The government has asked councils to reopen rubbish tips and recycling centres that closed due to coronavirus "in the coming weeks".
Many dumps closed after government guidance on April 7 said they only had to stay open "if possible".
Now the Communities Secretary, Robert Jenrick, has said they should draw up a plan to reopen.
Speaking in the Commons, Mr Jenrick said: "Our bin men and women have done a fantastic job maintaining the vast majority of collections.
"The Government published advice to councils on how to ensure the safety of refuse collections on April 7 and today I am announcing that I'm asking councils to plan the organised re-opening of household waste collection sites.
"I expect this to happen over the coming weeks and will be publishing amended guidance shortly."
Mr Jenrick thanked local government workers, saying their efforts were "making the difference in this national endeavour".
But shadow communities secretary Steve Reed sounded warnings over the financial situation of local authorities.
He said: "Councils are not allowed to go into debt so if the Government does not keep its promise to fund the full cost of this crisis, councils will be forced to make cuts potentially totalling billions of pounds and that'll mean job losses.
"Councils say the additional funding that's been announced so far barely covers a quarter of what's needed - it's not enough.
"So will the Secretary of State reconfirm the Government's original promise to fund whatever is necessary in full, because if he doesn't the frontline heroes we're cheering today will lose their jobs tomorrow."
Mr Jenrick suggested extra cash will be given to councils to fund their coronavirus response.
He told MPs £3.2bn of additional money has already been committed, plus other support, to help local authorities and further funding will be kept under review.
He added "we will bring it forward" if it is required, amid Labour warnings that frontline "heroes" risk losing their jobs if the Government fails to meet its promise to fully fund councils.
Mr Jenrick said he has been working closely with councils, adding: "The message I've consistently delivered is we will fund the work they're doing, the brilliant work they're doing to support the country through this crisis."
He added: "We will keep under review whether further funding is required, and if it is we will bring it forward because we want to back this brilliant sector in all that they're doing."
Mr Jenrick later said he is giving thought to postponing the 2020 Fair Funding Review.
Labour's Kate Hollern (Blackburn) said the new online portal for councils to order PPE "has still not gone live" despite promises it would be open three weeks ago, and it was now likely to be "another three weeks".
She noted stocks were "dangerously low" as she called on the minister to give councils a "cast-iron guarantee they will be given all the PPE they need to keep them safe".
Mr Jenrick, in his reply, said: "The online Clipper service is now being piloted in care homes and in general practice and it will be rolled out as the Health Secretary has said in the coming weeks."
