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Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield
These are the containers used in Chesterfield. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
General waste
Garden waste
Recycling
Container details
The container pictures and words are Chesterfield 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 18 September 2026; list of collections built from Chesterfield Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What can be recycled and where?Chesterfield Borough Council
- When and where to put your bins outChesterfield Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsChesterfield Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsChesterfield Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemChesterfield Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsChesterfield Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outChesterfield Borough Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Chesterfield Borough Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
- Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
- Make a complaint to Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield compares
- Recycled or composted
- 35%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 492 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £54per household a year. Similar councils: £62
- Value for money
- 4 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.
Chesterfield’s February 2026 announcement set out free weekly food-waste collections from April, with flats and other communal properties scheduled to follow later in the year. The council said households would receive a lockable 23-litre caddy before their first collection, together with details of their collection day.
Councillor Martin Stone said separating unavoidable scraps would reduce waste sent for disposal and help keep general rubbish bins cleaner and less full. Residents were told they did not need to order a caddy in advance. The announcement promised further information for communal properties ahead of their first collection.
- New weekly food waste recycling service to launch in April — www.chesterfield.gov.uk