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Broxtowe bin collection dates

Then choose your address. Dates come from Broxtowe Borough Council's own bin checker. We are not the council.

  • Add your dates to Google, Apple or Outlook calendar
  • Get an email the evening before
  • Print an A4 sheet for the fridge

Christmas and New Year bin collections in Broxtowe

We had not found Broxtowe Borough Council’s arrangements for Christmas 2026 and New Year 2027 when we checked on 10 November 2026. We check every week until Christmas; councils often publish in late November or December.

Check the council’s bins information.

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

Missed bin or a problem

Bins in Broxtowe

These are the containers used in Broxtowe. Which ones a home has depends on its address.

  • General waste

    Black-lidded bin

  • Dry recycling

    Green-lidded recycling bins

  • Brown-lidded garden waste

Container details

The container pictures and words are Broxtowe 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 Broxtowe Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.

Links checked 17 September 2026.

Missed bin or a problem

Tell Broxtowe Borough Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.

  1. Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
  2. Report another bin collection problemAnything else about the collection or your bins.
  3. Make a complaint to Broxtowe 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 Broxtowe 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 Broxtowe compares

Recycled or composted
35%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
Rubbish not recycled
499 kgper household a year
Cost of collections
£35per household a year. Similar councils: £54
Value for money
8 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.

Broxtowe councillors agreed in March 2026 to create a subcommittee examining missed bin collections and how they are counted. The June scrutiny agenda then proposed agreeing its remit and scope. The council describes scrutiny as a way for elected members to challenge services and recommend improvements. Its scrutiny chair said the committee aimed to hear residents and invite witnesses to share their experience.

Separately, around 2,400 homes had been affected by cancelled garden-waste collections on 27 December 2025. The council blamed operational difficulties, apologised and said affected residents needing a collection should leave bins out for 29 December.

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