Canterbury City Council collects landfill waste in grey-lidded wheelie bins or purple refuse sacks from every household in the district on alternate weeks. To find out when your waste is due to be collected, look at your collection date calendar.

In order to reduce the amount of waste going to the Canterbury landfill site, there are various recycling schemes available:

We have prepared a guide to recycling in the district. This is also available as a PDF file for you to download, (995kb) or you can request a printed copy. Why not check out our amazing facts about recycling to spur you on?

If you need help or advice with waste and recycling problems, please contact the recycling team at

Canterbury City Council on 01227 862 211
e-mail them at recycling@canterbury.gov.uk