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Exeter bin collection dates
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Bins in Exeter
These are the containers used in Exeter. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Green recycling bin
Green bin
Food waste collection
Garden waste collection
Black bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are Exeter City 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 19 September 2026; list of collections built from Exeter City Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
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- Recycling A–Z: items beginning U to ZExeter City Council
- Garden waste collectionsExeter City Council
- Food waste collectionsExeter City Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemExeter City Council
- Recycling centres and tipsDevon County Council
- Get help putting your bins outExeter City Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Missed-bin guidance checked 20 September 2026.
How Exeter compares
- Recycled or composted
- 29%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 418 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £68per household a year. Similar councils: £66
- 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.
Exeter councillors voted unanimously in February 2026 to buy a newer recycling plant at Marsh Barton. The council said the move would provide space to finish extending food-waste collections across the city, improve recycling operations and give staff a better working environment. Its existing plant was approaching capacity, with equipment nearing the end of its life.
The agreed purchase of the Envirohub facility was priced at £12.8 million, compared with more than £13.5 million to refurbish the existing site. Councillor Ruth Williams said the newer building and equipment offered a better option. The existing plant would continue handling food and glass.
- Exeter City Council to buy £12million privately-owned recycling site — eastdevonnews.co.uk