Rubbish and recycling
Find out your collection day, where to take your old appliances and what to do with your garden waste.
Disposing of your household waste if you are ill
How to deal with your rubbish if you are self-isolating or have COVID-19.
Waste and recycling collection during the COVID-19 outbreak
Waste and recycling crews are essential front-line workers and they continue to do a fantastic job in very difficult circumstances.
Reuse and recycling centre
Information about the reuse and recycling centre on Landmann Way in New Cross, including who can use the centre, when it is open and what you can recycle.
Your bins
Find out about your rubbish and recycling service, order a new bin, report a problem with your bin, or find your collection day.
Large items
Find out how to get ride of large items, such as fridges and mattresses.
More about waste and recycling
Find out more about recycling in Lewisham
What you can recycle
Find out what you can recycle and where to recycle things that can’t go in your recycling bin.
Garden waste collection service
You can get regular garden waste collections from your kerbside.
Clinical, hazardous and business waste
How to dispose of clinical and hazardous waste, and how we deal with business waste and recycling in the borough.
Where your rubbish and recycling goes
Find out what happens to your rubbish and recycling after it is collected.
Changes to rubbish and recycling collections
Find out about the changes to rubbish and recycling collections that were introduced from October 2017.
Results of the recycling consultation
Read the findings of our consultation on the barriers to disposing of waste, run from 18 February–8 April 2019.
Rubbish and recycling collections after bank holidays
Your rubbish and recycling collections will be different after a bank holiday.