Waste collections calendar

If you are not sure which day your bins should normally be emptied on, please check our Binzone service

Below you will find a link to a PDF download showing your full Waste and Recycling calendar for 1 April to 31 March. 

The calendar shows:

• details of bank holiday collections changes
• which bins will be emptied on which days
• when we will collect extra garden waste from those properties that subscribe to our garden waste service.

All bins should be put out for collection before 6am, with the lids firmly closed.

Bank holiday collection changes

When there’s a bank holiday or official public holiday, our waste and recycling collections will follow a revised schedule.

Here are the collection changes for the 2025 Easter holidays:

To find out more about Easter waste and recycling, visit our page on Waste less, save money at Easter.

Read our latest Waste and Recycling leaflet

Click here to read our 2025-2026 Waste and Recycling information leaflet.  This includes details of holiday collection changes, what to do if your rubbish isn’t collected, tips on reducing your waste, information on how you can recycle batteries, vapes and electrical items and more. 

Please note, this leaflet does not contain the full waste and recycling calendar.

How to access your full Waste and Recycling Calendar

We operate the waste service in South Oxfordshire via a two-calendar system.  This means your bins may be collected differently to other streets in your area.  

To ensure you select the correct waste calendar for your property, please read the following information carefully.

If you live in Didcot or East Hagbourne, or if your property is located on the Abingdon Bridge, please:

• to access your correct waste calendar, please click here to use our postcode search – if you have trouble accessing this link, please trying again later
• click here to find out how you can add the our waste calendar to your Google Calendar or iCal

If you live anywhere else in the district, please:

• click here to find out how you can add the our waste calendar to your Google Calendar or iCal

• click here to download your 2025/26 waste calendar and holiday collection changes in colour – new
• click here to download your 2025/26 waste calendar and holiday collection changes in printable black and white – new

Extra garden waste collections

If you are subscribed to our brown bin service you can have extra garden waste collected for free, on your normal collection day only, during the following periods in 2025:

• 27 October to 7 November

To ensure your extra garden waste will be eligible for collection, please see our Garden Waste pages.

Service disruptions

If these is disruption to our services due to adverse weather, such as snow, ice, flooding or extreme heat, we will post updates on our Changes to usual collections page.

We’ll notify people via WhatsApp and via our other social media channels.

Stay in the know! Follow our new WhatsApp Channel and get bin collection updates, recycling tips, and weather alerts sent right to your phone and then share them with friends and family!

Contact us - Biffa

03000 610610
(Text phone users add 18001 before dialing)

admin.southoxford@biffa.co.uk

c/o South Oxfordshire District Council
Abbey House
Abbey Close
Abingdon
OX14 3JE