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Bassetlaw bin collection dates
- Add your dates to Google, Apple or Outlook calendar
- Get an email the evening before
- Print an A4 sheet for the fridge
Bins in Bassetlaw
These are the containers used in Bassetlaw. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Green Household Waste Bin (refuse)
Blue Recycling Bin
Garden waste
Brown garden waste bins
Black Glass Recycling Bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are Bassetlaw District Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Bassetlaw District Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What bin does it go in?Bassetlaw District Council
- Garden waste collectionsBassetlaw District Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemBassetlaw District Council
- Recycling centres and tipsNottinghamshire County Council
- Get help putting your bins outBassetlaw District Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Bassetlaw District Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
Missed-bin guidance checked 20 September 2026.
- Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
- Report another bin collection problemAnything else about the collection or your bins.
- Make a complaint to Bassetlaw District CouncilIf reporting it didn't fix it.
Complaint didn't work either? Ask your councillors
If you've already reported the problem and used the council's complaints process, your district councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my district councillors on Bassetlaw District Council.
WriteToThem is an independent mySociety service. You'll enter your postcode there before choosing who to contact.
Complaint routes verified 6 September 2026.
How Bassetlaw compares
- Recycled or composted
- 28%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 581 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £47per household a year. Similar councils: £52
- Value for money
- 4 out of 10 An independently constructed WhenIsBins rating, not an official government rating.
Official figures for England, 2024 to 2025.
Local bins and recycling news
AI-generated summary, reviewed before publication. Checked 18 September 2026.
Bassetlaw’s 2026 recycling changes let households put plastic trays and tubes, clean foil, metal food trays and cartons in their blue bins alongside existing recyclables. Councillor Darrell Pulk said the changes would reduce confusion and help residents recycle more. The council’s announcement also set out separate glass collections every six weeks, with households to receive letters confirming their collection days. It said investment in glass bins, additional vehicles and other facilities would support the changes. A planned mobile app would provide local collection dates, recycling advice and disruption updates, giving residents another way to check service information.
- 'Simpler Recycling' comes to Bassetlaw — www.bassetlaw.gov.uk