Waltham Forest bin collection days
Find out when London Borough of Waltham Forest 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 Waltham Forest bin collection days change over Christmas 2026
Bins in Waltham Forest
London Borough of Waltham Forest collects:
- Communal refuse collection service
- Communal recycling collection service
- Food waste collection service
From the collections we've found for homes in Waltham Forest. 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 London Borough of Waltham Forest'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 London Borough of Waltham Forest's website, or use the Recycle Now Recycling Locator.
What you'll need
To find your bin days in Waltham Forest, you'll need your postcode, then you choose your address from a list.
London Borough of Waltham Forest's website takes a while to check, so your first search can take up to 30 seconds. After that, your collection days appear straight away.
Areas covered
London Borough of Waltham Forest collects household bins across its 22 wards in London:
- Cann Hall
- Cathall
- Chapel End
- Chingford Green
- Endlebury
- Forest
- Grove Green
- Hale End & Highams Park South
- Hatch Lane & Highams Park North
- High Street
- Higham Hill
- Hoe Street
- Larkswood
- Lea Bridge
- Leyton
- Leytonstone
- Markhouse
- St James
- Upper Walthamstow
- Valley
- William Morris
- Wood Street
Ward names from the Office for National Statistics.