Harlow bin collection days
Find out when Harlow Council 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 Harlow bin collection days change over Christmas 2026
Bins in Harlow
Harlow Council collects:
- Non-Recycling
- Recycling
- Food caddy
From the collections we've found for homes in Harlow. 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 Harlow Council'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 Harlow Council's website, or use the Recycle Now Recycling Locator.
What you'll need
To find your bin days in Harlow, you'll need your postcode, then you choose your address from a list.
Areas covered
In Harlow, your bins are collected by Harlow Council, not Essex County Council.
Harlow Council collects household bins across its 11 wards in the East of England:
- Bush Fair
- Church Langley North & Newhall
- Church Langley South & Potter Street
- Great Parndon
- Latton Bush & Stewards
- Little Parndon & Town Centre
- Mark Hall
- Netteswell
- Old Harlow
- Passmores
- Sumners & Kingsmoor
Ward names from the Office for National Statistics.