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Leicester 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 Leicester
These are the containers used in Leicester. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling
Orange recycling bags
Container details
The container pictures and words are Leicester City 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: Houses using the orange bag recycling service
- Recycling: Not Communal recycling bins at flats, halls and some converted houses
Container descriptions checked 19 September 2026; list of collections built from Leicester City Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- How to get more orange recycling bagsLeicester City Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemLeicester City Council
- Recycling centres and tipsLeicester City Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Leicester 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 Leicester 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 unitary authority councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my unitary authority councillors on Leicester 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 Leicester compares
- Recycled or composted
- 40%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 525 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £103per household a year. Similar councils: £75
- Value for money
- 4 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.
Leicester has approved a future switch from weekly to fortnightly rubbish and recycling collections from May 2028. The mayor’s August 2025 decision provides for a blue wheeled recycling bin, replacing orange bags, while households retain their black rubbish bins. The BBC reported that existing tailored arrangements for flats with communal collection points would remain unchanged.
The council linked the timing to the end of its current waste contract and said the changes were needed to limit future costs. In its 2025 explanation, it said 60% of households did not fill their black bins each week. The mayor’s decision also cited reduced emissions and future affordability.
- RECORD OF DECISION BY CITY MAYOR OR INDIVIDUAL — cabinet.leicester.gov.uk
- Major bin collection changes in Leicester approved — www.bbc.com