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Calderdale 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 Calderdale
These are the containers used in Calderdale. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Container details
The container pictures and words are Calderdale Borough Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
Container descriptions checked 18 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What happens to your recyclingCalderdale Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsCalderdale Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsCalderdale Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemCalderdale Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsCalderdale Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outCalderdale Borough Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Calderdale 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 Calderdale 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 metropolitan district councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my metropolitan district councillors on Calderdale 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 Calderdale compares
- Recycled or composted
- 42%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 484 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £84per household a year. Similar councils: £70
- 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.
Calderdale’s new cabinet announced in July 2026 that all five household recycling centres would return to seven-day opening by Christmas. Some centres had been closing for one or two days each week under earlier budget-saving arrangements.
Public-services cabinet member Peter Hunt said inconvenient opening times were a common resident complaint and promised the extended opening without extra cost to taxpayers. The announcement formed part of the planned transition from Suez to Calderdale Norse. Residents were advised to check the council’s website for updates to opening arrangements. The earlier reduced hours had helped avoid completely closing the Elland centre.
- Calderdale rubbish tips to open seven days a week by Christmas — www.bbc.co.uk