Recycling and rubbish
From bins and bulky item collections to recycling services and helping us keep Lewisham's streets clean - find what you need from our recycling and rubbish service. Note: We are experiencing a delay in delivering bins due to a staff shortage. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you.
Garden waste subscriptions
Subscribe or renew your subscription for the year April 2024 to March 2025.
Residents can subscribe by paying the full amount, £93.50, by debit or credit card or by setting up a Direct Debit. Subscribed residents will receive a sticker showing they are subscribed from mid-April onwards. After June 2024, unsubscribed / unstickered bins may be removed.
Your bins
Find out about your rubbish and recycling service, order a new bin, report a problem with your bin, or find your collection day. Note: We are experiencing a delay in delivering bins due to a staff shortage. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you.
Bulky item collection
Get rid of large items such as furniture, fridges and mattresses.
Landmann Way Reuse and Recycling Centre
Open to Lewisham residents to help them dispose of large or bulky waste.
Garden waste
All garden waste collections in Lewisham must be paid for. Find out how to sign up and use our garden waste service.
How to recycle your plastics
Find out more about different types of plastic, how they can be recycled and what they’re recycled into.
Cleaner Lewisham
Find out how you can reduce fly-tipping in the borough and help create a Cleaner Lewisham.
Business rubbish and recycling
Businesses must make arrangements for the disposal of their waste and recycling, as free collections are offered to residents only.
Public recycling banks
Find out where in the borough you can recycle your unwanted clothes and textiles as well as small electrical items at our public use recycling bins.
Donate furniture and other household items
Find out how to donate your unwanted furniture to charitable organisations in the local area or how to recycle it.
Clinical and hazardous waste
Find out how to get rid of clinical, healthcare and offensive waste.
Where your recycling and rubbish goes
Find out what happens to your recycling, food, garden and general waste.
Recycle your Christmas tree
You can recycle your real Christmas tree from Tuesday 26 December to the end of January.