General rubbish
Black rubbish bin
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Norwich 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 Norwich
These are the containers used in Norwich. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
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.
Order, book and apply
- When and where to put out your bins and bagsNorwich City Council
- Garden waste collectionsNorwich City Council
- Food waste collectionsNorwich City Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemNorwich City Council
- Recycling centres and tipsNorfolk County Council
- Get help putting your bins outNorwich City Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Norwich City 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 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.
- Businesses asked to step up on waste responsibilities — www.norwich.gov.uk