Slough bin collections
In Slough all the recycling shares one red bin: glass, cans, cardboard, plastic bottles and paper. It alternates with the grey rubbish bin, one week each. Food waste is weekly, collected on the same day as whichever of the two is out.
Which bin is which in Slough
Bins need to be out by 6am. Garden waste, if you subscribe, goes in the green bin.
Christmas and New Year collections 2026
Monday 21 to Thursday 24 December run as normal. From Christmas Day everything goes one to four days late: Friday 25 December moves to Tuesday 29 December, Wednesday 30 December to Saturday 2 January, and Friday 15 January to Saturday 16 January. Garden waste dates are in the bin directory.
| Usual day | Collected on |
|---|---|
| Friday 25 December | Tuesday 29 December |
| Monday 28 December | Wednesday 30 December |
| Tuesday 29 December | Thursday 31 December |
| Wednesday 30 December | Saturday 2 January |
| Thursday 31 December | Monday 4 January |
| Friday 1 January | Tuesday 5 January |
| Monday 4 January | Wednesday 6 January |
| Tuesday 5 January | Thursday 7 January |
| Wednesday 6 January | Friday 8 January |
| Thursday 7 January | Saturday 9 January |
| Friday 8 January | Monday 11 January |
| Monday 11 January | Tuesday 12 January |
| Tuesday 12 January | Wednesday 13 January |
| Wednesday 13 January | Thursday 14 January |
| Thursday 14 January | Friday 15 January |
| Friday 15 January | Saturday 16 January |
Garden waste: £55 a year
£55 for 12 months from when you sign up, plus £52 if you need a green bin. You can have up to four bins, and households where everyone gets Pension Credit pay half. Collections run fortnightly, 25 a year, with a two-week gap over Christmas. Chalvey tip takes garden waste free.
Weekly food waste collection
Weekly. It was rolled out round by round from November 2025, and flats with communal bins joined in April 2026. Missed food waste has its own report form, separate from the bins.
Report a missed bin
Report it after 7pm on collection day and within two working days.
Bulky waste collection from £54
£54 minimum charge, with more items at £19 each up to five. Fridges and freezers are £29.70 each, two at most. Pensioner-only and disabled-only households get £10 off two collections a year, and nothing is refunded.
Recycling centres in Slough
Chalvey is the household waste recycling centre for Slough.
- Chalvey Household Waste Recycling Centre
Worth knowing in Slough
Langley recycling centre over the border in Buckinghamshire closed on 8 September 2026 and is due to reopen in spring 2027. Burnham HRC takes sofas and other upholstered items in the meantime.
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.
Where this comes from
Every fact on this page was read from the council's own website, last checked on 26 October 2026. Councils change prices each April, so check the link before you pay for anything.
- Collection frequency: slough.gov.uk, slough.gov.uk, slough.gov.uk
- Missed bins: slough.gov.uk
- Bulky waste: slough.gov.uk
- Recycling centres: slough.gov.uk
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