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King's Lynn and West Norfolk bin collection dates

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Christmas and New Year bin collections in King's Lynn and West Norfolk

We had not found King's Lynn and West Norfolk 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.

Areas covered

King’s Lynn is in the King’s Lynn and West Norfolk borough. Council area information.

Enter your postcode to find the collecting council and dates for your address. Local names alone do not identify a collection round.

Missed bin or a problem

Bins in King's Lynn and West Norfolk

These are the containers used in King's Lynn and West Norfolk. Which ones a home has depends on its address.

  • Black bin

  • Green bin

  • Food waste

    Grey food waste bin

Container details

The container pictures and words are King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.

Container descriptions checked 18 September 2026; list of collections built from King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.

A bin at your new home is not a subscription

Applies to: Household garden waste scheme.

If a garden-waste bin is already at a home you move into, apply and pay if you want to use it. The accepted list includes windfall fruit, but excludes kitchen food waste, soil and plastic bags.

Read the council’s full instructions. Checked 30 September 2026.

Links checked 18 September 2026.

Missed bin or a problem

Tell King's Lynn and West Norfolk 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. Make a complaint to King's Lynn and West Norfolk 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 King's Lynn and West Norfolk 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 King's Lynn and West Norfolk compares

Recycled or composted
42%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
Rubbish not recycled
450 kgper household a year
Cost of collections
£42per household a year. Similar councils: £52
Value for money
9 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.

King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council (Serco-run service) saw bin collections disrupted in early January 2026 when snow and ice made roads too dangerous. The council paused some rounds, citing crew safety, and asked residents to leave bins out for collection once conditions improved; a report to full council on 29 January 2026 confirmed the issue was weather-related and had eased.

Separately, in June 2026 the council brought collection start times forward to 6.30am for one week during a heatwave, to protect crews from extreme heat. This was a temporary change affecting all bin types, not a permanent shift to collection schedules.

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