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Bath and North East Somerset bin collection dates

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Christmas and New Year bin collections in Bath and North East Somerset

Garden waste subscribers. There is a midwinter break in the garden waste service: collections run until 4 December 2026 and restart on 18 January 2027.

Council source. Checked 10 November 2026.

Household collections. Waste and recycling collections move later from Christmas Day: Friday 25 December moves to Tuesday 29 December, Monday 28 to Wednesday 30, Tuesday 29 to Thursday 31 December, Wednesday 30 December to Saturday 2 January, Thursday 31 December to Monday 4 January and Friday 1 January to Tuesday 5 January, with later days also moved up to Friday 15 January, which is collected on Saturday 16 January.

Council source. Checked 10 November 2026.

Look up your address above for its dates. Christmas and New Year collections across the UK.

Areas covered

Bath is in the Bath and North East Somerset council area. Council area information.

Enter your postcode to find the collecting council and dates for your address. Local names alone do not identify a collection round.

Missed bin or a problem

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.

  • Rubbish

  • 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.

Book a sack collection

Applies to: Garden waste sacks and wheelie-bin subscribers.

If you use the council’s garden-waste paper sacks, book their collection. Wheelie-bin subscriptions use a July-to-July service year; joining part-way through it can change the amount due. Check the current council price and terms.

Read the council’s full instructions. Checked 30 September 2026.

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.

  1. Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
  2. 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.

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