Havant Bin Collection Days: Find Your Day & Missed Bins

How do I find my bin collection day in Havant?

Havant Borough Council collects household rubbish, recycling and garden waste across Havant town centre, Bedhampton, Leigh Park, Langstone and Warblington, and your day depends on your street. The council's where I live service is the quickest check: enter your postcode and your calendar appears under "waste and recycling". The same page can also show councillors and MPs for your address.

You can also use the council's customer portal at waste.havant.gov.uk. As described on the council's site in October 2026, it shows your collection schedule for rubbish, recycling and garden waste, lists any rescheduled collections, and lets you report a missed bin. One account can hold several addresses, which is handy if you help an older relative who does not use the internet.

If you prefer paper or a PDF, the council publishes rubbish and recycling calendars for 2026 for its North area and its South area on its bin collections page. The page does not say which streets sit in which area, so use the postcode checker or the portal to confirm your own day.

How does the alternate-week collection work?

Havant runs an alternate weekly kerbside service from wheeled bins. Rubbish is collected one week and recycling the next, so your day of the week stays the same but the bin that goes out swaps. Check your calendar instead of relying on memory, especially around bank holidays when days can move.

Put your bin out, with the lid flat and closed, by 7am on collection day. The council says a bin that is not placed on the boundary of your property by 7am will not be collected, and the crew will not come back until your next scheduled collection. Collections are delivered for the council by Norse South East.

What goes in the recycling bin?

Recycling goes in the green-top black bin, collected fortnightly. The council asks for items to be clean, dry and loose. It accepts paper such as newspapers, magazines, junk mail and envelopes, and cardboard such as cereal packets, food boxes and corrugated card. It also takes plastic bottles including detergent and toiletry bottles, food and drink tins and cans, and empty aerosols such as deodorant and hairspray.

Shredded paper, gift wrap, laminated paper, paper towels, tissues, wallpaper and pizza boxes are not accepted, and neither are bottles still containing liquid, paint tins or dirty tins. If you have more recycling than the bin holds, the council collects excess clean, dry recycling left in clear plastic sacks or a cardboard box next to the bin. Full details are on the council's recycling page.

Where does glass and hard plastic go?

Glass cannot go in your home recycling bin. The council says to take it to one of the borough's glass recycling banks, and its recycling page links to a map of them. Hard plastic pots, tubs and trays, such as yoghurt pots and meat trays, are not collected from the kerbside either. The council says they go to separate plastic recycling bins around the borough, listed on its plastic recycling sites page. Soft plastics such as bags and film can be recycled at most supermarkets, according to the council.

What goes in the black rubbish bin?

The black refuse bin takes plastic packaging such as food pots and trays, plastic bags and film, food waste, disposable nappies, pet waste, polystyrene, bottle tops, shredded paper and Tetra Paks. It does not take heavy building waste, garden waste, hot ashes, hazardous waste, commercial waste or wood. The council collects one black bin per household unless an extra bin has been authorised, and anything left beside or on top of the bin is not collected. A household of five or more permanent residents, or someone with specific medical needs, may be eligible for an additional bin, as the refuse collections page explains.

How much is garden waste collection?

Garden waste is an opt-in, paid service using a brown wheeled bin. As published on the council's garden waste page in October 2026, the 2026/27 price is £92.48 for a 240 litre bin or £63.10 for a 140 litre bin, with no charge to supply the bin. Collections are every two weeks except over Christmas and New Year, 25 collections a year. Subscriptions start on 1 April or on the date of payment if later, and end on 31 March.

Sign up through the customer portal. You need a valid subscription and the permit sticker on the handle side of the bin, and the bin must hold only household garden waste with no plastic or compostable sacks. A refund is only given if you cancel within 10 working days of paying.

What can I do about a missed bin?

If your bin was out by 7am on the boundary of your property and was not emptied, report it on the portal by 4pm on the next working day after your scheduled collection. Select the missed collection in the portal calendar and choose "problem issue" then "bin not emptied". Leave the bin out, and the crew aims to return within two working days. The council will not return for a bin tagged as too heavy or contaminated, and a late report means waiting for your next scheduled collection.

The council's bin collections page also carried a notice in October 2026 about delays caused by staff absences and a national shortage of HGV drivers, saying rescheduled collections are usually completed within 48 hours. If you cannot use the portal, ring customer services on 023 9244 6019, open 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays.

What about bulky items?

The council offers a chargeable bulky waste collection for sofas, beds, fridges, TVs and similar items. You book by phoning 023 9244 6019 or emailing customer.services@havant.gov.uk, and ask for the current charge when you book. It does not cover trade waste, building materials, batteries, paint or items with glass panels. See the bulky waste page for the full list. For tips and recycling centres, see our Havant recycling centre guide.