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Gloucester 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 Gloucester
These are the containers used in Gloucester. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling
Food waste
Blue sack
Container details
The container pictures and words are Gloucester 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 Gloucester City Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What goes in the blue paper recycling sackGloucester City Council
- Garden waste collectionsGloucester City Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemGloucester City Council
- Recycling centres and tipsGloucestershire County Council
- Get help putting your bins outGloucester City Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Gloucester City 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.
- Make a complaint to Gloucester City 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 Gloucester City 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 Gloucester compares
- Recycled or composted
- 41%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 445 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £101per household a year. Similar councils: £62
- Value for money
- 2 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.
Gloucester councillors agreed new and replacement waste-container charges at their meeting on 11 February 2026, including communal bins used by flats. The council now lists a recycling box with lid at £7, a blue recycling sack at £3 and an outdoor food caddy at £6.
Replacement recycling-box lids remain free, but the council only delivers them alongside other containers. Residents can instead collect a lid from the Gloucester depot or Quedgeley Town Council. The ordering service is for households whose collections are provided by Gloucester City Council. Unwanted or damaged containers can be returned to the council depot.
- Order Recycling Containers | Gloucester City Council — www.gloucester.gov.uk