Check Your Waste Week Before You Put the Bin Out
Waverley households use property-specific collection dates plus Week 1 and Week 2 printable calendars. Check your address before downloading a calendar or assuming which colour bin is due.
This resident guide combines rubbish, recycling, weekly food waste, subscribed garden waste, missed collections, bank holidays, extra-capacity options and official contact routes in one scan-first page.
Current Summer Collection Advice
Checked during the 31 July 2026 audit: Waverley was advising that waste crews were starting rounds earlier during prolonged warm weather.
Crews may arrive earlier
Do not rely on the time your road is normally visited during the current hot-weather arrangement.
Put bins out the evening before
Waverley’s current warm-weather advice recommends presenting containers as early as possible, preferably the evening before.
6am
Outside temporary disruption periods, Waverley’s missed-bin and garden-waste guidance uses 6am as the normal collection-day deadline.
Check the live Council collection page before your next bin day. When the temporary notice is removed, follow the normal instructions published for your service.
Find the Exact Collection Day for Your Property
Waverley includes Farnham, Godalming, Haslemere, Cranleigh and many villages. A borough name or postcode district alone is not enough to identify the right Week 1 or Week 2 calendar.
Open Waverley’s collection checker
Use the Council tool rather than an old screenshot, Facebook post or neighbouring property’s calendar.
Enter your postcode
The Council lookup asks residents to start with the postcode.
Select the exact address
Choose your own property from the list before reading collection details.
Open the collection details
Check rubbish, mixed recycling, food waste and garden waste separately.
Use the returned date to identify your PDF week
Match your next collection to the official Week 1 or Week 2 calendar instead of guessing.
What Is My Waverley Collection This Week?
The useful answer depends on your property. Black rubbish and blue recycling normally alternate fortnightly while food waste is normally collected weekly.
The food-waste service normally operates weekly, so check and present the caddy even when your large wheelie-bin colour changes.
2026 Collection Calendar PDF: How to Choose the Correct One
Waverley publishes two general household calendars and two garden-waste calendars. The important task is identifying which one belongs to your property.
Week 1
Use only where your address lookup matches the Week 1 collection pattern.
Open 2026 Week 1 PDFWeek 2
Use only where your property follows the second official collection sequence.
Open 2026 Week 2 PDFGarden Week 1
Relevant only to subscribed garden-waste properties following Garden Week 1.
Open garden Week 1 PDFGarden Week 2
Use only after the next garden date returned for your property matches this calendar.
Open garden Week 2 PDFFast way to work out Week 1 or Week 2
Find your next rubbish date
Use the official address checker.
Open Week 1
Check whether that next rubbish date is shown in the correct black-bin sequence.
If it does not match, check Week 2
Do not save either calendar until the dates line up with your property result.
Repeat separately for garden waste
Your garden Week 1/2 identification should come from the next subscribed garden date.
Waverley’s 2026 printable calendars flag selected Christmas and New Year dates as subject to change and direct residents back to the Council website.
Normal Household Collection Schedule
| Service | Normal frequency | Container | What residents need to remember |
|---|---|---|---|
| General rubbish | Every two weeks | Black wheelie bin | Normally alternates with the blue recycling bin. |
| Mixed recycling | Every two weeks | Blue wheelie bin | Normally uses the opposite week to black rubbish. |
| Food waste | Weekly | Outdoor food caddy / communal food service | Present it every scheduled week. |
| Garden waste | Fortnightly | 240L brown bin | Paid subscription with a short Christmas/New Year break. |
Missed Collection: What to Check and When to Report It
Waverley’s current waste-reporting guidance says a missed collection should be reported within three days of the collection day.
- Was the container actually due?
- Did you use your exact address result?
- Was it presented by the required time?
- Was it at the normal collection point?
- Was the lid closed?
- Was it free from obvious contamination?
- Was the collection vehicle able to access the road?
- Is there a Council disruption notice?
Do not wait for the next fortnight
Submit a genuine missed-bin report while the Council’s current three-day reporting window is still open.
Report a missed collectionWaverley’s reporting page says most reported waste problems are resolved within three working days. Treat this as the Council’s service guidance rather than a guaranteed collection appointment.
The normal missed-bin rule uses 6am. During the current summer early-start notice, putting bins out the evening before reduces the risk of missing an earlier crew.
Why Was My Bin Left Behind?
Bank Holiday Collection Dates and Times
Do not apply an automatic “one day later” rule. Waverley can operate normal household collections on a bank holiday.
Monday 25 May
Waverley confirmed rubbish, recycling, food waste and garden-waste collections operated as normal on the late May Bank Holiday.
Recheck before changing your day
A specific Summer Bank Holiday household revision was not confirmed in the previous live audit, so do not invent a delay.
Printable calendars warn you
Selected festive dates in the official 2026 PDFs are marked as subject to change.
What time should bins go out on a bank holiday?
Follow the ordinary presentation rule published for that service. The normal household standard is by 6am; temporary operational notices can require earlier presentation.
Do not assume a closed customer-service line means collections are cancelled.
Garden Waste Dates, Subscription and First-Year Cost
Waverley’s garden-waste service provides 25 fortnightly collections during a full year, with a short two-week Christmas/New Year break.
£87.60
Annual service charge for each subscribed garden bin.
£49.10
One-off bin-loan charge where a new subscriber needs a bin.
£136.70
One new bin plus one annual subscription.
25 collections
Normally fortnightly, with the short festive break.
Find your garden collection date
Check the address
Find the next subscribed garden-waste collection.
Identify Garden Week 1 or Week 2
Match that next date against the two official garden calendars.
Present the brown bin by 6am
During a temporary early-start notice, place it out earlier.
Check the festive break
Do not assume a normal fortnightly date across Christmas and New Year.
- Grass cuttings
- Leaves
- Plants and flowers
- Hedge trimmings
- Small twigs and branches
- Fallen fruit
- Food waste
- Plastic bags
- Soil
- Turf
- Stones and rubble
- Large logs and branches
Waverley says new garden subscribers should normally receive the brown bin and begin collections approximately four weeks after payment. The confirmation provides the first collection information.
Waverley allows neighbours to share a subscribed brown bin, provided it is registered to one property.
Can You Pay for an Extra Bin Collection?
“Extra collection” can mean several different things. Waverley treats ordinary rubbish, garden waste, bulky items and small electricals as separate services.
| Your problem | Available? | Best route |
|---|---|---|
| Second ordinary black bin every collection | Not the standard service | Waverley says one rubbish bin is collected per household. |
| One-off extra black-bin collection | No standard paid ad-hoc service found | Use capacity, recycling, bulky-waste or CRC options instead. |
| Larger rubbish capacity | For qualifying households | Six or more household members and recycling conditions apply. |
| Second garden bin | Yes | Every brown bin needs its own subscription. |
| Sofa, mattress or large appliance | Paid service | Book bulky-waste collection. |
| Small electricals, batteries or textiles | Free booked service | Use the separate Biffa small-item collection. |
Who can request a larger black rubbish bin?
Six or more residents
Waverley’s larger-bin guidance is aimed at households where six or more people live permanently at the property.
Use available recycling capacity
Applicants must already be recycling as much household material as reasonably possible.
Evidence may be requested
The Council may assess the household’s waste and ask for evidence about household occupancy.
In the previous live audit, Waverley’s current order page showed two different larger-black-bin figures: £73.70 in one section and £70.80 in another. Do not hard-code either as the definitive payable amount—check the amount shown in the official ordering process.
2026 Simpler Recycling Changes
Waverley expanded mixed recycling from 31 March 2026, so older “what goes in the blue bin” lists can now be incomplete.
- Clean foil
- Clean foil trays
- Empty aerosols
- Empty squeezy metal tubes
- Squeezy plastic tubes
- Clean non-black plastic plant pots
- Juice cartons
- Soup cartons
- Plant-milk cartons
- Other rinsed empty cartons
Waverley’s 2026 update says plastic lids should be removed from cartons and placed separately in the blue recycling bin.
Blue Bin, Black Bin or Food Caddy?
Clean loose recycling
- Paper
- Cardboard
- Glass bottles and jars
- Food and drink cans
- Plastic bottles
- Plastic pots and tubs
- Accepted foil
- Accepted 2026 cartons
Keep recycling loose rather than bagged.
Residual household waste
- Nappies
- Sanitary waste
- Tissues and wipes
- Food-soiled card
- Other accepted non-recyclable household rubbish
Cooked and uncooked food
- Leftovers
- Fruit and vegetables
- Bread and cakes
- Meat and fish
- Bones
- Tea bags
- Coffee grounds
Batteries, gas canisters and similar hazardous or combustible items need an appropriate specialist collection or recycling route.
Communal Flats: Food Waste and Pink Electrical Bins
Residents in communal properties can have building-specific arrangements that differ from individual wheelie-bin households.
Pink small-electrical bin collection days
| Postcode district | Weekly pink-bin collection |
|---|---|
| GU7 / GU8 | Tuesday |
| GU27 / GU26 | Wednesday |
| GU4 / GU5 / GU6 | Thursday |
| GU9 / GU10 | Friday |
Waverley’s guidance also refers to shared food-waste bins for flats. Use the building’s agreed waste area and do not block corridors or access routes.
Assisted Collection for Residents Who Cannot Move Their Bins
Waverley can provide an assisted collection where a resident cannot safely move the containers because of mobility, disability or medical difficulties and nobody in the household can provide the required help.
Difficulty moving bins
Mobility, disability and medical issues can be relevant.
No suitable help at home
The service is intended where another household member cannot safely present the containers.
Agreed collection position
The crew collects and returns the bins from the position agreed with the Council.
Order, Replace or Change a Household Bin
| Container | Current listed charge | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 140L recycling bin | £24.60 | Household container. |
| 180L recycling bin | £24.60 | Household container. |
| 240L recycling bin | £36.90 | Standard larger recycling capacity. |
| 360L recycling bin | £49.10 | Largest listed recycling capacity. |
| Outdoor food caddy | £9.10 | Outdoor collection caddy. |
| Indoor food caddy | £9.10 | Kitchen caddy. |
| 140L rubbish bin | £36.90 | Check whether a qualifying swap is free. |
| 180L rubbish bin | £49.10 | Standard rubbish-container option. |
Waverley’s order page was advising approximately four to six weeks for ordinary bin delivery during the previous live audit.
The live Council page contained inconsistent 360L rubbish-bin prices in different sections. Verify the amount displayed during the official application/payment process.
Bulky Waste Prices for Furniture and Large Appliances
Waverley’s large household-item service is handled through Furniture Helpline and is separate from the normal black-bin collection.
| Items | Full price | Discounted price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | £49 | £41.65 |
| 2 | £70 | £59.50 |
| 3 | £91 | £77.35 |
| 4 | £112 | £95.20 |
| 5 | £133 | £113.05 |
| 6 | £154 | £130.90 |
| 7 | £175 | £148.75 |
| 8 | £196 | £166.60 |
Accepted bulky items
Sofas, mattresses, tables, wardrobes, washing machines, fridges, freezers and similar eligible items.
Extra safety charge
Upholstered furniture can attract an additional £10 charge per item.
Outside by 7am
The current bulky-service guidance says booked items should be outside and accessible by 7am.
Ask Furniture Helpline for a quotation instead of using the standard small-booking flow.
Small Electricals, Batteries and Textiles Can Have a Free Collection
Do not automatically pay for bulky disposal if the items qualify for Waverley’s separate free Biffa collection.
Request the collection
Biffa confirms the collection date after processing the booking.
Bag waste by type
Prepare electricals, textiles and household batteries according to the service instructions.
By 6am
Put the prepared material next to your food caddy on the confirmed collection day.
Extra Household Waste: Use the Correct Surrey Recycling Centre
Community Recycling Centres are managed by Surrey County Council, not Waverley Borough Council.
Farnham CRC
Check opening status, accepted material and any vehicle restrictions before travelling.
Witley CRC
Useful for parts of Godalming, Milford, Haslemere, Witley and surrounding areas.
Cranleigh CRC
Check the current Surrey site page because individual facilities and accepted materials can differ.
Surrey’s recycling-centre material and vehicle rules can differ from ordinary household-bin rules.
Waverley Waste Phone Number and Contact Routes
| What you need | Contact | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Waste Services | 01483 523524 | Waste and garden-waste guidance. |
| Waste email | waste@waverley.gov.uk | Collection/calendar and waste enquiries. |
| General Council | 01483 523333 | General Waverley enquiries. |
| Electrical/textile booking | 01252 724157 | Biffa small-item booking. |
General telephone opening hours
Monday
8:45am–5:15pm
Tuesday
8:45am–5:15pm
Wednesday
8:45am–4pm
Thursday
8:45am–5:15pm
Friday
8:45am–4:45pm
Bank holidays
General Council telephone service is closed.
Have your postcode, house number, container type, scheduled date, whether it was out on time and garden subscription status where relevant.
Waverley Bin Collection FAQs
How do I find my Waverley bin collection day?
Where can I download the Waverley 2026 bin calendar?
How often is Waverley rubbish collected?
How often is Waverley recycling collected?
How often is food waste collected?
What is the normal Waverley bin set-out time?
How long do I have to report a missed Waverley bin?
Do Waverley bin collections always change on bank holidays?
How do I check Waverley garden waste dates?
How much is Waverley garden waste in 2026?
How many Waverley garden collections are included?
Can I have more than one Waverley garden bin?
Can I pay for an extra ordinary rubbish-bin collection?
Who can apply for a larger rubbish bin?
What is the Waverley Waste Services phone number?
Can I get an assisted bin collection?
Official Waverley Resources
Use the live Council pages below whenever exact dates, current charges or service notices matter.
Garden service
Current subscription, 25-collection service and brown-bin information.
Check garden wasteBefore Collection Morning
- Check your exact address rather than the town name.
- Identify the correct Week 1 or Week 2 calendar.
- Confirm whether black rubbish, blue recycling, food or garden waste is due.
- Remember food waste normally goes every week.
- Use 6am as the normal presentation deadline unless a live notice says otherwise.
- During the current summer early-start notice, putting bins out the evening before is safer.
- Keep recycling loose, clean and suitable for the blue bin.
- Check garden subscription status before reporting a brown bin missed.
- Match garden dates to Garden Week 1 or Garden Week 2.
- Report a genuine missed collection within the current three-day window.
- Check each bank holiday individually.
- Recheck festive dates even when they appear on the 2026 PDF.
- Do not put out a second ordinary black bin expecting it to be collected.
- Use larger-bin eligibility, an extra garden subscription, bulky collection or a recycling centre for excess waste.
Independent resident guide. BinCollectionGuide.org is not Waverley Borough Council, Biffa or Surrey County Council. Collection dates, temporary start times, bank-holiday arrangements, charges and recycling rules can change. Verify urgent or property-specific information through the official services linked above.