North Kesteven 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 Kesteven
These are the containers used in North Kesteven. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
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.
- Paper and card recycling | North Kesteven District Council
- Green-lidded recycling | North Kesteven District Council
Container descriptions checked 19 September 2026; list of collections built from North Kesteven District Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Paper and card recycling in the purple-lidded binNorth Kesteven District Council
- What goes in the green-lidded recycling binNorth Kesteven District Council
- Garden waste collectionsNorth Kesteven District Council
- Food waste collectionsNorth Kesteven District Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemNorth Kesteven District Council
- Recycling centres and tipsLincolnshire County Council
- Get help putting your bins outNorth Kesteven District Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell North Kesteven District 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 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.
- Six months on, are weekly food waste collections a success? - BBC — www.bbc.com
- Weekly food waste collections coming to Lincolnshire in 2026 — www.n-kesteven.gov.uk