Greenwich bin collection days
Find out when Royal Borough of Greenwich will collect your rubbish, recycling, food and garden waste.
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
Christmas and New Year
Find out if Greenwich bin collection days change over Christmas 2026
Bins in Greenwich
Royal Borough of Greenwich collects:
- Black bin
- Blue bin
- Green bin
From the collections we've found for homes in Greenwich. 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 Royal Borough of Greenwich's website to find out about garden waste.
What you can recycle at home
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.
Which bin each one goes in depends on your council. Check Royal Borough of Greenwich's website, or use the Recycle Now Recycling Locator.
What you'll need
To find your bin days in Greenwich, you'll need your postcode, and your house number or name.
Areas covered
Royal Borough of Greenwich collects household bins across its 23 wards in London:
- Abbey Wood
- Blackheath Westcombe
- Charlton Hornfair
- Charlton Village & Riverside
- East Greenwich
- Eltham Page
- Eltham Park & Progress
- Eltham Town & Avery Hill
- Greenwich Creekside
- Greenwich Park
- Greenwich Peninsula
- Kidbrooke Park
- Kidbrooke Village & Sutcliffe
- Middle Park & Horn Park
- Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham
- Plumstead & Glyndon
- Plumstead Common
- Shooters Hill
- Thamesmead Moorings
- West Thamesmead
- Woolwich Arsenal
- Woolwich Common
- Woolwich Dockyard
Ward names from the Office for National Statistics.