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North Kesteven bin collection dates

Then choose your address. Dates come from North Kesteven District 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 North Kesteven

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

  • Black residual waste bin

  • Green-lidded recycling

    Green-lidded recycling bin

  • Orange

  • Brown

  • Purple-lidded bin

    Purple-lidded wheeled bin

  • Purple

Container details

The container pictures and words are North Kesteven District 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 19 September 2026; list of collections built from North Kesteven District Council's own service names 22 September 2026.

Links checked 19 September 2026.

Missed bin or a problem

Tell North Kesteven District Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.

  1. Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
  2. Report another bin collection problemAnything else about the collection or your bins.
  3. Make a complaint to North Kesteven District 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 Kesteven District 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 Kesteven compares

Recycled or composted
42%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
Rubbish not recycled
495 kgper household a year
Cost of collections
£57per household a year. Similar councils: £64
Value for money
5 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 Kesteven was among four Lincolnshire districts with new food-waste collections by September 2026, according to BBC reporting. The county council described growing participation: across those four areas, around half of households presented a caddy weekly, reaching seven in ten in some places. North Kesteven’s earlier announcement explained that separate collections would divert food from being burned to a specialist facility producing gas and fertiliser. It described lockable indoor and outdoor caddies, designed to control smells and keep animals out, with dedicated vehicles keeping food separate from other waste.

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