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Kirklees 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 Kirklees
These are the containers used in Kirklees. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Grey bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are Kirklees 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 18 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What goes in green recycling bins and linersKirklees Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsKirklees Borough Council
- Reducing food waste and compostingKirklees Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemKirklees Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsKirklees Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outKirklees Borough Council
Links checked 18 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Kirklees Borough Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
- Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
- Make a complaint to Kirklees 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 metropolitan district councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my metropolitan district councillors on Kirklees 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 Kirklees compares
- Recycled or composted
- 27%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 603 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £68per household a year. Similar councils: £75
- 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.
Kirklees’ food-waste plans faced a funding question at the Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Panel in September 2026, YorkshireLive reported. Officers said £900,000 of government capital funding for communications, containers and vehicles would not cover the full cost. Preparatory work continued, but final commitments on vehicles, recruitment and publicity were being held back pending financial clarity. The council was seeking talks with government; Cabinet might have to decide whether to accept extra costs. Separate plans would give around 190,000 households paper and card bins and expand green-bin recycling by April 2028.
- Kirklees waste and recycling changes latest as cost challenges arise — www.examinerlive.co.uk