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Herefordshire bin collection dates

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  • 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 Herefordshire

We had not found Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire

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

  • General rubbish

    Black sacks

  • or

    Recycling

    Green recycling bin, or clear recycling sacks

Container details

The container pictures and words are Herefordshire Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.

  • General rubbish: Homes with a black sack collection
  • Recycling: Homes using an individual recycling bin
  • Recycling: Homes without a green recycling bin

Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Herefordshire Council's own service names 22 September 2026.

Links checked 14 September 2026.

Missed bin or a problem

Tell Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire compares

Recycled or composted
39%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
Rubbish not recycled
491 kgper household a year
Cost of collections
£63per household a year. Similar councils: £84
Value for money
9 out of 10 Limited confidence. 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.

Herefordshire households face waiting until September or October 2027 for weekly food-waste collections. The council approved that timetable in July 2026 after reviewing funding and delivery costs. Most homes with standard kerbside collections would receive kitchen and outdoor caddies before the service starts. In a June BBC report, Green group leader Stef Simmons criticised the delay, saying residents were being left behind. The council said running the service would cost more than £2 million annually, while £1.85 million of government funding covered caddies and vehicles rather than running costs. It said preparations were continuing with contractors and suppliers.

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