In this section, residents living in the Exeter area can find information about recycling and rubbish collection, specific to this district.

To find out what materials you can place out for collection check below, and you can find the location of recycling facilities in this district by using the Recycle Devon map found in the right hand menu.

Find out what day your collection will be on.

If you have missed your rubbish/recycling collection, please contact Exeter City Council on 01392 665010 or click here.

*Collection crews are sometimes delayed - or there may have been a problem with access to your road or property - so please do not report a missed bin until after 2pm on the normal collection day.

For more detailed information regarding refuse and recycling in Exeter, please  click here

To find out what day your collections will be in Exeter please follow these instructions:

Enter your post code in the box and "set your address". You can also download your yearly calender from this screen. 

What can I recycle?

All households are covered by the Exeter City Council green box/wheel bin collection scheme.

The following materials are collected  in the Exeter area:

• Newspaper and magazines
• Cardboard
• Drinks cans
• Food tins
• Plastic bottles and other plasic containers
• Junk mail and envelopes
• Phone directories
• Catalogues
• Clean aluminium foil
• Clean plastic carrier bags

*Please do not place glass, textiles, garden or food waste in your recycling collection bin.