New Forest, Notices | Posted on January 23rd, 2025 | return to news
New Forest Council confirms dates for new bin collection
Residents within the New Forest District Council will receive two new wheely bins and food waste caddies in the coming months.

Residents within the New Forest District Council (NFDC), such as Ringwood and Fordingbridge, are to receive new bins including food waste recycling caddies as part of the council’s new household waste collection service starting this summer.
Households in the district will receive a black-lidded 180-litre wheelie bin for rubbish, a green-lidded 240-litre recycling bin, along with an outdoor and an indoor caddy for food waste.
The new service will be introduced in three phases across three different phases:
Phase 1: from June 2025, residents in New Milton, Lymington, and some surrounding areas, will start to get the new waste collection service.
Phase 2 will start in October 2025, which covers the west and northwest New Forest, and includes Ringwood, Fordingbridge, Burley, and the surrounding areas.
Phase 3 will begin in March 2026 in the east and northeast New Forest, including Totton, Hythe, and Marchwood.
Households will receive a letter and leaflet in the post confirming what phase they are in, or you can find out using a postcode checker on the council’s website: https://www.newforest.gov.uk/findyourphase.
When the new service begins, recycling and rubbish will be collected on alternate weeks. This means general waste will be collected one week, and recycling collected the next.
Food waste will be collected every week. To get people started, the council is providing one roll of caddy liners.
Glass collections will continue to be made every four weeks using the black glass collection box.
Cllr Geoffrey Blunden, portfolio holder for environment and sustainability, said: “Our new waste collection service will mean that we can recycle even more, separate food waste, and reduce what’s thrown away.
“It’s an exciting step towards a more sustainable future for our district.”
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