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Recycling, Refuse and Waste
The
recycling, refuse and waste service for residents of Adur and Worthing is
run by Adur & Worthing Council Services (AWCS) a
joint working partnership between the two councils.
Household recycling and refuse collection days
Using the links below you can enter your postcode (on the AWCS website) to find out which day your collections are on for recycling, refuse and garden waste :
- What is my bin day? Collection
day search (on the AWCS website)
- Note : Changes
to collection days due to public holidays (eg Bank Holidays, Easter, Christmas,
New Year, Royal Weddings, etc) can be found on the AWCS website
see also our Christmas and New Year opening hours webpage
- If you can't work out your collection day using the links above then
please contact Adur & Worthing Council Services on 01903 851729
for help and advice
All recycling, refuse and waste information can now be found on the :
- Adur & Worthing
Council Services website (www.aws.gov.uk)
Missed bin collections :
- See the
'report a missed bin' form on the AWS website (www.aws.gov.uk/toptasks)
Remember the 'slipping days' :
Please remember that the collection day for your waste will change whenever there is a bank holiday. The system, called 'slipping days' means that whenever there is a bank holiday, the day your waste is collected on will 'slip back' by the number of bank holidays.
The easiest way to find your current collection day is to either use the postcode search form or download your collection day calendar (both are available above).
To explain the slipping days system - examples :
- At Easter there are two bank holidays (Good Friday and Easter Monday) :
If before Easter you had your recycling and waste collected on a Tuesday, then your collection day will move back two days to Thursday and will remain as a Thursday until the next bank holiday (in May) when it will 'slip back' again. - In August there is one bank holiday :
If before the bank holiday at the end of August you had your recycling and waste collected on a Monday, then your collection day will move back one day to Tuesday and will remain as a Tuesday until the next bank holidays at Christmas when it will 'slip back' again. - In December there are two bank holidays (Christmas Day and Boxing Day)
and then a few days later in January there is one (New Year's day) :
If before Christmas you had your recycling and waste collected on a Monday, then your collection day will move back two days to Wednesday, then at New year it will slip back a further day to Thursday. Your collection day will then remain as a Thursday until the next bank holiday when it will 'slip back' again. - There are no collections on bank holidays, or Saturdays, or Sundays.
If you don't understand the slipping days system then please contact 01903 851729 for help and advice.
