Folkestone and Hythe bin collection days

Find out when Folkestone and Hythe District Council will collect your rubbish, recycling, food and garden waste.

This service is for homes only. Businesses usually arrange their own waste collection.

Bin day reminders

After you find your collection days, you can add them to your calendar and get a reminder the evening before. How bin day reminders work

Folkestone and Hythe District Council collects:

From the collections we've found for homes in Folkestone and Hythe. Your street may have a different mix of bins.

Many councils charge for garden waste collections, so they only show for homes that have signed up. Check Folkestone and Hythe District Council's website to find out about garden waste.

Under the government's Simpler Recycling rules, councils in England collect these from homes:

Paper and card: newspapers, magazines, envelopes and cardboard boxes
Plastic: bottles, pots, tubs and trays
Metal: drinks cans, food tins, clean foil and empty aerosols
Glass: bottles and jars
Cartons: food and drinks cartons, like juice and soup cartons
Food waste: all food, cooked or raw, including peelings, bones, tea bags and coffee grounds, collected every week

Plastic bags and wrapping will be added by 31 March 2027. Some councils are still bringing in some of these collections.

To find your bin days in Folkestone and Hythe, you'll need your postcode, then you choose your address from a list.

In Folkestone and Hythe, your bins are collected by Folkestone and Hythe District Council, not Kent County Council.

Folkestone and Hythe District Council collects household bins across its 13 wards in the South East:

Ward names from the Office for National Statistics.