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Bath and North East Somerset 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 Bath and North East Somerset
These are the containers used in Bath and North East Somerset. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Plastic and metal packaging
Green recycling box
Glass
Green recycling box
Paper and cardboard
Blue recycling bag
Container details
The container pictures and words are Bath and North East Somerset Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
Greyed-out bin icons are placeholders where the container type or colour is not confirmed.
- Plastic and metal packaging: Homes using individual recycling boxes
- Glass: Homes using individual recycling boxes
- Paper and cardboard: Homes using the individual recycling box and bag service
Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Bath and North East Somerset Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Blue recycling bagBath and North East Somerset Council
- Garden waste collectionsBath and North East Somerset Council
- Food waste collectionsBath and North East Somerset Council
- Recycling centres and tipsBath and North East Somerset Council
- Get help putting your bins outBath and North East Somerset Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Bath and North East Somerset 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.
- Make a complaint to Bath and North East Somerset 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 unitary authority councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my unitary authority councillors on Bath and North East Somerset 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 Bath and North East Somerset compares
- Recycled or composted
- 56%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 367 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £98per household a year. Similar councils: £79
- Value for money
- 5 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.
Bath and North East Somerset announced collection-day changes for a small number of households from 7 September 2026, saying revised rounds would improve efficiency and accommodate new housing. Affected households were to be contacted directly. Its garden-waste service also became fully digital from 13 July: subscribers no longer need a sticker on their green bin because crews check subscriptions electronically. The council says bins without a valid subscription will not be emptied. It also warns that garden bins may be retrieved if a subscription is not renewed within eight weeks of expiry.
- Service updates — www.bathnes.gov.uk