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Newcastle 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 Newcastle
These are the containers used in Newcastle. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Garden waste
Brown bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are Newcastle 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.
Container descriptions checked 18 September 2026; list of collections built from Newcastle City Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Household hazardous waste and asbestos disposal guidanceNewcastle City Council
- Garden waste collectionsNewcastle City Council
- Food waste collectionsNewcastle City Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemNewcastle City Council
- Garden waste collectionsNewcastle City Council
Links checked 18 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Newcastle City 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 Newcastle 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 metropolitan district councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my metropolitan district councillors on Newcastle 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 Newcastle compares
- Recycled or composted
- 26%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 567 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £66per household a year. Similar councils: £75
- 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.
Newcastle councillors agreed in September 2026 to review bulky-waste collections after calls to scrap charges for collecting large household items. Green councillor Matt Williams argued that fees disproportionately affected poorer communities and could encourage fly-tipping.
Councillors backed an amended motion to modernise tips and explore a local trial of reduced or free collections in a fly-tipping hotspot. Cabinet member Wendy Taylor welcomed a review but warned that a free service could increase demand and costs, requiring savings elsewhere. Williams also urged the council to open tips to pedestrians and cyclists without access to a car.