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Dacorum 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 Dacorum
These are the containers used in Dacorum. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Grey bin and kerbside caddy
Garden waste
Green-lidded bin
Only if you've subscribed
Grey bin
Grey bin for household waste that cannot be recycled
Blue-lidded bin
Blue-lidded bin for dry recycling
Container details
The container pictures and words are Dacorum 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.
- Garden waste: Subscribers to the garden waste collection service
Container descriptions checked 19 September 2026; list of collections built from Dacorum Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Garden waste subscriptions and what goes in the binDacorum Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsDacorum Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsDacorum Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemDacorum Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsDacorum Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outDacorum Borough Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Dacorum 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 Dacorum 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 Dacorum 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 Dacorum compares
- Recycled or composted
- 52%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 389 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £72per household a year. Similar councils: £63
- 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.
Dacorum's kerbside service continues largely unchanged: grey general-waste and blue-lidded recycling bins fortnightly, with a weekly food caddy. Garden waste stays a paid seasonal subscription, £50 a year/bin for 2025/26, with a discount for Council Tax Support claimants.
Nationally, new "Simpler Recycling" rules took effect from 31 March 2026, requiring councils to offer separate food, paper/card, other dry recycling and residual waste streams to all households, including flats. Dacorum has been reviewing its neighbourhood recycling "bring sites," some near shops, saying they are fly-tipping hotspots and misused by businesses rather than residents. The council surveyed residents on whether these sites should remain, arguing kerbside recycling already covers most needs.
- Simpler recycling: household recycling in England – GOV.UK — www.gov.uk
- Simpler household recycling rules come into force across England – GOV.UK — www.gov.uk
- Recycle for Dacorum policies and procedures – Dacorum Borough Council — www.dacorum.gov.uk
- Bring Site Resident Survey – Let's Talk Dacorum — letstalk.dacorum.gov.uk