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Cannock Chase bin collection dates
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- Get an email the evening before
- Print an A4 sheet for the fridge
Bins in Cannock Chase
These are the containers used in Cannock Chase. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycle
Food Waste
Garden waste
Brown bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are Cannock Chase 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 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Cannock Chase District Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- New or replacement bin request guidanceCannock Chase District Council
- Garden waste collectionsCannock Chase District Council
- Food waste collectionsCannock Chase District Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemCannock Chase District Council
- Recycling centres and tipsCannock Chase District Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Cannock Chase 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 Cannock Chase 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 Cannock Chase 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 Cannock Chase compares
- Recycled or composted
- 35%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 503 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £54per household a year. Similar councils: £62
- 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.
Cannock Chase reported more than 95 tonnes of food waste collected during the first week of its new service, which launched on 27 April 2026. Around 44,000 households had received seven-litre kitchen and 23-litre outdoor caddies, liners and instructions explaining the new service.
Operations head Joss Presland acknowledged that introducing the service had been challenging and thanked residents for their patience. The council says the collected food goes to a Cannock anaerobic-digestion facility, producing renewable energy and material used to improve agricultural soil. The new collections take place weekly alongside existing bin services.
- Residents recycle more than 95 tonnes of food in the first week of ... — www.cannockchasedc.gov.uk
- Weekly food collections start in Cannock Chase next week — www.cannockchasedc.gov.uk