Household rubbish collection in East Dorset

Until you have established the normal time of your collection, please leave your sacks out by 7am on the day of collection. Sacks must not be put out before midday on the day before collection (ideally not before 6pm).

If your refuse was put out on time but not collected, please complete the online missed bin form.

Purchasing black sacks

Rolls of black sacks with the council logo can be purchased from the locations below at a cost of £2 per roll of 30. Please note that you do not need to use sacks with the council logo on them.

• Cash Office at the Council Offices, Furzehill, Wimborne, BH21 4HN

• Wimborne Minster Town Council, West Borough, Wimborne, BH21 1LT

• Wimborne Tourist Information Centre, 29 High Street, Wimborne, BH21 1HR

• Verwood Town Council, 28 Vicarage Road, Verwood, BH31 6DW

• Verwood Spar Shop, Manor Road, off Ringwood Road, Verwood, BH31 6HF

• Three Legged Cross Spar Shop, Verwood Road, Three Legged Cross, BH21 6RJ

• St Leonards and St Ives Parish Council, Braeside Road, St Leonards, BH24 2PJ

• St Ives Post Office, 72 Ringwood Road, St Ives, BH24 2NY

• Ferndown Town Council, Peter Grant Way, Ferndown, BH22 9EN

• Corfe Mullen Parish Council, Towers Way, Corfe Mullen, BH21 3UA

• West Moors Parish Council, Library, Station Road, West Moors, BH22 0JD

• Sixpenny Handley Parish Council, Town Farm Workshops, Dean Lane, Sixpenny Handley, SP5 5PA

Sacks may also be purchased by sending a cheque to Technical Services, East Dorset District Council, Furzehill, Wimborne, BH21 4HN, or by calling 01202 886201 and using a credit/debit card for orders over £10. Each roll of black sacks ordered will incur a postal charge of £2 per roll.

Black sacks containing garden waste will not be collected. 

Collection days

Enter your postcode to find your next collection day. If you have difficulties please call 01202 886201.

Help with collecting your refuse

If you are unable to carry your refuse out for collection, for example, if you are disabled, we can arrange for your refuse to be collected from your rear door. Please contact us to request an Assisted Collection Form (pdf, 16kb) (opens in a new window) . When you have completed this, please return it to the council offices at Furzehill and we will contact you about your needs. 

Reducing waste

Please try to reduce the amount of waste you put out for collection by insisting on minimum packaging of products you purchase and by recycling or composting as much of your waste as possible.

If you are a new resident to East Dorset - welcome!

If you live in an area covered by our green bag and box kerbside recycling scheme or our brown bin scheme for the weekly collection of food waste and cardboard, and there is no green box and bag, or brown bin and kitchen caddy at your property already, we will deliver these to you. The leaflets explaining what materials are collected by each scheme will be posted to you.

We will also be able to tell you on which days your refuse and recycling collections take place.

Please call us on 01202 886201 to find this out and to order any recycling equipment you require. We  will do our best to deliver this within one week.

Collection of large waste items

We can collect bulky waste items from your home, (waste that will not fit in a black sack or weighing more than 25kg). A charge will be made for this service. 

• Name: Refuse, litter, street sweeping and recycling (East Dorset)
  Email: contracts@eastdorset.gov.uk
  Tel: 01202 886201
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