Recycling rules for Rother
Based on Rother published guidance · Last verified October 2026
Under Simpler Recycling, councils across England are standardising collections. Here's what currently goes in each bin in Rother.
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Polystyrene: Usually general waste (UK-wide position)UK-wide, not council-specific
Across the UK, polystyrene is rarely collected at the kerbside and usually belongs in general waste. Rother's published guidance we hold doesn't list it.
Cardboard: Goes in your recycling bin
Glass bottles and jars: Goes in your recycling bin
Food waste: Rother has a separate food waste collection
Takes all uneaten food and plate scrapings, cereals, cheese and more.
Shredded paper: Goes in your recycling bin
Aerosols: Goes in your recycling bin
Your bins in Rother, by colour
Container colours as published by Rother. Some homes get a different container. See the notes.
Brown bin
Garden waste
Brown is the garden waste colour in 64 of the 114 councils with a checked garden waste colour.
Availability: Only if subscribed
Black bin
Refuse
Some properties have a sack collection
What goes in each bin
Recycling
Accepted
Recycling (green wheelie bin or pink sacks):
- Drinks cartons (Tetra Paks)
- Glass bottles and jars (leave lids off and place in separately as made from another material)
- Cardboard (please flatten and place in your green bin, not outside your bin stacked up)
- Newspapers
- Cardboard egg boxes
- Paper (including shredded paper in clear bags)
- Envelopes (white and brown)
- Telephone directories
- Books
- Junk mail, leaflets and circulars
- Food and drinks cans
- Metal lids from glass bottles and jars
- Clean kitchen foil and foil food trays
- Aerosols
- HDPE toothpaste tubes · Soft squeezable tubes
- Plastic bottles (clean, squash and then screw on lids and include for recycling)
- Plastic food pots, tubs and trays
- Plastic plant pots · Not black plastic
- Plastic film and bags (supermarket carrier bags)
Collected with this bin, not inside it
- Batteries (please place in a separate carrier bag and place next to or on top of your bin (NOT INSIDE YOUR BIN)
Not accepted
Rejected:
- Garden waste
- Black refuse bags
- Food waste
Common mistakes
- Recycling in sacks→ goes in Recycling · Place loose in your green bin
Tips (3)
- • Place any black plastic items in your household waste bin
Examples of contamination:
- • BLACKS SACKS SHOULD NOT BE PLACED INTO RECYCLING BIN
- • NAPPIES SHOULD NOT BE PLACED INTO RECYCLING BIN
Food Waste
Accepted
Food waste (23 litre food caddy or communal food waste bin for communal properties):
- All uneaten food and plate scrapings · Dairy products except liquids
- Cereals
- Cheese
- Eggs
- Bread
- Cakes
- Pastries
- Meat
- Bones
- Tea bags
- Coffee grounds
- Fruit
- Vegetables
- Fish
- Rice, pasta, beans
- Dry and wet pet food
- Mouldy and out of date food · Without packaging
Not accepted
Rejected:
- Other household waste which is not food waste
- Other packaging and dry recyclable materialsInstead: Place in the recycling bin
Garden Waste
Accepted
Garden Waste – Only if subscribed (brown wheelie bin):
- Grass cuttings
- Shrub cuttings
- Plant cuttings
- Flower cuttings
- Weeds
- Leaves
- Branches · Up to 10cm/4in diameter only
- Herbivorous pet bedding · Rabbit, Guinea Pigs
Garden waste (brown bin):
- Roots
Not accepted
Rejected:
- Food waste
How Rother compares
- Rother takes plastic film at the kerbside (“Plastic film and bags (supermarket carrier bags)”). Of the 102 councils whose lists say either way, 84 do not.
- Rother takes batteries at the kerbside (“Batteries (please place in a separate carrier bag and place next to or on top of your bin (NOT INSIDE YOUR BIN)”). Of the 77 councils whose lists say either way, 64 do not.
Next door
Plastic film goes in the recycling in Rother but not in Wealden.
Neighbouring councils we have checked: Hastings, Wealden, Folkestone and Hythe, Tunbridge Wells.
When are bins collected in Rother?
This page covers what goes in each bin. Collection days are set by the council and vary by street. See how to find your bin collection day, or browse streets by postcode to see schedules your neighbours have added.
Bank holidays, in Rother’s own words: “Every household will experience a change to their collections over Christmas and New Year. If you have a Garden Waste bin, this service is suspended for two weeks and will resume in the New Year.” See the council’s page →
Garden waste collections pause over Christmas.
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How we checked this page
We read 7 pages of Rother’s website on 29 October 2026 and checked each of the 61 facts on this page against the council’s own words before publishing it.
One fact on this page names a date; we check it again by 29 October 2027.
Source: Rother council website. Check your council’s site for the latest updates.
Frequently asked questions
What colour are the bins in Rother?
In Rother the garden waste bin is brown. Rother also lists a green bin for recycling, and a black bin for refuse. Brown is the garden waste colour in 64 of the 114 councils with a checked garden waste colour.
Where does glass go in Rother?
Glass goes in the recycling bin in Rother (“Glass bottles and jars (leave lids off and place in separately as made from another material)”).
Is garden waste collected all year in Rother?
Garden waste collections pause over Christmas.
What goes in the recycling bin in Rother?
Rother’s recycling bin takes “Drinks cartons (Tetra Paks)”, “Glass bottles and jars (leave lids off and place in separately as made from another material)” and “Cardboard (please flatten and place in your green bin, not outside your bin stacked up)”, among other things.
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