Eltham is collected by Royal Borough of Greenwich. Check your next collection date and which bins go out.
Which council collects Eltham?
Eltham is in Royal Borough of Greenwich, England.
That is the council that decides your collection day, supplies your bins and publishes the
schedule — so it is the council name to look for on any official bin information.
This trips people up more than it should. Council boundaries rarely match the suburb names
people actually use, and a suburb can sit on the edge of one council while the shops you drive
to are in the next one. If you have just moved to Eltham, or you are checking on behalf of a
rental, Royal Borough of Greenwich is who you are dealing with. Our full
Royal Borough of Greenwich bin day guide has the detail
, and Royal Borough of Greenwich’s own website is the source of record
.
Eltham bin colours and collection frequency
Royal Borough of Greenwich issues 3 bins to households
in Eltham:
Greenwich alternates general waste and recycling fortnightly. The brown bin accepts both food scraps and garden waste on a separate fortnightly rotation. Check your specific address for collection days.
Why your street may differ from the rest of Eltham
Knowing the council is only half of it. Royal Borough of Greenwich divides its area into collection zones so
the trucks can work through it across the week, and those zone lines do not follow suburb
boundaries. A single suburb the size of Eltham is often split across two or more collection
days, which is why a neighbour a few streets away can be a reliable-sounding but wrong source.
The other half is which week you are in.
, while recycling is fortnightly, alternating with black bin , and food and garden waste is fortnightly.
Anything on a fortnightly cycle means counting weeks, and public holidays shift the count.
The checker above returns the actual next date for each bin, so there is nothing to count.
Eltham bin day: common questions
What council covers Eltham?
Eltham is collected by Royal Borough of Greenwich, in England. That is the council that sets your collection day, provides your bins and publishes the schedule.
When is bin day in Eltham?
Collection day in Eltham depends on your street. Royal Borough of Greenwich splits its area into collection zones so the trucks can cover the whole council across the week, which means different parts of Eltham can be collected on different days. Enter your postcode in the checker on this page to get the next collection date for your own address.
Which bin is recycling in Eltham?
In Eltham the blue bin takes mixed recycling — paper, cardboard, glass, plastic and metal containers, except glass, which has its own separate stream here. It is fortnightly, alternating with black bin.
Does Eltham have a green or FOGO bin?
Yes. Royal Borough of Greenwich provides a brown bin for food and garden waste in Eltham, fortnightly.
What if I've just moved to Eltham?
The colour scheme you learned at your old address may not apply here. Check the Royal Borough of Greenwich colours below, then run your new address through the checker to get your collection day — asking a neighbour is unreliable, because they may be in a different collection zone.
