Environment
Refuse and Waste
We need your help to make our borough cleaner, greener and safer. We are committed to improving our environment and want to encourage you to be proud of the borough.
Join us in our cleaner, greener and safer campaign to change attitudes towards the environment and help to make our borough a great place to live, work and visit.
Your household waste
Please remember your collection dates, if they change we will tell you in advance.
Your rubbish must be on the boundary of your property by 6.30am on the day of your collection.
Household Refuse Collection days|
Green garden waste collection scheme
Your green garden waste scheme has now re-started. Find out more about the green garden waste scheme.
Glass recycling scheme (blue boxes)
Your glass recycling scheme started in June 2008. Find out more about the glass recycling scheme.
Get your business and commercial waste collected
To help dispose of business and commercial waste we collect refuse from business premises.
Recycling is the future
When recycling even the smallest action makes a difference. With over 70 recycling sites across the borough taking a variety of materials, find out what you can do to help protect and improve our environment.
Keep your street clean
Do your part to help keep our streets clean and free of litter. We offer a variety of services including clearing up spillages, disposing of abandoned vehicles and removing graffiti.
We enforce the law
The law protects you and our environment from harm. Enforcement will be taken if you break the law, for example dropping litter or obstructing our streets, roads or alleyways; fly post or graffiti private or public areas; fly tip; dog foul; abandoned a vehicle or damage property.
We need your help - the cleaner, greener and safer campaign
With your help we can improve the environment by tackling the problems that blight our streets and make this cleaner, greener and safer campaign a success.
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Waste Strategy 
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Location maps for the boroughs disposal sites.
