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East Devon bin collection dates

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  • Add your dates to Google, Apple or Outlook calendar
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  • Print an A4 sheet for the fridge

Christmas and New Year bin collections in East Devon

Garden waste subscribers. Green waste collections are suspended over Christmas and New Year. The last collections are between Monday 7 and Friday 18 December, and collections restart between Monday 18 and Friday 29 January, depending on your round; check the council's table for your usual day.

Council source. Checked 9 November 2026.

Household collections. Collections up to Thursday 24 December are unchanged. From Christmas Day they move later: Friday 25 December to Tuesday 29 December, Monday 28 to Wednesday 30, Tuesday 29 to Thursday 31 December, Wednesday 30 December to Saturday 2 January, Thursday 31 December to Monday 4 January and Friday 1 January to Tuesday 5 January, with later days also moved up to Friday 15 January, which is collected on Saturday 16 January. Collections return to normal from Monday 18 January.

Council source. Checked 9 November 2026.

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

Missed bin or a problem

Bins in East Devon

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

  • Non-recyclable waste

    Black wheeled bin

  • Recycling and food waste

Container details

The container pictures and words are East Devon District 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.

  • Non-recyclable waste: Households using wheeled bins rather than gull sacks

Container descriptions checked 19 September 2026; list of collections built from East Devon District Council's own service names 22 September 2026.

Links checked 19 September 2026.

Missed bin or a problem

Tell East Devon District Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.

Missed-bin guidance checked 20 September 2026.

  1. Make a complaint to East Devon 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 East Devon District Council.

WriteToThem is an independent mySociety service. You'll enter your postcode there before choosing who to contact.

Complaint routes verified 30 August 2026.

How East Devon compares

Recycled or composted
60%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
Rubbish not recycled
256 kgper household a year
Cost of collections
£83per household a year. Similar councils: £51
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.

East Devon’s rubbish and recycling collections were due to move to the council-owned company EdenServ in September 2026. The company said reliable services and stronger local accountability were its priorities. Councillors would oversee its work on behalf of the council, with an independent board also challenging how it was run. Managing director James Carpenter said the aim was excellent services from day one, alongside environmental improvements and benefits for local communities.

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