out
If you need help to put your waste out please go to our assisted collections page.
Any other questions about your orange sack?
Please use our Ask Environment form and select 'other' from the dropdown to send us your enquiry.