Recycling and rubbish

Find out about your rubbish and recycling service, order a new bin, report a problem with your bin, or find your collection day.

This winter, let’s work together to reduce our environmental impact.

Recycling food waste helps keep Lewisham clean, reduces carbon emissions, and saves money for local services. It’s one of the easiest ways we can all make a big difference.

If you live in Lewisham, you can sign up for our annual garden waste collection service. This can and can be paid in one lump sum, or by Direct Debit.

Get rid of large items such as furniture, fridges and mattresses.

Open to Lewisham residents to help them dispose of large or bulky waste.

Find out more about different types of plastic, how they can be recycled and what they’re recycled into.

Contact us to arrange business waste collection - we only offer free collections to residents.

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.

Find out how to donate your unwanted furniture to charitable organisations in the local area or how to recycle it.

Find out how to get rid of clinical, healthcare and offensive waste.

Find out what happens to your recycling, food, garden and general waste.

Find out how you can reduce fly-tipping in the borough and help create a Cleaner Lewisham.