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Charnwood 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 Charnwood
These are the containers used in Charnwood. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Container details
The container pictures and words are Charnwood Borough Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Ordering bins for a new propertyCharnwood Borough Council
- What can and cannot be recycledCharnwood Borough Council
- When and where to put your bins outCharnwood Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsCharnwood Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsCharnwood Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemCharnwood Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outCharnwood Borough Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Charnwood 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 Charnwood 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 Charnwood 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 Charnwood compares
- Recycled or composted
- 41%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 437 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £62per household a year. Similar councils: £52
- Value for money
- 6 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.
Most Charnwood households are due to get weekly food-waste collections from the week of 2 November 2026, while homes with communal bin stores are scheduled to join in 2027. Existing bin days will stay the same. A September council announcement said caddy packs would arrive from late September for homes starting in November, with separate indoor and outdoor containers and liners. Residents should only begin separating food the week before their first collection. Councillor Anne Gray promised information to help households adapt. Collected food will be used to produce biogas and fertiliser rather than remain in black bins.
- Food waste collections coming soon to Charnwood — www.charnwood.gov.uk