Check Your Hounslow Bin Day, Zone A/B Calendar and Collection Changes
Start with your exact address, then confirm your normal weekday and whether your property follows Zone A or Zone B. That is the safest way to identify the correct black-bin week.
This guide combines the official 2026 PDFs with bank-holiday changes, this week’s schedule, missed-bin rules, recycling boxes, garden waste, flats, bulky collections, Space Waye and practical troubleshooting.
Current Hounslow Collection Alert
Checked 31 July 2026: Hounslow’s current missed-collection guidance warns that some waste and recycling rounds have been affected by vehicle breakdowns.
Check the disruption notice first
Your road may already be known to the council, so check the latest service information before filing another report.
Wait until 5pm
Normal collections can continue until 5pm. The missed-collection reporting window does not open before then.
Do not treat this as permanent
Vehicle availability changes. The address calendar remains your planned date; service alerts explain short-term delays.
Hounslow Bin Collection Days: The Fastest Reliable Answer
Do not search for one borough-wide collection date. Hounslow bin collection days depend on the exact property, its regular weekday and the Zone A or Zone B fortnightly cycle.
Search your home
Use Hounslow’s official property lookup.
Note Monday–Friday
Your normal weekday tells you which date within the highlighted collection week applies.
Confirm A or B
The zones run opposite black-bin and subscribed garden-waste cycles.
Check exceptions
Bank holidays can alter the date even when the normal collection week is correct.
Knowing “Thursday” is not enough. A resident can have the correct weekday but the wrong fortnightly black-bin week.
How to Find Your Exact Hounslow Bin Collection Date
Open the official Hounslow collection finder
Use the council tool rather than an old screenshot, neighbourhood timetable or another household’s routine.
Select the exact property
Flats, houses, new developments and properties close to route boundaries can have different arrangements.
Record your normal collection weekday
The Zone A/B PDFs show collection weeks rather than assigning one weekday to the entire borough.
Identify Zone A or Zone B
Use the property result before downloading a calendar. The wrong zone reverses the fortnightly black-bin pattern.
Check the specific waste stream
Black rubbish is fortnightly; recycling boxes and food waste are weekly; subscribed garden waste normally runs on the alternate week to black rubbish.
Check bank holidays or disruption
Use the official current notice when your date falls in a bank-holiday week or your road has a service problem.
Hounslow Bin Collection This Week: 27–31 July 2026
This current-week snapshot applies to the official 2026 Zone A/B calendars. Use your property’s normal weekday to turn the collection week into your exact date.
Black wheelie-bin week
- Black rubbish is the fortnightly stream scheduled this week.
- Put it out on your normal weekday.
- Red, green and blue recycling remains weekly.
- Food waste remains weekly.
Garden-waste week for subscribers
- Subscribed garden waste is the fortnightly stream shown this week.
- Black rubbish is on the opposite cycle.
- Weekly recycling boxes continue.
- Weekly food waste continues.
During 3–7 August, Zone B moves to its black-bin week and Zone A moves to the subscribed garden-waste week.
Do not use this snapshot as a permanent answer. Open the property finder or the month-by-month calendar below.
Hounslow Bin Collection Dates 2026 Map: Find Your Zone Without Guessing
Searches for a Hounslow bin collection dates 2026 map usually mean “Which schedule applies to my street?” The official answer is the address and postcode finder—not a borough-wide colour map.
Enter the property
Search the exact address in the council collection finder.
Identify A or B
Match the property to the correct 2026 collection zone.
Town-wide assumptions
Do not assume every Chiswick, Feltham, Isleworth or Hounslow Town address belongs to one zone.
Zone A and Zone B alternate. Selecting the wrong PDF can reverse every fortnightly rubbish date.
Hounslow Bin Collection Calendar 2026: Zone A Dates
Hounslow’s currently published 2026 calendar covers 1 April to 31 October. The rows below show the collection weeks; your normal Monday–Friday collection day still determines the exact date.
Hounslow 2026 Zone B Calendar
Hounslow Bin Collection Dates in April and May 2026
April and May need special attention because the normal zone pattern overlaps Easter and the two May Monday bank holidays.
Exact Easter 2026 collection changes
| Normal date | Revised date |
|---|---|
| Friday 3 April — Good Friday | No change |
| Monday 6 April — Easter Monday | Tuesday 7 April |
| Tuesday 7 April | Wednesday 8 April |
| Wednesday 8 April | Thursday 9 April |
| Thursday 9 April | Friday 10 April |
| Friday 10 April | Saturday 11 April |
April–May weeks
- 6–10 April
- 20–24 April
- 4–8 May
- 18–22 May
April–May weeks
- 1–3 April
- 13–17 April
- 27 April–1 May
- 11–15 May
- 25–29 May
Both Mondays are marked as bank holidays on the Zone A/B PDFs. The calendars state there is no service on bank holidays and collections take place the following day. Check the live property result for your exact revised date.
Hounslow Bin Collection Dates for September and October 2026
Black-bin collection weeks
- 7–11 September
- 21–25 September
- 5–9 October
- 19–23 October
Garden-waste weeks
- 31 August–4 September
- 14–18 September
- 28 September–2 October
- 12–16 October
- 26–30 October
Black-bin collection weeks
- 31 August–4 September
- 14–18 September
- 28 September–2 October
- 12–16 October
- 26–30 October
Garden-waste weeks
- 7–11 September
- 21–25 September
- 5–9 October
- 19–23 October
Do not continue the alternating pattern into November or Christmas yourself. Use Hounslow’s newly published schedule when the next calendar becomes available.
Hounslow Bin Collection Bank Holiday Rules
The official 2026 Zone A/B calendars explicitly state: no service on bank holidays, with collections taking place the following day. Easter has a separately published detailed timetable.
The current April–October PDFs do not provide Christmas 2026 dates. Do not copy Christmas 2025/New Year 2026 dates forward.
Hounslow Collection Times and Where to Put Your Bins
Correct timing and placement are important because a container that was late, hidden or inaccessible can be recorded as incorrectly presented rather than missed.
Ready before 7am
Collections can take place between 7am and 5pm.
Possible 6am start
Hounslow may begin an hour earlier in hotter weather.
Possible 5am start
Extreme heat can trigger an even earlier start to protect crews.
Front boundary
Keep containers visible and accessible from the pavement but not actually blocking the pavement.
Keep rubbish contained inside the wheelie bin. Side waste, overfilled containers or incorrect contents can stop the normal collection.
What Goes in Hounslow Bins and Recycling Boxes?
Non-recyclable rubbish
- Soft plastic wrapping not accepted in the red box
- Polystyrene
- Glass-jar lids
- Wrapped nappies and sanitary waste
- Carefully wrapped broken ceramics or glass
- No food waste
- No batteries
- No garden waste
- No electricals
- No building rubble
Plastic and metal cans
- Accepted rigid plastic packaging
- Food tins
- Drink cans
- Wash and squash items
- Keep plastic lids attached
- No carrier bags
- No crisp packets
- No bread bags
- No batteries
Glass bottles and jars
Use the green recycling box for glass bottles and jars rather than mixing them with paper or plastic recycling.
Paper and cardboard
- Paper
- Cardboard
- Flatten boxes
- Keep individual cardboard below 70 × 70cm
- No oversized unflattened cardboard
- No shredded paper
Hounslow collects materials separately so they remain cleaner and easier to recycle at the materials handling facility.
Weekly Food Waste Collection
Food waste is collected every week, regardless of whether your fortnightly stream is black rubbish or subscribed garden waste.
7-litre kitchen caddy
Use it to collect food scraps inside the home.
25-litre food bin
Transfer food waste into the larger outdoor container for collection.
No liquids or oils
Drain excess liquids before placing food in the bin.
Hounslow Missed Bin Collection: Use the Right Route
A genuine council miss and a rejected or incorrectly presented bin are treated differently.
Report between 5pm and 5pm
- Wait until 5pm on the collection day.
- Report by 5pm the next working day.
- Confirm it was actually due.
- Confirm it was correctly presented.
- Hounslow says it will return within two working days after an accepted miss.
Presentation problem
- Not out or not visible
- Too heavy because of wrong material
- Overfilled
- Extra waste beside the bin
- Contaminated with incorrect items
When the council attempted the collection but could not empty the wheelie bin for one of the presentation reasons above, the current paid one-off service costs £10.20. It must be booked within 24 hours after 5pm on the attempted collection day.
Correct the problem, present the bin properly and leave it available. Hounslow says collection should take place within three working days after the request.
Need Help Moving Bins? Request an Assisted Collection
Residents who need help presenting bins and recycling can request an assisted collection rather than struggling to move containers to the front boundary.
Residents needing assistance
Use the service when moving bins or boxes to the normal collection point is difficult because of your circumstances.
Collection closer to the home
The assisted arrangement records a collection location for crews rather than requiring normal front-boundary presentation.
Use the official request
Complete the council’s assisted-bin collection process instead of treating the issue as repeated missed collections.
Hounslow Garden Waste Collection 2026/27
The garden-waste service runs from 1 April to 31 March and is collected every two weeks, normally on the same weekday as recycling but on the opposite fortnightly cycle to black rubbish.
£75 per year
Current 2026/27 annual subscription.
£37.50
For eligible residents receiving income-based Council Tax Reduction.
240L brown bin
Properties unsuitable for a wheelie bin can receive two 90L reusable sacks.
25 collections
A full subscription includes a two-week Christmas/New Year pause.
Before subscribing
- You must live in the London Borough of Hounslow.
- The property must be accessible to the collection vehicle and crew.
- The container must be stored inside the property boundary.
- Purpose-built flats are eligible only where the garden container can be presented at ground level and accessed.
- Businesses cannot use the household subscription.
After subscribing
- Allow up to ten working days for delivery.
- Wait until the next scheduled collection after the new bin or sacks arrive.
- Present them by 7am.
- Do not leave excess garden waste beside or on top.
- Keep the bin lid closed.
- Only council-supplied garden containers are emptied.
The service accepts loose compostable garden material such as grass, flowers, leaves, hedge trimmings and small branches. It does not accept food, stones, gravel, pots, bags or large branches over the published limit.
If you move within Hounslow, take the garden bin or sacks with you and notify the council in advance so the subscription can be transferred. Moving out of the borough requires cancellation.
Need More Rubbish Capacity? Larger Black Bin Rules
Most Hounslow homes have a standard 140-litre black wheelie bin. A 240-litre bin or an additional 140-litre bin is assessed rather than automatically issued.
Use all recycling services
Hounslow may check whether recyclable material is unnecessarily taking up black-bin space.
Explain your circumstances
Household size, unavoidable waste and relevant medical or family circumstances can be considered.
28-day response window
If the council requests supporting information, provide it within 28 calendar days or the application can be cancelled.
Hounslow regularly checks whether larger or additional bins are still needed and can return a property to the standard 140L bin when circumstances change.
Broken Bin or Not Enough Recycling Boxes?
Leave it visible
When a replacement is due, leave the damaged bin at the front boundary. If the council cannot see it, the order can be closed.
Order extra containers
Extra or replacement recycling boxes and food-waste containers can be requested when needed.
Allow up to 10 working days
New containers may arrive separately from your normal collection vehicle.
Hounslow Bin Collections for Flats and Flats Above Shops
Communal flats and flats above shops should not automatically follow the household Zone A/B instructions.
Use labelled communal bins
Hounslow communal stores can have separate containers for plastic, cardboard, paper, glass, tins/cans/aerosols, food and non-recyclable rubbish.
Use Hounslow purple sacks
Flats above shops receive a separate rubbish service. Using other bags in the designated area can be treated as fly-tipping.
Purple-sack collection days
- Central Hounslow up to and including Lampton Road
- Chiswick
- Brentford
- Isleworth
- Hounslow East
- Central Hounslow west of Lampton Road
- Bedfont
- Cranford
- Feltham
- Hanworth
- Heston
- Hounslow West
If using Hounslow’s bulky service from a flat, get managing-agent permission and clearly label booked items with the collection date and service-request number.
Textiles, Small Electricals, Batteries and Coffee Pods
Weekly alongside recycling
Put eligible clothes, textiles and shoes in a clearly marked plastic bag beside your recycling boxes.
Carrier-bag size test
If the appliance and cable fit in a standard supermarket carrier bag, it can generally use the small-electrical collection.
Remove them first
Batteries must be removed from electrical items and should not go into normal rubbish or recycling boxes.
Kerbside service ended
Hounslow’s coffee-pod kerbside collection ended on 14 February 2026. Use Space Waye or participating Podback drop-off points.
Use an appropriate specialist recycling route rather than putting vapes into the weekly carrier-bag collection.
Hounslow Bulky Waste Collection: Fees and Booking Checks
Hounslow charges a minimum fee covering up to five items, so check the list and prepare everything before booking.
| Customer | Up to 5 items | Each additional item |
|---|---|---|
| Standard resident | £41 | £8.20 |
| Eligible Council Tax Reduction | £15 | £3 |
| Landlord | £72 | £14.40 |
7am–3pm
Collections run Monday to Friday. Present booked items by 7am.
Use agreed collection point
Items must be visible where specified in your booking.
Two-person maximum
Items too heavy for two operatives are excluded.
About 183cm maximum
Items exceeding six feet in height, length or width can be refused.
Common accepted examples
- Furniture
- Beds and mattresses
- Fridges and washing machines
- Bicycles
- Computers and televisions
- Electrical appliances
- Up to 25 litres of cooking oil in a sealed container
Three suitable strong clear bags count as one bulky-waste item. Each bag must be securely tied, no more than 10kg and free from prohibited hazardous/general household waste.
Waterlogged, mouldy or pest-infested upholstered items can be refused because they are unsafe for operatives to handle.
Hounslow’s current terms allow changes before 12 noon on the working day before collection. Refunds are not provided for cancellations after that point.
Clinical Waste and Sharps: Do Not Use Normal Bins
Specialist free collection
Hounslow’s clinical-waste service requires approval from a medical professional and is collected by Medisort.
- Hypodermic needles
- Blood
- Human tissue
- Other infectious body fluids
Not classed as clinical waste
- Nappies
- Sanitary products
- Ordinary incontinence pads
Wrap these thoroughly, secure them inside a tied bag and use the black wheelie bin.
Space Waye Reuse and Recycling Centre: Current 2026 Visit Rules
Space Waye is at North Feltham Trading Estate, Pier Road, off Faggs Road, Feltham TW14 0TH.
8am–3:30pm
The resident car site is listed as open seven days a week.
No booking in current trial
Ordinary resident car visits can currently turn up without advance booking.
Booking required
The busiest days continue to use the booking system.
Booking required
Bank holidays remain booking days during the six-month trial.
Bring proof of address
Queues can still occur even when a slot is not required.
Bring ID + address evidence
Booked visits are limited to 30 minutes. Arrive within the permitted slot window.
Residents can currently visit up to twice in one day and three times in a week in total.
Hounslow currently allows up to two 50-litre sacks, or equivalent, of DIY waste free per visit, with a maximum of one such visit each week. Waste above the allowance is chargeable.
Up to two mattresses of any size can currently be disposed of free. Larger quantities can be treated as trade waste.
Official Hounslow PDFs Used for the 2026 Dates
The important PDF information has been converted into practical sections above so you do not have to interpret calendar colours yourself.
Zone A calendar
Official 1 April–31 October 2026 black-bin and subscribed garden-waste collection weeks plus bank-holiday markers.
Open Zone A PDFZone B calendar
Official opposite fortnightly cycle covering the same seven-month period.
Open Zone B PDFHounslow Matters Spring 2026
Source for the exact Easter 2026 revised dates and the published 2026/27 garden-waste price.
Open Spring 2026 PDFLarger wheelie-bin policy
Supporting policy for applications for larger or additional residual-waste capacity.
Open policyHounslow Waste Contact Routes
Use the online task-specific forms first when possible. For a waste or Environment and Street Services question, Hounslow also lists telephone and email support.
Hounslow Bin Collection FAQs
How do I find my Hounslow bin collection day?
Where can I find Hounslow bin collection dates for 2026?
Is there a Hounslow bin collection dates 2026 map?
What is Hounslow bin collection this week?
What are the Hounslow bin collection dates for April 2026?
What are the Hounslow bin collection dates for May 2026?
What are the September and October 2026 Hounslow collection dates?
What happens to Hounslow bin collections on bank holidays?
What time should I put Hounslow bins out?
When can I report a missed Hounslow bin?
What if my bin was rejected because I put it out incorrectly?
How often are recycling boxes collected?
How often is the black wheelie bin collected?
How often is food waste collected?
How much is Hounslow garden waste in 2026?
Do flats above shops use normal wheelie-bin dates?
Do I need to book Space Waye?
Can I take DIY waste to Space Waye for free?
Your Hounslow Bin-Night Checklist
- Search the exact property.
- Confirm the normal weekday.
- Confirm Zone A or Zone B.
- Check whether black rubbish or subscribed garden waste is due.
- Remember that recycling boxes and food waste are weekly.
- Check bank-holiday changes.
- Check current disruption information.
- Present normal collections before 7am or earlier during a published heat adjustment.
- Keep containers visible at the front boundary without blocking the pavement.
- Wait until 5pm before reporting a normal missed collection.
- Use the £10.20 one-off route when the council attempted collection but the wheelie bin was incorrectly presented.
Independent resident guide. BinCollectionGuide.org is not London Borough of Hounslow or its waste contractor. Collection dates, charges, service disruptions, opening hours and temporary booking rules can change, so verify urgent or property-specific information through the official council links above.