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Middlesbrough bin collection dates

Then choose your address. Dates come from Middlesbrough Council's own bin checker. We are not the council.

  • Add your dates to Google, Apple or Outlook calendar
  • Get an email the evening before
  • Print an A4 sheet for the fridge

Missed bin or a problem

Bins in Middlesbrough

These are the containers used in Middlesbrough. Which ones a home has depends on its address.

  • Refuse

  • or

    Recycling

    Blue-lid recycling bin, or clear recycling sacks

  • Food Waste

  • Paper and card

  • Plastic recycling

Container details

The container pictures and words are Middlesbrough 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: Homes using an individual recycling bin
  • Recycling: Homes using recycling sacks

Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Middlesbrough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.

Links checked 20 September 2026.

Missed bin or a problem

Tell Middlesbrough Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.

  1. Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
  2. Make a complaint to Middlesbrough 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 Middlesbrough 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 Middlesbrough compares

Recycled or composted
22%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
Rubbish not recycled
721 kgper household a year
Cost of collections
£75per household a year. Similar councils: £69
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 June 2026, Middlesbrough Council acknowledged that some bin calendars showed incorrect dates for the new red-lidded paper and cardboard bins. Collections were scheduled to begin on 30 June, with some households starting the following week.

The council told residents to disregard the incorrect entries for 23–26 June and put out their usual bin instead. It asked anyone printing a calendar to wait until after 26 June. The new recycling bins had been distributed to most homes in the area. Weekly separate food-waste collections were also scheduled to start on 30 June as part of the recycling changes.

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