Tonbridge and Malling bin collection days

Find out when Tonbridge and Malling Borough 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

Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council collects:

From the collections we've found for homes in Tonbridge and Malling. 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 Tonbridge and Malling Borough 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 Tonbridge and Malling, you'll need your postcode, then you choose your address from a list.

In Tonbridge and Malling, your bins are collected by Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council, not Kent County Council.

Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council collects household bins across its 19 wards in the South East:

Ward names from the Office for National Statistics.