General household waste
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Erewash 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 Erewash
These are the containers used in Erewash. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling Collection Service
Food Collection Service
Garden Waste Collection Service
Container details
The container pictures and words are Erewash 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.
Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Erewash Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What Goes in Your BinErewash Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsErewash Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsErewash Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemErewash Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsErewash Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outErewash Borough Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Erewash Borough 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 Erewash 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 Erewash 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 Erewash compares
- Recycled or composted
- 36%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 515 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £35per household a year. Similar councils: £55
- Value for money
- 6 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.
Erewash’s food-waste collections began rolling out on 30 March 2026, with the council saying the collected scraps would become energy and fertiliser at a facility in Derby. Six new collection vehicles supported the service. Residents were invited to name one through a public vote that closed on 13 May, while four others were to be named through a schools competition. The council’s environment lead, Councillor Alfrey, described the naming exercise as a way for the community to get involved and linked the new service to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions.
- Help Us Name a New Food Waste Vehicle! — letstalk.erewash.gov.uk