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Christmas and New Year bin collections in Medway
Household collections. Collections up to Thursday 24 December are unchanged. From Friday 25 December each collection moves a day later, up to Friday 8 January, which is collected on Saturday 9 January; for example Friday 25 December moves to Monday 28 December, Thursday 31 December to Saturday 2 January and Friday 1 January to Monday 4 January. Collections are back to normal from Monday 11 January, and there are no bulky item collections from Monday 21 December 2026 to Friday 8 January 2027.
Council source. Checked 10 November 2026.
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Bins in Medway
These are the containers used in Medway. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling
Food waste
Garden waste
Container details
The container pictures and words are Medway 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; list of collections built from Medway Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Bins, bags and recycling for houses without front gardensMedway Council
- Garden waste collectionsMedway Council
- Food waste collectionsMedway Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemMedway Council
- Recycling centres and tipsMedway Council
- Get help putting your bins outMedway Council
Links checked 18 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Medway 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.
- Make a complaint to Medway 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 Medway 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 Medway compares
- Recycled or composted
- 37%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 589 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £83per household a year. Similar councils: £78
- 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.
Medway announced in March 2026 that flats would receive weekly food-waste collections from 6 April, extending a service already available to houses. Residents were to receive a five-litre kitchen caddy and 52 liners, alongside either an individual outdoor bin or a larger communal bin, depending on their building. The council said collection days would stay the same and households in houses would keep their usual weekly collections. Councillor Simon Curry welcomed the change as a way for flat residents to recycle more, while landlords and managing agents received briefings about the rollout.
- Weekly food waste collections for flats set to launch in April — www.medway.gov.uk