Mole Valley

Tuesday 11 August 2026, 7.26pm

Amey have reported that the following waste collections were unable to complete today. We apologise for the disruption and thank residents for their patience.

  • Recycling collections outstanding from:
    Friday 31 July – Guildford Road in Westcott;

    Monday 10 August – in parts of Abinger, Abinger Hammer, Coldharbour, Dorking, Fetcham, Great Bookham, Holmbury St Mary, Little Bookham, Ranmore Common, Westcott, Westhumble and Wotton;
    Tuesday 11 August – in parts of Ashtead, Bookham, Box Hill, Fetcham, Great Bookham, Headley and Leatherhead.

  • Rubbish collections outstanding from:
    Wednesday 5 August – Oak Ridge and Ranmore Road in Dorking;
    Thursday 6 August – in parts of Beare Green, Mid Holmwood and South Holmwood;
    Friday 7 August – in parts of Dorking, Leigh and Westcott.
  • Garden waste collections outstanding from:
    Monday 10 August – in parts of Bookham, Fetcham, Great Bookham and Little Bookham;
    Tuesday 11 August – in parts of Ashtead and Leatherhead.
  • Food waste collections outstanding from:
    Monday 10 August – Cotton Row in Holmbury St Mary, Ruckmans Lane in Okewood Hill and Wollards Road in Forest Green;
    Tuesday 11 August – in parts of Ashtead, Capel, Headley, Leatherhead, Ockley and Rusper.
  • Clinical collections were not completed today due to a vehicle breakdown, these will be attended tomorrow.

For more information on outstanding roads by collection type, please refer to the attached spreadsheet.
MV 11.08.26

Crews will be returning to outstanding collections from Wednesday 12 August. They will work to complete them as quickly as possible. If your bin has not been collected, please leave it out and it will be collected as soon as crews are able to return to your area.

Follow these quick and easy steps to keep your bins smelling fresh between collections.

Collection crews are starting earlier than usual due to a combination of hot weather and to catch up on outstanding collections. Please ensure your bins are out by 5.30am on your collection day.

Delays to waste collections

Due to a combination of vehicle issues, staff unavailability and a recent battery fire, the waste collection service is currently experiencing disruption across a number of areas and waste types.

As a result, some collections are running behind schedule and some bins may be collected one or two days later than planned. In some cases, delays may be longer. We apologise for the inconvenience this is causing and thank residents for their patience while we work to restore normal service.

Amey continues to manage a number of operational challenges, including vehicle availability and staffing pressures. In addition, a recent battery fire has affected service delivery. Every effort is being made to minimise disruption and return services to normal as quickly as possible.

Some roads are also experiencing delays to waste collections because they can only be serviced by narrow access collection vehicles, as standard refuse collection vehicles are too large to safely access them. Amey is working to catch up with missed collections, but is currently constrained by the availability of these specialist vehicles.

As part of ongoing efforts to improve the service, Amey has introduced an additional narrow access collection vehicle to its fleet to support collections on narrow access roads.

If your bin has not been collected by 4pm and is not in an area affected by a known disruption, you can report it via our missed collections page.

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