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Crawley 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 Crawley
These are the containers used in Crawley. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling
Container details
The container pictures and words are Crawley 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 Crawley Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Household recycling and textile collectionsCrawley Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsCrawley Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemCrawley Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsCrawley Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outCrawley Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsCrawley Borough Council
Links checked 18 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Crawley Borough Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
- 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 Crawley 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 Crawley 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 Crawley compares
- Recycled or composted
- 31%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 513 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £55per household a year. Similar councils: £58
- Value for money
- 3 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.
Crawley plans to start weekly food-waste collections on 28 September 2026 for homes with individual bins, while changing their rubbish collections from weekly to fortnightly. Flats and communal-bin properties will keep weekly rubbish collections until food-waste services reach them in 2027. Recycling and subscribed garden collections remain unchanged. The council estimates food makes up 44% of Crawley’s general waste. The council announced caddy deliveries from 7 September, including outdoor bins with orange lids, kitchen caddies and starter liners. Councillor Nick Hilton said separating food would help residents recycle more and reduce wasted food.
- New collection service autumn 2026 — crawley.gov.uk
- New weekly food waste collection service to be launched this month — crawley.gov.uk