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Maidstone 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 Maidstone
These are the containers used in Maidstone. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling
Food waste
Garden waste
Brown bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are Maidstone 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 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Maidstone Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Garden waste bins and collection guidanceMaidstone Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsMaidstone Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemMaidstone Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outMaidstone Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsKent County Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Maidstone 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 Maidstone 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 Maidstone 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 Maidstone compares
- Recycled or composted
- 44%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 442 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £54per household a year. Similar councils: £55
- Value for money
- 7 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.
Maidstone Council’s May 2026 newsletter announced that food and drink cartons could go in household dry-recycling bins, empty and loose. It said other recycling and food-waste collections were unchanged. The council also reported more contamination in garden bins, particularly soil, turf and hardcore.
It warned that unsuitable items could damage collection vehicles and asked residents to shake soil from plants before binning them. Residents were reminded that lost or damaged outdoor food caddies could be replaced free of charge through the council’s website.
- Maidstone Borough Council Environmental Newsletter — content.govdelivery.com