Garden waste
Brown garden waste bin
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Christmas and New Year bin collections in Leeds
We had not found Leeds City 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.
Bins in Leeds
These are the containers used in Leeds. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Black bin
Black bin for general household waste
Green bin
Green recycling bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are Leeds City Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
- Black bin: Homes with a bin collection, not a bag collection
- Green bin: Homes with a bin collection, not a bag collection
- What to put in your bins | Leeds.gov.uk
- What to put in your black bin | Leeds.gov.uk
- What to put in your green bin | Leeds.gov.uk
Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Leeds City Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Keep garden waste loose
Applies to: Standard garden-waste service, excluding the separately notified food-and-garden trial.
For the standard garden-waste service, leave material loose and do not use plastic bags. The accepted list excludes food waste, soil and compost. If your household has joined the separately notified combined food-and-garden trial, follow its own instructions.
Read the council’s full instructions. Checked 30 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What to put in your black binLeeds City Council
- Garden waste collectionsLeeds City Council
- Garden and food waste trialLeeds City Council
- Recycling centres and tipsLeeds City Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Leeds City 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 Leeds City 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 Leeds City 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 Leeds compares
- Recycled or composted
- 37%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 518 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £99per household a year. Similar councils: £74
- 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.
In January 2026, Leeds City Council rejected rumours of a fourth household bin and new fines for putting materials in the wrong bin. It announced a food-waste trial around Wetherby and Collingham, using existing brown garden bins throughout the year. Participating homes were to receive kitchen caddies for fortnightly collections planned from late February. Any wider rollout depended on the trial succeeding; arrangements for homes unsuitable for brown bins were still under consideration. The council said its existing free garden-waste service covered 220,000 households, providing infrastructure for the proposed expansion.