General waste
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Bradford 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 Bradford
These are the containers used in Bradford. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
or Recycling
Blue reusable recycling bags, or grey bin for recycling only
Garden waste
Container details
The container pictures and words are Bradford City 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.
- General waste: Homes with wheeled bin collections
- Recycling: Rural properties and homes with access restrictions served by the rural vehicle
- Recycling: Not Grey bins used only to store the blue bags; other collection services
- Recycling: Homes with wheeled bin collections
Container descriptions checked 19 September 2026; list of collections built from Bradford City Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Rubbish and recycling for rural and restricted-access homesBradford City Council
- Garden waste collectionsBradford City Council
- Food waste collectionsBradford City Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemBradford City Council
- Recycling centres and tipsBradford City Council
- Get help putting your bins outBradford City Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Bradford City 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 Bradford City 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 metropolitan district councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my metropolitan district councillors on Bradford City Council.
WriteToThem is an independent mySociety service. You'll enter your postcode there before choosing who to contact.
Complaint routes verified 7 September 2026.
How Bradford compares
- Recycled or composted
- 31%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 587 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £45per household a year. Similar councils: £76
- Value for money
- 7 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.
Bradford Council apologised for missed bin collections in late May and early June 2026, blaming extra waste alongside access problems, vehicle breakdowns and staff sickness. It said crews had collected 1,600 additional tonnes compared with the same period in 2025.
Councillor Joe Wheatley described whole streets being missed, while Conservative leader Rebecca Poulsen argued that recurring problems needed contingency plans. Conservatives also called for the reopening of Sugden End recycling centre, closed in 2024. The council said most bins were collected on schedule and that it was taking steps to strengthen the service and recover delayed collections.
- Rubbish increase blamed for bin collection delays — www.bbc.com