General waste
Green general waste bin
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East Riding of Yorkshire 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 Riding of Yorkshire
These are the containers used in East Riding of Yorkshire. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling
Blue bin
Brown bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are East Riding of Yorkshire Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
Container descriptions checked 14 September 2026; list of collections built from East Riding of Yorkshire Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What goes in my binsEast Riding of Yorkshire Council
- Blue recycling bin guidanceEast Riding of Yorkshire Council
- Garden waste collectionsEast Riding of Yorkshire Council
- Food waste collectionsEast Riding of Yorkshire Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemEast Riding of Yorkshire Council
- Recycling centres and tipsEast Riding of Yorkshire Council
- Get help putting your bins outEast Riding of Yorkshire Council
Links checked 14 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell East Riding of Yorkshire 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 East Riding of Yorkshire 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 unitary authority councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my unitary authority councillors on East Riding of Yorkshire 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 Riding of Yorkshire compares
- Recycled or composted
- 61%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 397 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £72per household a year. Similar councils: £87
- Value for money
- 10 out of 10 Limited confidence. 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.
In September 2026, weekly food-waste collections had reached two thirds of the East Riding, with remaining areas scheduled to switch in February 2027. The council said 9,000 households had requested starter packs and that the service had encouraged more people to recycle food, some for the first time.
BBC interviews in Hedon found mixed views. Residents welcomed fewer smells and maggots in summer, but one questioned whether weekly emptying was needed in winter. Another preferred more frequent recycling-bin collections. The council planned more communication about food still being discarded with general waste.
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