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North Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire
These are the containers used in North Lincolnshire. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Brown garden waste wheeled bin
Plastic and cardboard wheeled bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are North Lincolnshire Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
List of collections built from North Lincolnshire Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell North Lincolnshire Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
We do not hold a verified missed-bin reporting link for North Lincolnshire Council. Check the council’s official website for how to contact its collection service.
- Make a complaint to North Lincolnshire 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 unitary authority councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my unitary authority councillors on North Lincolnshire Council.
WriteToThem is an independent mySociety service. You'll enter your postcode there before choosing who to contact.
Complaint routes verified 7 September 2026.
How North Lincolnshire compares
- Recycled or composted
- 51%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 535 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £85per household a year. Similar councils: £72
- Value for money
- 3 out of 10 Limited confidence. 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 Lincolnshire’s recycling changes combined paper, cardboard, glass, plastics and cans in one larger burgundy bin, alongside weekly food and garden waste collections. In a 6 May 2026 update, the council said 70,000 new bins had been delivered and more than 65,000 old bins collected, with some collections outstanding. A May BBC report described one household waiting eight weeks for its rubbish and recycling to be emptied. The council apologised, said a technical problem had been fixed and promised measures against recurrence. It acknowledged that the wider rollout did not lessen that household’s experience.
- The final push: final few old burgundy bins to be collected ... — www.northlincs.gov.uk
- Council sorry for East Halton resident's missed bin collections — www.bbc.com