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Hastings bin collection dates
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- Get an email the evening before
- Print an A4 sheet for the fridge
Bins in Hastings
These are the containers used in Hastings. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
or Recycling
Pink recycling sacks, or green recycling bin
Food waste collection service
Container details
The container pictures and words are Hastings 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.
- Recycling: Homes on the weekly pink-sack recycling collection; other identifiable recycling bags or cardboard may be used if sacks run out
- Recycling: Homes using a recycling bin, which are not eligible for pink sacks
Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Hastings Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Assisted bin and sack collection eligibilityHastings Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsHastings Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsHastings Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemHastings Borough Council
Links checked 18 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Hastings 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 Hastings 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 Hastings 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 Hastings compares
- Recycled or composted
- 30%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 481 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £81per household a year. Similar councils: £62
- Value for money
- 1 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.
Hastings Council reported in May 2026 that its new weekly food-waste service collected more than 161 tonnes in its first month. Councillor Becca Horn said more than half of households were taking part, alongside residents already composting at home. The council published positive resident comments about the introduction.
Collected food goes to Veolia’s East Sussex composting facility to become soil conditioner for farmers and gardeners. Horn encouraged more people to try the service, arguing that separating food frees bin space, reduces smells and means less waste is incinerated. The weekly collection accepts peelings and leftover food.
- Early success for Hastings’ new food waste collection service — www.hastings.gov.uk