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City of Doncaster 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 City of Doncaster
These are the containers used in City of Doncaster. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Container details
The container pictures and words are City of Doncaster Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Green box - glass recyclingCity of Doncaster Council
- Garden waste collectionsCity of Doncaster Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemCity of Doncaster Council
- Recycling centres and tipsCity of Doncaster Council
- Get help putting your bins outCity of Doncaster Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell City of Doncaster 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 City of Doncaster 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 City of Doncaster 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 City of Doncaster compares
- Recycled or composted
- 47%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 508 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £78per household a year. Similar councils: £74
- 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.
Doncaster’s cabinet approved buying a hundred and forty thousand new brown wheelie bins in May 2026, ahead of recycling changes planned for April 2027. Deliveries are expected to begin in autumn 2026.
Under the plans, paper and cardboard will go in existing blue bins, mixed dry recycling in the new brown bins, and glass in green boxes. Councillors had questioned where people in terraced homes would store another bin. Councillor Glyn Jones acknowledged residents’ concerns but said a separate bin was the most convenient way to store recyclable materials between collections.
- Cabinet Approves Purchase Of New Brown Wheelie Bins | Thorne Times — www.thornetimes.co.uk