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Bromsgrove 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 Bromsgrove
These are the containers used in Bromsgrove. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling
Container details
The container pictures and words are Bromsgrove District 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 19 September 2026; list of collections built from Bromsgrove District Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Bin colours and what goes in each binBromsgrove District Council
- Garden waste collectionsBromsgrove District Council
- Food waste collectionsBromsgrove District Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemBromsgrove District Council
- Get help putting your bins outBromsgrove District Council
- Recycling centres and tipsBromsgrove District Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Bromsgrove 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.
- Make a complaint to Bromsgrove 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 Bromsgrove 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 Bromsgrove compares
- Recycled or composted
- 42%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 483 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £102per household a year. Similar councils: £66
- Value for money
- 1 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.
Bromsgrove households face a phased wait for weekly food-waste collections because funding and depot space remain constraints. A July 2026 council report proposed starting with roughly half of households between January and March 2027, then expanding to about two-thirds in the following quarter. Full coverage depended on additional funding; more complex communal sites would join later. The plan uses a shared depot with Redditch and collections on existing bin days. The council’s service page says household start dates and caddy deliveries will be announced once arrangements are confirmed, and encourages residents to reduce avoidable food waste meanwhile.
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- Food Waste collections - Bromsgrove District Council — www.bromsgrove.gov.uk