Goods for recycling may be collected by your district/borough council but can also be taken to household recycling centres.

To help us help you, please read details about your refuse collection (pdf, 16kb) (opens in a new window) . If you followed all the advice in this document but your bin was not collected please report it using our missed bin collection form.

To find out when your bin is collected, follow the relevant link below:

• Domestic waste collection in Christchurch

  Christchurch provides a weekly refuse collection as well as a fortnightly recycling service for residents within the borough.

• Domestic waste collection in East Dorset

  Refuse will be collected each week from domestic properties in plastic or paper sacks. Your sacks should be left within three metres of the public highway.

• Domestic waste collection in North Dorset

  Most properties in North Dorset receive a weekly sack collection service. However we also have a wheeled bin scheme in the north of the district providing fortnightly refuse collections and weekly food waste and cardboard collections.

• Domestic waste collection in Purbeck

  We offer an alternate week collection service for refuse and recycling. The majority of households have been provided with a 240 litre wheeled bin which should be used for any waste that cannot be recycled and a green, 55 litre box for the collection of recyclable material.

• Domestic waste collection in West Dorset

  We provide a weekly refuse collection from each domestic property. Refuse should be placed in a rubbish bin at the kerbside by 7.30am on collection day.

• Domestic waste collection in Weymouth and Portland

  Weymouth and Portland Borough Council operate a fortnightly collection of residual waste for all households that are able to accommodate the green 180 litre wheelie bin that is supplied.

• Household bulky waste - special collections

  Large items of household waste that will not fit into the bins collected on the weekly/fortnightly collection rounds are referred to as bulky household waste. Things like white goods and furniture.