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North Devon 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 North Devon
These are the containers used in North Devon. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Garden waste
Green wheelie bin
Empty Bin Black Bin/Bag
Empty Bin Black Box
Empty Bin Blue Box
Empty Bin Brown Bag
Empty Bin Collect Clinical Waste
Empty Bin Green Bag
Container details
The container pictures and words are North Devon 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 North Devon Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What goes in your bin, box or bag?North Devon Council
- Garden waste collectionsNorth Devon Council
- Food waste collectionsNorth Devon Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemNorth Devon Council
- Recycling centres and tipsNorth Devon Council
- Get help putting your bins outNorth Devon Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell North Devon Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
- 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 North Devon 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 North Devon 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 North Devon compares
- Recycled or composted
- 45%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 424 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £134per household a year. Similar councils: £56
- 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.
North Devon councillors agreed a £5 increase in the annual garden-waste collection fee as part of their 2026/27 budget. A February report described council leader David Clayton warning that funding pressures would force difficult choices about services. The budget also raised business waste collection charges by 46%.
Following opposition to ending business collections, the council decided to retain trade refuse collections on a cost-recovery basis. Its wider trade recycling service was still scheduled to end on 31 March 2026. Smaller eligible businesses already collected on domestic rounds would keep both services. These business changes were separate from household bin collections.
- Councils are being 'stuffed over' by government says North Devon ... — www.torbayweekly.co.uk
- Update on Trade Waste Collection Services | North Devon Council — www.northdevon.gov.uk