Non-metropolitan district · South East, England

South Oxfordshire bin collection day

Find your South Oxfordshire bin collection day, check what goes in each bin and see how bank holidays change collections. South Oxfordshire District Council empties bins in 13 postcode districts, including OX3, OX4, OX9 and OX10, covering places such as Adwell, Aston Rowant and Aston Tirrold.

Check a postcode in South Oxfordshire

Not sure whether your street is in South Oxfordshire? Postcode districts on council borders can be split, so enter your full postcode to check.

South Oxfordshire at a glance

143,782residents (2020)

679 km²area

13postcode districts

108places listed

About 143,782 people live in South Oxfordshire (mid-2020 estimate) across 679 square kilometres. That makes it a mix of towns and countryside, where rural rounds can be long and run early.

Council: South Oxfordshire District Council
Type: Non-metropolitan district
County council: Oxfordshire County Council
Region: South East

Who collects what in South Oxfordshire

South Oxfordshire District Council collects household bins, recycling, garden waste and bulky items. Oxfordshire County Council is the waste disposal authority, so it runs the household waste recycling centres (the tips) and decides where the waste goes after collection. If you have a question about your bin day, missed bins or new bins, contact South Oxfordshire. For tip opening hours, van permits or booking a tip slot, contact Oxfordshire County Council.

Bank holidays and South Oxfordshire bin days

When a bank holiday lands on or before your collection day, South Oxfordshire may collect as normal or move collections later in the week. These are the next bank holidays in England and Wales:

Christmas and New Year cause the biggest changes. See Christmas bin collections for what usually happens.

Recycling rules in England

Under Simpler Recycling, councils in England must collect the same core recycling from every home: paper and card, glass, metal, plastic (including cartons), food waste every week, and garden waste for households that ask and pay any charge. The rules applied from 31 March 2026, with plastic film and bags joining the plastic stream from 31 March 2027. Councils still choose their own bins, colours and rotas.

GOV.UK: Simpler Recycling household guidance

Not sure which bin something goes in? Our which bin A to Z covers everyday items, and bin colours explained covers what each colour usually means. South Oxfordshire has the final say, so check its website if your bin label disagrees.

Postcode districts in South Oxfordshire

South Oxfordshire collects bins in all or part of these postcode districts. Districts marked on more than one council page cross a boundary.

• OX3
• OX4
• OX9
• OX10
• OX11
• OX14
• OX33
• OX39
• OX44
• OX49
• RG4
• RG8
• RG9

Towns and villages in South Oxfordshire

Bins in these places are collected by South Oxfordshire.

• Adwell (OX9)
• Aston Rowant (OX9)
• Aston Tirrold (OX11)
• Aston Upthorpe (OX11)
• Beckley (OX3)
• Benson (OX10)
• Berinsfield (OX10)
• Berrick Salome (OX10)
• Binfield Heath (RG9)
• Bix (RG9)
• Brightwell (OX10)
• Brightwell Baldwin (OX9)
• Britwell Salome (OX9)
• Cane End (RG4)
• Chalgrove (OX44)
• Checkendon (RG8)
• Chinnor (OX39, OX9)
• Chislehampton (OX44)
• Cholsey (OX10)
• Christmas Common (OX9)
• Clifton Hampden (OX14)
• Crowmarsh Gifford (OX10)
• Cuddesdon (OX44)
• Culham (OX14)
• Cuxham (OX9)
• Denton (OX44)
• Didcot (OX11)
• Dorchester (OX10)
• Drayton St Leonard (OX10)
• Dunsden Green (RG4)
• Easington (OX9)
• East Hagbourne (OX11)
• Elsfield (OX3)
• Emmer Green (RG4)
• Emmington (OX9)
• Ewelme (OX10)
• Forest Hill (OX33)
• Gallowstree Common (RG4)
• Garsington (OX44)
• Goring (RG8)
• Great Haseley (OX44)
• Great Milton (OX44)
• Greenfield (RG9)
• Greys Green (RG9)
• Hailey (OX10)
• Harpsden (RG9)
• Henley-on-Thames (RG9)
• Henton (OX9)
• Holton (OX33)
• Horspath (OX33)
• Ipsden (OX10)
• Kidmore End (RG4)
• Kingston Blount (OX9)
• Lewknor (OX9)
• Little Haseley (OX44)
• Little Milton (OX44)
• Little Wittenham (OX14)
• Long Wittenham (OX14)
• Lower Assendon (RG9)
• Lower Shiplake (RG9)
• Marsh Baldon (OX44)
• Moreton (OX9)
• Moulsford (OX10)
• Nettlebed (RG9)
• Newington (OX10)
• Noke (OX3)
• North Moreton (OX11)
• North Stoke (OX10)
• Nuffield (RG9)
• Nuneham Courtenay (OX44)
• Pishill (RG9)
• Play Hatch (RG4)
• Postcombe (OX9)
• Pyrton (OX9)
• Rotherfield Greys (RG9)
• Rotherfield Peppard (RG9)
• Rowstock (OX11)
• Sandford-on-Thames (OX4)
• Shepherd's Green (RG9)
• Shillingford (OX10)
• Shiplake (RG9)
• Shirburn (OX9)
• Sonning Common (RG4)
• Sonning Eye (RG4)
• South Moreton (OX11)
• South Stoke (RG8)
• South Weston (OX9)
• Stadhampton (OX44)
• Stanton St John (OX33)
• Stoke Row (RG9)
• Stoke Talmage (OX9)
• Sydenham (OX9)
• Tetsworth (OX9)
• Thame (OX9)
• Tiddington (OX9)
• Tokers Green (RG4)
• Toot Baldon (OX44)
• Towersey (OX9)
• Wallingford (OX10)
• Warborough (OX10)
• Waterperry (OX33)
• Waterstock (OX33)
• Watlington (OX49)
• West Hagbourne (OX11)
• Wheatley (OX33)
• Whitchurch (RG8)
• Woodcote (RG8)
• Woodeaton (OX3)

Councils near South Oxfordshire

• Oxford bin collection
• Reading bin collection
• Buckinghamshire bin collection
• Vale of White Horse bin collection
• West Berkshire bin collection
• Wokingham bin collection

Bin Collection Day is independent and not run by South Oxfordshire District Council. Collection dates and services can change at short notice; the council's website is always the final word.