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 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.
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Sevenoaks bin crews back on 6am starts as heatwave returns for the last week of July
Sevenoaks District Council is again running waste, recycling and food waste collections from 6am, until Friday 31 July 2026, as a fresh hot spell hits. UKHSA has an amber heat-health alert for the South East from 29 to 30 July.
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Sevenoaks households get wheelie bins from October as recycling service is overhauled
Sevenoaks District Council will deliver around 100,000 wheelie bins from mid-July, start kerbside glass collections, and move to alternate weekly waste and recycling from 12 October 2026. The green recycling bags are being scrapped.
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Sevenoaks bin crews start at 6am until 17 July as heat alert bites
Sevenoaks District Council is running waste, recycling and food waste collections from 6am until Friday 17 July 2026 during the heatwave, and wants bins out the night before. An amber heat-health alert covers the South East from 8 to 12 July.
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Sevenoaks bin collections start an hour earlier during the heatwave
Sevenoaks District Council is starting waste and recycling collections an hour earlier from 22 to 26 June 2026 because of the hot weather, and is asking residents to put their sacks and food waste bins out by 6am on their collection day.
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Sevenoaks recycling hits record high as food waste rounds collect 220 tonnes in a month
Sevenoaks District Council says its new weekly food waste collections gathered 220 tonnes in their first month and lifted the district's recycling rate by 6 per cent, putting it in the top quarter of Kent councils.
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Sevenoaks Bin Collection Days: Check Yours + 12 Oct Switch
Find your collection day, then note 12 October 2026: that is when Sevenoaks switches to wheelie bins. Put one out before then and it will not be emptied.
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Sevenoaks Tip Opening Times: 8am to 4.30pm, Book First
Sevenoaks tip at Dunbrik opens 8am to 4.30pm Monday to Saturday, 9am to 4pm Sunday, and you cannot get in without booking. Swanley times and charges too.