Timed collections

Walworth Road timed collections scheme

The council started a timed waste collection scheme in Walworth Road and nearby roads on 1 February 2016.

This scheme helps us work with businesses and residents in and around Walworth Road to make it a cleaner and more pleasant place for everyone.

We know many businesses and flats don't have enough space to store their rubbish, meaning sacks of waste are often left on the pavement at all different times of day. The timed waste collection scheme is designed to provide two time slots every day when waste is permitted to be left out on the pavement and then collected. This means that for up to 20 hours of the day, there would be no waste on the pavement.

The times permitted for leaving waste out on the pavement and arranging for it to be collected are as follows:

The streets where the timed collection scheme operates are both sides of:

• Walworth Road
• Camberwell Road from j/w Walworth Road to j/w Albany Road
• Arnside Street from j/w Walworth Road to no.10
• Westmoreland Road, from j/w Walworth Road to no.21
• Beckford Place All
• John Ruskin Street, from j/w Walworth Road to no.19
• Gateway from j/w Walworth Road to gated end
• Carter Place from j/w Walworth Road first 50 metres

Householders

Household waste will be collected by the council. Household waste bins on the pavement in the streets listed above will be removed as part of this scheme as they will no longer be required.

You can recycle your waste using clear recycling sacks. You can find out more about our recycling collection services and other supplies of clear recycling sacks.

Businesses

Businesses in the timed collection scheme area need to comply with the times for putting waste out for collection and arranging for it to be collected as set out in the table above. Businesses will need to have a contract in place with a commercial waste collection service provider that is able to collect at the required times or arrange for their waste to be collected directly from premises at other times.

Under the scheme it is no longer be permitted for trade waste bins to be stored permanently on the pavement, so if trade waste bins cannot be stored on businesses’ own premises they must be removed.

Related documents

• timed collection household leaflet ^{(PDF, 146kb)}
• timed collection business leaflet ^{(PDF, 52kb)}
• map of timed collection area ^{(PDF, 1.4mb)}

Page last updated: 04 December 2019