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- Get an email the evening before
- Print an A4 sheet for the fridge
Bins in Newcastle-under-Lyme
These are the containers used in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling
Blue bin
Food Waste
Container details
The container pictures and words are Newcastle-under-Lyme 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 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Order a bin, food waste caddy or recycling bagNewcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
- What happens to your recycling and household rubbishNewcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsNewcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outNewcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough 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 Newcastle-under-Lyme 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 Newcastle-under-Lyme 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 Newcastle-under-Lyme compares
- Recycled or composted
- 45%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 425 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £74per household a year. Similar councils: £47
- 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.
Newcastle-under-Lyme reported missed recycling and household-rubbish collections in several streets on 10 September 2026 because of operational problems. Food-waste and garden-waste rounds were listed as complete that day. The council apologised and said it would try to return, but warned that staff availability could prevent a catch-up visit.
Its updates listed all four services as complete on the previous two days. Separately, on 8 September it announced plans for £600,000 of improvements to its operational depot, intended to improve working conditions and protect frontline services. The council also said it was seeking savings and extra income while focusing resources on residents’ priorities.
- Catch up bin collections - Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council — www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk
- Latest news – Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council — www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk