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North Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire
These are the containers used in North Northamptonshire. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling Bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are North Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- General refuse and recycling guidanceNorth Northamptonshire Council
- What happens to recycling and wasteNorth Northamptonshire Council
- Garden waste collectionsNorth Northamptonshire Council
- Food waste collectionsNorth Northamptonshire Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemNorth Northamptonshire Council
- Recycling centres and tipsNorth Northamptonshire Council
- Get help putting your bins outNorth Northamptonshire Council
Links checked 14 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell North Northamptonshire 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 North Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire compares
- Recycled or composted
- 44%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 520 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £64per household a year. Similar councils: £79
- Value for money
- 7 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 Northamptonshire is extending free weekly food-waste collections to Kettering and Wellingborough in autumn 2026, bringing them into line with Corby and East Northamptonshire. The council’s guidance, updated on 31 August, said collections had not yet started. Residents should look for a tag on their waste bin confirming the start date.
Households are to receive a small kitchen caddy and a larger, lockable outdoor container. Once operating, the service will use a separate vehicle and may collect at a different time from other bins. Food waste must remain separate from garden waste.
- Food waste recycling starting - Kettering and Wellingborough areas — www.northnorthants.gov.uk