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Dudley bin collection dates

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Christmas and New Year bin collections in Dudley

We had not found Dudley Borough Council’s arrangements for Christmas 2026 and New Year 2027 when we checked on 10 November 2026. We check every week until Christmas; councils often publish in late November or December.

Check the council’s bins information.

Look up your address above for its dates. Christmas and New Year collections across the UK.

Missed bin or a problem

Bins in Dudley

These are the containers used in Dudley. Which ones a home has depends on its address.

  • General waste

    Black refuse bin

  • Mixed recycling

    Blue wheeled bin for simple mixed recycling

  • Food

  • Paper and card

    Blue bags for separate paper and card recycling

Container details

The container pictures and words are Dudley 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.

  • Mixed recycling: Households on the new recycling service with a blue bin and blue bag; most flats are excluded
  • Paper and card: Households on the new recycling service with a blue bin and blue bag; most flats are excluded

Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Dudley Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.

Links checked 17 September 2026.

Missed bin or a problem

Tell Dudley Borough Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.

  1. Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
  2. Make a complaint to Dudley 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 metropolitan district councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my metropolitan district councillors on Dudley 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 Dudley compares

Recycled or composted
39%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
Rubbish not recycled
475 kgper household a year
Cost of collections
£71per household a year. Similar councils: £74
Value for money
5 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.

Dudley councillors challenged persistent collection problems at a council meeting on 13 July 2026, after the new waste service launched in April. Liberal Democrat Ryan Priest asked whether residents would receive council-tax refunds for missed collections; finance cabinet member Steve Clark ruled that out and promised improvements.

Reform councillors questioned whether the rollout had enough vehicles and staff. Council leader Patrick Harley cited depot incidents, hot weather and funding pressures in explaining the difficulties. He said twelve new collection rounds and more staff had been introduced. The council had already apologised to residents for missed and delayed collections.

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