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People in South Oxfordshire are reducing the amount of rubbish sent to landfills by using our improved waste and recycling service. You can find out all about this new service below.

Recycling

In your green recycling bin you can put mixed paper and card, glass bottles and jars, tins and cans, aerosols and foil, plastic bottles, food and drinks cartons, plastic bags. We collect your recycling every other week.

Please wash and squash items where possible to create more room in your recycling bin. Remove tops from plastic bottles and place in recycling bin separately.

• find out ways you can recycle
• what can you recycle?
• find your collection day
• find a recycling bank
• check your bank holiday collection dates

Food waste recycling

Put in all your raw and cooked food waste including leftovers and spoilt food and we’ll collect them every week for composting.

• find out all about your weekly food waste collection
• find your collection day

Rubbish

The rubbish you’re left with after you’ve removed your recycling and composting goes into your grey bin. You can use black bags inside this bin. We collect your rubbish every other week. 

• how to reduce your waste
• what goes in the grey bin
• Find your nearest waste recycling centre (rubbish tip)
• find your collection day
• check your bank holiday collection dates

Collection days

Collection days for rubbish, recycling and food caddies can be found searching by your postcode or area. You can also view our collection calendar.

If you live down a narrow or restricted access road, your collection will fall under calendar 1. Please check the attached list of roads for narrow access collections on the collection day page.

Sack system

Information for people using sacks.

Flats

Information for people who live in flats - rubbish and recycling collections for flats

Garden waste scheme (brown wheeled bins)

• find information on the garden waste scheme
• find garden waste collection dates
• order a wheeled bin
• find out how to home compost

Bulky household waste

• what we collect and how to get your items collected
• re-use furniture
• freecycle

Have a question?

Check out our waste and recycling frequently asked questions (FAQs)

What happens to your rubbish?

Watch an interesting video to see what we do with your recycling.

Contact the waste and recycling team

For information or questions about waste and recycling:

Call 03000 610610 (Local call rate)
or email admin.southoxford@verdant-group.co.uk