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Brentwood 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 Brentwood
These are the containers used in Brentwood. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Food waste caddy
Brown bin / green biodegradable sacks
Glass
Red box for glass
Blue recycling sack
White recycling sack
Container details
The container pictures and words are Brentwood Borough 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.
Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Brentwood Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- A to Z recycling guideBrentwood Borough Council
- Order a recycling bin or bagBrentwood Borough Council
- When and where to put your bins outBrentwood Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsBrentwood Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsBrentwood Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemBrentwood Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsBrentwood Borough Council
Links checked 14 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Brentwood Borough 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 Brentwood Borough 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 Brentwood Borough 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 Brentwood compares
- Recycled or composted
- 34%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 563 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £13per household a year. Similar councils: £75
- 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.
Brentwood’s Ingatestone bin trial ended in April 2026, with weekly black-sack collections returning after a six-month test of fortnightly collections. July reporting said a borough-wide change depended on £800,000 of county funding for wheelie bins. Brentwood said the trial improved recycling, but consultation on wider changes would wait for funding clarity.
Conservative group leader Keith Barber argued for education and encouragement rather than compulsion. Essex County Council said it had received no formal funding request and would consider one if submitted. Trial households were allowed to keep their wheelie bins or request their removal.
- Ingatestone bin pilot | Brentwood Council — www.brentwood.gov.uk
- Weekly bin collections could be scrapped in Essex town — www.hellorayo.co.uk