Plastic and tins
White bag
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Cotswold 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 Cotswold
These are the containers used in Cotswold. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Cardboard
Blue bag
Container details
The container pictures and words are Cotswold District Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
Container descriptions checked 18 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What goes in your bins, boxes and recycling bagsCotswold District Council
- Replacement bins, boxes, caddies, bags and extra waste sacksCotswold District Council
- Assisted collection eligibility and requestsCotswold District Council
- Garden waste collectionsCotswold District Council
- Food waste collectionsCotswold District Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemCotswold District Council
Links checked 18 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Cotswold 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.
- Report another bin collection problemAnything else about the collection or your bins.
- Make a complaint to Cotswold 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 Cotswold 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 Cotswold compares
- Recycled or composted
- 57%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 344 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £46per household a year. Similar councils: £70
- Value for money
- 2 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.
A June 2026 report proposed withdrawing Cotswold Council’s recycling banks at 24 sites and expanding collections from homes. Officers said the banks had become costly and attracted fly-tipping; independently operated banks, including charity facilities, would remain. The proposals included collecting plastic bags and wrapping by April 2027, combining paper and cardboard collections, and replacing standard rubbish bins gradually with smaller ones. Separately, January reporting described approval for a £7.8 million fleet replacement using recycled cooking oil and an electric vehicle. Officers warned that the cleaner fuel could increase running costs.
- [PDF] 1 JUNE 2026 CABINET - Cotswold District Council — meetings.cotswold.gov.uk
- New fleet of bin lorries to be fuelled by cooking oil — www.bbc.com