Sevenoaks bins and recycling
Sevenoaks bin and recycling news, newest first: collection changes, the food waste caddy rollout, tip opening hours and the district recycling rate.
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Sevenoaks wheelie bins start 12 October: glass goes in too
Wheelie bins replace green bags on Monday 12 October, with glass in the green-lid bin for the first time. Deliveries end on the 11th; what to do before then.
Bin days, tip times and garden waste
Council
Sevenoaks Bin Collection Days: Sacks End Friday 9 October
Your last sack collection falls in the week to Friday 9 October, then wheelie bins start on the 12th. Find your day, and why you cannot refuse a bin.
Council
Sevenoaks Tip Opening Times: 8am to 4.30pm, Book First
Sevenoaks tip at Dunbrik opens 8am to 4.30pm, 9am to 4pm Sundays. How to book a free slot, same day or two weeks ahead, plus Swanley times and charges.
Council
Sevenoaks Garden Waste Collection Dates: Weeks Move 12 Oct
Some permit holders switch collection week on 12 October; the council's emails telling them were due in late September. Sacks paused 12 to 16 Oct. £65 a year.
Christmas
Sevenoaks Christmas Bin Collections 2026/27: What to Expect
Sevenoaks District Council has not published its Christmas 2026 collection dates. Here is last year's pattern, and why wheelie bins make this one different.
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Council
Sevenoaks council this week: bins, parking, housing list
Half the new bin lorries due by 12 October, stricter housing register rules, CCTV upgrade dates and a parking choice: every council meeting from 1 to 8 October.
Council
Sevenoaks households get wheelie bins from October as recycling service is overhauled
Around 100,000 wheelie bins arrive from mid-July, glass goes kerbside, and waste and recycling move to alternate weeks from 12 October. Green bags are out.
Transport
Sevenoaks bank holiday bins: nothing on Monday 31 August
No bins are emptied in Sevenoaks on Monday 31 August and every round runs a day late until Saturday 5 September. Dunbrik tip opens 9am to 4pm; trains and M25 are clear.
Council
Sevenoaks green recycling bags: £300k spent, £225k saved
The council says its green recycling bags cost about £300,000 and saved £525,000 in clear sacks, a net £225,000. They are withdrawn from 12 October.
Council
Sevenoaks bins from 6am, Monday 10 to Friday 14 August
Sevenoaks crews start at 6am from Monday 10 to Friday 14 August: put bins out the night before, because there is no return visit if yours is missed.
Council
Sevenoaks bin crews back on 6am starts as heatwave returns for the last week of July
Sevenoaks bin crews are back on 6am starts until Friday 31 July 2026 as the heat returns. An amber heat-health alert covers the South East on 29 and 30 July.
Council
Sevenoaks bin crews start at 6am until 17 July as heat alert bites
Sevenoaks bin, recycling and food waste crews start at 6am until Friday 17 July 2026. Put bins out the night before; an amber heat alert runs 8 to 12 July.
Council
Sevenoaks bin collections start an hour earlier during the heatwave
Sevenoaks waste and recycling crews start an hour earlier from 22 to 26 June 2026 in the hot weather. Sacks and food waste bins out by 6am on your day.
Council
Sevenoaks recycling hits record high as food waste rounds collect 220 tonnes in a month
Weekly food waste rounds collected 220 tonnes in their first month and lifted Sevenoaks' recycling rate by 6 per cent, into the top quarter of Kent councils.