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Gedling 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 Gedling
These are the containers used in Gedling. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling Collection Service
Garden waste
Brown garden waste bin
Glass Collection Service
Container details
The container pictures and words are Gedling 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 Gedling Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What goes in each bin?Gedling Borough Council
- When and where to put your bins outGedling Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsGedling Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemGedling Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outGedling Borough Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Gedling 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 Gedling 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 Gedling 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 Gedling compares
- Recycled or composted
- 32%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 551 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £68per household a year. Similar councils: £51
- Value for money
- 8 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.
In October 2025, Gedling Council promised to reorganise garden-waste collection routes after repeated missed pickups drew complaints. It reported 467 unemptied bins in July, falling to 135 in September. Councillor Sam Smith said residents were frustrated because they paid extra for the service. He said the problems had generated more complaints than any other issue during his seven years as a councillor.
Operations director Sarah Troman acknowledged that the existing arrangements were unsustainable and linked summer problems to vacancies, vehicle breakdowns and illness. The council said it was introducing fleet tracking and new vehicles, while recruiting drivers and loaders to reduce reliance on agency staff.
- Missed garden waste collections prompt rethink — www.bbc.co.uk