Which councils collect textiles from home?
As of 24 Oct 2026. Worked out from each council's own published rules.
Clothes, shoes and other textiles, usually in a bag beside a bin. Here's which councils collect them from your home, and where they go if yours doesn't.
England
62 of 294 councils collect textiles from home, and 22 more if you ask.
Collected from home (62)
- Basildon
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Bolsover
- Brentwood
- Broadland
- Bromley
- Buckinghamshire
- Calderdale
- Central Bedfordshire
- Cheltenham
- Chorley
- Cornwall
- Cotswold
- Crawley
- Croydon
- Ealing
- East Devon
- Elmbridge
- Epping Forest
- Epsom and Ewell
- Forest of Dean
- Guildford
- Havering
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Hounslow
- Hyndburn
- Isle of Wight
- Lancaster
- Melton
- Mid Devon
- Mole Valley
- North Devon
- North Somerset
- North West Leicestershire
- Norwich
- Runnymede
- Somerset
- South Gloucestershire
- South Oxfordshire
- South Ribble
- Spelthorne
- St Albans
- Stafford
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Surrey Heath
- Swindon
- Tandridge
- Teignbridge
- Telford and Wrekin
- Tendring
- Torbay
- Torridge
- Tunbridge Wells
- Vale of White Horse
- Waltham Forest
- Warwick
- West Berkshire
- West Oxfordshire
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Woking
- Wychavon
- Wyre
Collected if you ask (22)
- Blaby
- Blackpool
- Charnwood
- Colchester
- Eastleigh
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Harlow
- Harrow
- Hastings
- High Peak
- Hillingdon
- Horsham
- Kingston upon Thames
- Maldon
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Newham
- Oxford
- Rochford
- Southend-on-Sea
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Tameside
- Waverley
Not collected from home (210)
| Council | Where they go instead |
|---|---|
| Adur | Banks or drop-off points |
| Amber Valley | Recycling centre |
| Arun | Banks or drop-off points |
| Ashfield | Banks or drop-off points |
| Ashford | Banks or drop-off points |
| Babergh | Recycling centre |
| Barking and Dagenham | Banks or drop-off points |
| Barnet | Banks or drop-off points |
| Barnsley | Banks or drop-off points |
| Basingstoke and Deane | Banks or drop-off points |
| Bassetlaw | Recycling centre |
| Bedford | Banks or drop-off points |
| Bexley | Banks or drop-off points |
| Birmingham | Banks or drop-off points |
| Bolton | Banks or drop-off points |
| Boston | Banks or drop-off points |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | Banks or drop-off points |
| Bracknell Forest | Banks or drop-off points |
| Bradford | Banks or drop-off points |
| Braintree | Banks or drop-off points |
| Breckland | Banks or drop-off points |
| Brent | Banks or drop-off points |
| Brighton and Hove | Banks or drop-off points |
| Bristol | Recycling centre |
| Bromsgrove | Recycling centre |
| Broxbourne | Banks or drop-off points |
| Broxtowe | Banks or drop-off points |
| Burnley | Banks or drop-off points |
| Bury | Recycling centre |
| Cambridge | Banks or drop-off points |
| Camden | Banks or drop-off points |
| Cannock Chase | Banks or drop-off points |
| Canterbury | Recycling centre |
| Castle Point | Banks or drop-off points |
| Chelmsford | Banks or drop-off points |
| Cherwell | Banks or drop-off points |
| Cheshire East | Banks or drop-off points |
| Cheshire West and Chester | Banks or drop-off points |
| Chesterfield | Banks or drop-off points |
| Chichester | Banks or drop-off points |
| City of London | Banks or drop-off points |
| County Durham | Banks or drop-off points |
| Coventry | Banks or drop-off points |
| Cumberland | Recycling centre |
| Dacorum | Banks or drop-off points |
| Darlington | Recycling centre |
| Dartford | Banks or drop-off points |
| Derby | Banks or drop-off points |
| Derbyshire Dales | Banks or drop-off points |
| Doncaster | Banks or drop-off points |
| Dorset | Banks or drop-off points |
| Dover | Banks or drop-off points |
| Dudley | Recycling centre |
| East Cambridgeshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| East Hampshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| East Hertfordshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| East Lindsey | Banks or drop-off points |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | Recycling centre |
| East Staffordshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| East Suffolk | Recycling centre |
| Eastbourne | Banks or drop-off points |
| Enfield | Banks or drop-off points |
| Erewash | Banks or drop-off points |
| Exeter | Banks or drop-off points |
| Fareham | Banks or drop-off points |
| Fenland | Banks or drop-off points |
| Folkestone and Hythe | Recycling centre |
| Fylde | Banks or drop-off points |
| Gateshead | Recycling centre |
| Gedling | Recycling centre |
| Gloucester | Banks or drop-off points |
| Gosport | Banks or drop-off points |
| Gravesham | Banks or drop-off points |
| Great Yarmouth | Banks or drop-off points |
| Greenwich | Banks or drop-off points |
| Hackney | Banks or drop-off points |
| Halton | Banks or drop-off points |
| Harborough | Banks or drop-off points |
| Haringey | Banks or drop-off points |
| Hart | Banks or drop-off points |
| Havant | Recycling centre |
| Herefordshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| Hertsmere | Banks or drop-off points |
| Hull | Banks or drop-off points |
| Huntingdonshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| Ipswich | Banks or drop-off points |
| Isles of Scilly | Banks or drop-off points |
| Islington | Banks or drop-off points |
| Kensington and Chelsea | Banks or drop-off points |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Banks or drop-off points |
| Kirklees | Banks or drop-off points |
| Knowsley | Banks or drop-off points |
| Lambeth | Banks or drop-off points |
| Leeds | Banks or drop-off points |
| Leicester | Recycling centre |
| Lewes | Banks or drop-off points |
| Lewisham | Banks or drop-off points |
| Lichfield | Banks or drop-off points |
| Lincoln | Recycling centre |
| Liverpool | Banks or drop-off points |
| Luton | Banks or drop-off points |
| Maidstone | Banks or drop-off points |
| Malvern Hills | Banks or drop-off points |
| Manchester | Recycling centre |
| Mansfield | Banks or drop-off points |
| Medway | Banks or drop-off points |
| Merton | Banks or drop-off points |
| Mid Suffolk | Banks or drop-off points |
| Mid Sussex | Banks or drop-off points |
| Middlesbrough | Banks or drop-off points |
| Milton Keynes | Banks or drop-off points |
| New Forest | Banks or drop-off points |
| Newark and Sherwood | Banks or drop-off points |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Banks or drop-off points |
| North East Derbyshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| North East Lincolnshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| North Hertfordshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| North Kesteven | Banks or drop-off points |
| North Lincolnshire | Recycling centre |
| North Norfolk | Banks or drop-off points |
| North Northamptonshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| North Tyneside | Banks or drop-off points |
| North Warwickshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| North Yorkshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| Northumberland | Banks or drop-off points |
| Nottingham | Banks or drop-off points |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | Banks or drop-off points |
| Oadby and Wigston | Banks or drop-off points |
| Oldham | Recycling centre |
| Pendle | Recycling centre |
| Peterborough | Banks or drop-off points |
| Plymouth | Recycling centre |
| Portsmouth | Banks or drop-off points |
| Preston | Banks or drop-off points |
| Reading | Banks or drop-off points |
| Redbridge | Banks or drop-off points |
| Redcar and Cleveland | Banks or drop-off points |
| Redditch | Recycling centre |
| Reigate and Banstead | Banks or drop-off points |
| Ribble Valley | Banks or drop-off points |
| Richmond upon Thames | Banks or drop-off points |
| Rochdale | Banks or drop-off points |
| Rossendale | Banks or drop-off points |
| Rother | Banks or drop-off points |
| Rotherham | Recycling centre |
| Rugby | Banks or drop-off points |
| Rushcliffe | Recycling centre |
| Rushmoor | Banks or drop-off points |
| Rutland | Banks or drop-off points |
| Salford | Banks or drop-off points |
| Sandwell | Banks or drop-off points |
| Sefton | Recycling centre |
| Sevenoaks | Banks or drop-off points |
| Sheffield | Recycling centre |
| Shropshire | Recycling centre |
| Slough | Banks or drop-off points |
| Solihull | Banks or drop-off points |
| South Cambridgeshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| South Derbyshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| South Hams | Banks or drop-off points |
| South Holland | Banks or drop-off points |
| South Kesteven | Banks or drop-off points |
| South Norfolk | Banks or drop-off points |
| South Staffordshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| South Tyneside | Banks or drop-off points |
| Southampton | Banks or drop-off points |
| Southwark | Banks or drop-off points |
| St. Helens | Banks or drop-off points |
| Stevenage | Banks or drop-off points |
| Stockport | Recycling centre |
| Stoke-on-Trent | Banks or drop-off points |
| Stratford-on-Avon | Banks or drop-off points |
| Stroud | Banks or drop-off points |
| Sunderland | Banks or drop-off points |
| Sutton | Banks or drop-off points |
| Swale | Banks or drop-off points |
| Tamworth | Banks or drop-off points |
| Test Valley | Banks or drop-off points |
| Tewkesbury | Banks or drop-off points |
| Thanet | Banks or drop-off points |
| Three Rivers | Banks or drop-off points |
| Thurrock | Banks or drop-off points |
| Tonbridge and Malling | Banks or drop-off points |
| Tower Hamlets | Banks or drop-off points |
| Trafford | Recycling centre |
| Uttlesford | Recycling centre |
| Wakefield | Recycling centre |
| Walsall | Banks or drop-off points |
| Wandsworth | Banks or drop-off points |
| Warrington | Banks or drop-off points |
| Watford | Banks or drop-off points |
| Wealden | Banks or drop-off points |
| Welwyn Hatfield | Banks or drop-off points |
| West Devon | Recycling centre |
| West Lancashire | Banks or drop-off points |
| West Lindsey | Banks or drop-off points |
| West Northamptonshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| West Suffolk | Banks or drop-off points |
| Westminster | Banks or drop-off points |
| Westmorland and Furness | Recycling centre |
| Wigan | Banks or drop-off points |
| Wiltshire | Recycling centre |
| Winchester | Banks or drop-off points |
| Wirral | Banks or drop-off points |
| Wokingham | Banks or drop-off points |
| Wolverhampton | Banks or drop-off points |
| Worcester | Banks or drop-off points |
| Worthing | Banks or drop-off points |
| Wyre Forest | Banks or drop-off points |
| York | Banks or drop-off points |
Not enough data yet: Blackburn with Darwen, Hartlepool.
Scotland
2 of 31 councils collect textiles from home.
Collected from home (2)
- City of Edinburgh
- East Ayrshire
Not collected from home (29)
| Council | Where they go instead |
|---|---|
| Aberdeen City | Banks or drop-off points |
| Aberdeenshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| Angus | Banks or drop-off points |
| Argyll and Bute | Banks or drop-off points |
| Clackmannanshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| Dumfries and Galloway | Banks or drop-off points |
| Dundee City | Banks or drop-off points |
| East Dunbartonshire | Recycling centre |
| East Lothian | Banks or drop-off points |
| East Renfrewshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| Falkirk | Banks or drop-off points |
| Fife | Banks or drop-off points |
| Glasgow City | Banks or drop-off points |
| Highland | Banks or drop-off points |
| Inverclyde | Banks or drop-off points |
| Midlothian | Banks or drop-off points |
| Moray | Banks or drop-off points |
| North Ayrshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| North Lanarkshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| Orkney Islands | Banks or drop-off points |
| Perth and Kinross | Banks or drop-off points |
| Renfrewshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| Scottish Borders | Banks or drop-off points |
| Shetland Islands | Banks or drop-off points |
| South Ayrshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| South Lanarkshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| Stirling | Banks or drop-off points |
| West Dunbartonshire | Recycling centre |
| West Lothian | Banks or drop-off points |
Not enough data yet: Na h-Eileanan Siar.
Wales
7 of 22 councils collect textiles from home.
Collected from home (7)
- Blaenau Gwent
- Bridgend
- Conwy
- Denbighshire
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Newport
- Torfaen
Not collected from home (15)
| Council | Where they go instead |
|---|---|
| Caerphilly | Recycling centre |
| Cardiff | Banks or drop-off points |
| Carmarthenshire | Recycling centre |
| Ceredigion | Banks or drop-off points |
| Flintshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| Gwynedd | Recycling centre |
| Isle of Anglesey | Banks or drop-off points |
| Monmouthshire | Banks or drop-off points |
| Neath Port Talbot | Recycling centre |
| Pembrokeshire | Recycling centre |
| Powys | Recycling centre |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | Banks or drop-off points |
| Swansea | Banks or drop-off points |
| Vale of Glamorgan | Banks or drop-off points |
| Wrexham | Recycling centre |
Northern Ireland
3 of 11 councils collect textiles from home.
Collected from home (3)
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
- Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
- Mid and East Antrim
Not collected from home (8)
| Council | Where they go instead |
|---|---|
| Ards and North Down | Recycling centre |
| Belfast | Banks or drop-off points |
| Causeway Coast and Glens | Banks or drop-off points |
| Derry City and Strabane | Banks or drop-off points |
| Fermanagh and Omagh | Recycling centre |
| Lisburn and Castlereagh | Recycling centre |
| Mid Ulster | Banks or drop-off points |
| Newry, Mourne and Down | Banks or drop-off points |
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Sources
- Each council's own website. Our item pages and council pages link the council page each answer comes from.
- Find your council on GOV.UK