Horsham bin collections

By Mark Andrews. Checked against Horsham District Council pages on 1 November 2026.

At 140 litres, the green-top rubbish bin in Horsham is smaller than the 240 litre blue-top recycling bin it swaps weeks with. Food scraps go out weekly in the orange-top bin, on whichever day your other bin is due.

Which bin is which in Horsham

Green top for rubbish, blue top for recycling, brown top for garden waste, orange top for food. Out by 6am.

Green General waste Green-top bin - refuse / non-recyclableFortnightly

Blue Recycling Blue-top bin - recyclingFortnightly

Orange Food waste Orange-top caddy - food waste, weeklyWeekly

Garden waste: £64 a year

£64 a year for the 240 litre brown-top bin, running 1 April to 31 March, and every extra bin is another £64. If you don't already have a bin you'll have to buy one. There's no discount for joining part-way through and no refund mid-year. You get 25 fortnightly collections, none at Christmas, and the back of the bin must show your house number. The garden waste line is 01403 739459.

Weekly food waste collection

Weekly, from a lockable grey and orange outdoor bin that you fill from the kitchen caddy. Tea bags are fine. Packaging, oil or flowers aren't, and a bin with them in gets left unemptied.

Report a missed bin

You've got until 12 noon the day after your collection to report it, and the crew aims to come back within 24 hours of your report.

Report a missed bin to Horsham

Bulky waste collection from £32

£32 for the first item and £27 for each one after, up to eight. Full Housing Benefit or Council Tax Support gets 50% off, and it's free if you're state pension age on full benefits. Upholstered furniture is booked separately.

Book a bulky waste collection

Recycling centres in Horsham

Hop Oast in Horsham and the Billingshurst centre are both run by West Sussex County Council, and you'll need proof of a West Sussex address.

Horsham (Hop Oast) Recycling Centre RH13 0AR
Billingshurst Recycling Centre RH14 9HY

Get told the night before

Binformation is a free Android app. Put your postcode in once and it sends a notification the evening before each collection, saying which bins are going. If the council moves your day for a bank holiday, the reminder moves with it.

Binformation on Google Play

Nearby councils

Where this comes from

Every fact on this page was read from the council's own website, last checked on 1 November 2026. Councils change prices each April, so check the link before you pay for anything.

Collection frequency: horsham.gov.uk, horsham.gov.uk, horsham.gov.uk
Missed bins: horsham.gov.uk
Bulky waste: horsham.gov.uk
Recycling centres: horsham.gov.uk

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