Black bin
Black wheelie bin
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Lichfield 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 Lichfield
These are the containers used in Lichfield. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Blue Bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are Lichfield District Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
Container descriptions checked 19 September 2026; list of collections built from Lichfield District Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What goes in your black bin and extra capacity requestsLichfield District Council
- Food waste collectionsLichfield District Council and Tamworth Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemLichfield District Council and Tamworth Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsLichfield District Council and Tamworth Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outLichfield District Council and Tamworth Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsLichfield District Council and Tamworth Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsLichfield District Council and Tamworth Borough Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Lichfield District Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
Missed-bin guidance checked 20 September 2026.
- Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
- Report another bin collection problemAnything else about the collection or your bins.
- Make a complaint to Lichfield District 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 Lichfield District 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 Lichfield compares
- Recycled or composted
- 43%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 461 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £48per household a year. Similar councils: £67
- Value for money
- 6 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.
Lichfield apologised after hot weather disrupted recycling and garden-waste collections in June 2026. It redirected staff and vehicles to black-bin rounds, saying household rubbish posed a public-health risk in extreme heat. Crews began at 5am, and the council said changes also protected staff working long shifts in direct sunlight.
It promised catch-up recycling collections and an additional garden collection later in the year instead of returning immediately for missed brown bins. The council directed dissatisfied residents to its complaints process. Separately, June caddy deliveries prepared the joint Lichfield–Tamworth food-waste service for a planned July launch.
- Update on recycling, garden waste and missed bins — www.lichfielddc.gov.uk
- Food waste caddy deliveries begin ahead of new weekly recycling ... — www.lichfielddc.gov.uk