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Hartlepool bin collection dates

Then choose your address. Dates come from Hartlepool Borough Council's own bin checker. We are not the council.

  • Add your dates to Google, Apple or Outlook calendar
  • Get an email the evening before
  • Print an A4 sheet for the fridge

Christmas and New Year bin collections in Hartlepool

We had not found Hartlepool Borough Council’s arrangements for Christmas 2026 and New Year 2027 when we checked on 10 November 2026. We check every week until Christmas; councils often publish in late November or December.

Check the council’s bins information.

Look up your address above for its dates. Christmas and New Year collections across the UK.

Missed bin or a problem

Bins in Hartlepool

These are the containers used in Hartlepool. Which ones a home has depends on its address.

  • Rubbish

    Green bin

  • Recycling

  • Food Waste

Container details

The container pictures and words are Hartlepool 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 Hartlepool Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.

Links checked 17 September 2026.

Missed bin or a problem

Tell Hartlepool Borough Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.

  1. Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
  2. Report another bin collection problemAnything else about the collection or your bins.
  3. Make a complaint to Hartlepool 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 unitary authority councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my unitary authority councillors on Hartlepool 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 Hartlepool compares

Recycled or composted
27%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
Rubbish not recycled
604 kgper household a year
Cost of collections
£72per household a year. Similar councils: £66
Value for money
2 out of 10 An independently constructed WhenIsBins rating, not an official government rating.

Official figures for England, 2024 to 2025.

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