East Lindsey 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 East Lindsey
These are the containers used in East Lindsey. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling
Garden waste
Green Wheeled Bin
Paper
Container details
The container pictures and words are East Lindsey District Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from East Lindsey District Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What to put in each bin: item listsEast Lindsey District Council
- Food waste collectionsEast Lindsey District Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell East Lindsey 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 East Lindsey 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 Lindsey 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 East Lindsey compares
- Recycled or composted
- 39%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 433 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £50per household a year. Similar councils: £56
- Value for money
- 9 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 Lindsey District Council will deliver food waste caddies to more than 74,000 households from Monday 27 July 2026, ahead of weekly food waste collections starting in October 2026. Each household gets a small indoor caddy, a larger orange-lidded outdoor caddy, a roll of liners and a guide. Don't use them until the week before collections begin; start dates will be announced later. Food waste will be collected weekly on your usual bin day — put the outdoor caddy out by 5.30am. All food, cooked or raw, is accepted, including bones and pet food. No packaging, liquids or non-food items. Flats will get support from a dedicated engagement officer.
- Food waste caddies arriving from July - East Lindsey District Council — www.e-lindsey.gov.uk