Lewes bin collection days
Find out when Lewes District 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 Lewes bin collection days change over Christmas 2026
Bins in Lewes
Lewes District Council collects:
- Rubbish
- Recycling
From the collections we've found for homes in Lewes. 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 Lewes District 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 Lewes District Council's website, or use the Recycle Now Recycling Locator.
What you'll need
To find your bin days in Lewes, you'll need your postcode, then you choose your address from a list.
Areas covered
In Lewes, your bins are collected by Lewes District Council, not East Sussex County Council.
Lewes District Council collects household bins across its 21 wards in the South East:
- Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey
- Ditchling & Westmeston
- East Saltdean & Telscombe Cliffs
- Kingston
- Lewes Bridge
- Lewes Castle
- Lewes Priory
- Newhaven North
- Newhaven South
- Newick
- Ouse Valley & Ringmer
- Peacehaven East
- Peacehaven North
- Peacehaven West
- Plumpton, Streat, East Chiltington & St John
- Seaford Central
- Seaford East
- Seaford North
- Seaford South
- Seaford West
- Wivelsfield
Ward names from the Office for National Statistics.