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Castle Point 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 Castle Point
These are the containers used in Castle Point. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Container details
The container pictures and words are Castle Point Borough Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
- Pink recycling sack: Households using pink sacks for recycling
- Pink recycling sack: Not Do not infer a bin or its lid from the sack colour; paper and card arrangements change from 2 October 2026
Container descriptions checked 19 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What goes in pink recycling sacks, including paper and card changesCastle Point Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsCastle Point Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsCastle Point Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsCastle Point Borough Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Castle Point 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 Castle Point 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 Castle Point 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 Castle Point compares
- Recycled or composted
- 45%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 469 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £45per household a year. Similar councils: £58
- Value for money
- 10 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.
Castle Point Council’s published plans say separate paper and cardboard collections will begin in autumn 2026, using new disposable sacks alongside existing pink recycling sacks. The update records Cabinet approval and says wheelie bins will not be introduced in the near future because of costs, changing government policy and council reorganisation. It also sets out expanded recycling services for communal properties during 2026 and new education and engagement officers to help residents recycle. The council says the paper and card service will meet national recycling reforms, while its community work aims to reduce waste and improve recycling.
- Changes to Waste and Recycling Service - castlepoint.gov.uk — www.castlepoint.gov.uk