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Tower Hamlets bin collection day

Check your Tower Hamlets bin day, plan around bank holidays and set up free reminders for every collection. London Borough of Tower Hamlets empties bins in 8 postcode districts, including E1, E1W, E2 and E3, covering places such as Aldgate East, All Saints and Bethnal Green.

Check a postcode in Tower Hamlets

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

Tower Hamlets at a glance

331,969residents (2020)

20 km²area

8postcode districts

36places listed

About 331,969 people live in Tower Hamlets (mid-2020 estimate) across 20 square kilometres. That makes it a dense urban area, where many homes share communal bins or have bins collected from the back of terraces.

Council: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Type: London borough
Region: London

Who collects what in Tower Hamlets

London Borough of Tower Hamlets collects household bins and recycling in its area. Many London boroughs share waste disposal through a joint waste authority, and some run their own reuse and recycling centre. Flats and estates in London often have communal bins with different days from houses, so check the address of the block rather than the street.

Bank holidays and Tower Hamlets bin days

When a bank holiday lands on or before your collection day, Tower Hamlets 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. Tower Hamlets has the final say, so check its website if your bin label disagrees.

Postcode districts in Tower Hamlets

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

• E1
• E1W
• E2
• E3
• E9
• E14
• E77
• E98

Towns and villages in Tower Hamlets

Bins in these places are collected by Tower Hamlets.

• Aldgate East (E1)
• All Saints (E14)
• Bethnal Green (E2)
• Blackwall (E14)
• Bow (E3)
• Bow Church (E3)
• Bow Road (E3)
• Bromley by Bow (E3)
• Canary Wharf (E14)
• Coldharbour (E14)
• Commercial Road (E1)
• Cubitt Town (E14)
• Devons Road (E3)
• East India (E14)
• East India Dock Road (E14)
• Heron Quays (E14)
• Island Gardens (E14)
• Limehouse (E14)
• London (E1W)
• London Arena (E14)
• Mile End (E3)
• Mile End Road (E1)
• Millwall (E14)
• Mudchute (E14)
• Old Ford (E3)
• Poplar (E14)
• Shadwell (E1)
• South Quay (E14)
• Stepney (E1)
• Stepney Green (E1)
• Tower Hamlets (E77, E98)
• Victoria Park (E9)
• Wapping (E1)
• West India Quay (E14)
• Westferry (E14)
• Whitechapel (E1)

Councils near Tower Hamlets

• City of London bin collection
• Hackney bin collection
• Newham bin collection
• Southwark bin collection
• Islington bin collection
• Lewisham bin collection

Bin Collection Day is independent and not run by London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Collection dates and services can change at short notice; the council's website is always the final word.