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Norwich bin collection dates

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  • Print an A4 sheet for the fridge

Christmas and New Year bin collections in Norwich

Garden waste subscribers. There are no garden waste collections between Monday 21 December 2026 and Friday 1 January 2027.

Council source. Checked 10 November 2026.

We had not found Norwich City Council’s arrangements for Christmas 2026 and New Year 2027 when we checked on 10 November 2026. We check every week until Christmas; councils often publish in late November or December.

Check the council’s bins information.

Look up your address above for its dates. Christmas and New Year collections across the UK.

Missed bin or a problem

Bins in Norwich

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

  • General rubbish

    Black rubbish bin

  • Mixed recycling

    Blue recycling bin

  • Recycling

    Blue recycling sack

  • Food Waste Collection Service

Container details

The container pictures and words are Norwich City 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.

  • General rubbish: Households using individual rubbish bins
  • General rubbish: Not Black rubbish sacks and communal bins
  • Mixed recycling: Households using individual recycling bins
  • Mixed recycling: Not Blue recycling sacks and communal bins
  • Recycling: Households using the blue sack recycling service
  • Recycling: Not Individual and communal bins

Container descriptions checked 19 September 2026; list of collections built from Norwich City Council's own service names 22 September 2026.

Links checked 19 September 2026.

Missed bin or a problem

Tell Norwich City 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 Norwich City 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 Norwich City 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 Norwich compares

Recycled or composted
38%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
Rubbish not recycled
394 kgper household a year
Cost of collections
£71per household a year. Similar councils: £66
Value for money
8 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.

Norwich Council renewed its focus on business waste in March 2026, seeking to reduce overflowing bins, pavement rubbish and fly-tipping. It reported issuing documentation notices to 88 businesses and 45 fixed penalties for waste offences between September 2025 and March 2026. It said legal action was being taken against repeat offenders. The council said targeted checks had helped tidy streets and reduce waste spilling onto pavements.

Councillor Emma Hampton said most businesses acted responsibly, but a minority cut corners. Business-rates letters would include advice, alongside additional council funding for tackling fly-tipping, graffiti and business-waste problems.

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