Rubbish
Green rubbish bin, or lilac rubbish sacks
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Oxford 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 Oxford
These are the containers used in Oxford. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
or or Recycling
Blue recycling bin, or clear recycling sacks
Food Collection
Container details
The container pictures and words are Oxford 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.
- Rubbish: Homes that can accommodate individual wheelie bins
- Rubbish: Homes that cannot accommodate wheelie bins
- Recycling: Homes that can accommodate individual wheelie bins
- Recycling: Homes that cannot accommodate wheelie bins
Container descriptions checked 18 September 2026; list of collections built from Oxford City Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- New and replacement bins, caddies and sack suppliesOxford City Council
- When and where to put your bins outOxford City Council
- Garden waste collectionsOxford City Council
- Food waste collectionsOxford City Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemOxford City Council
- Recycling centres and tipsOxfordshire County Council
- Get help putting your bins outOxford City Council
Links checked 18 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Oxford City 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.
- Make a complaint to Oxford 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 Oxford 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 Oxford compares
- Recycled or composted
- 48%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 327 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £109per household a year. Similar councils: £65
- Value for money
- 3 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.
Oxford approved funding for free bulky-waste collections and stronger action against fly-tipping in its February 2026 budget. Councillors allocated £102,000 annually to free collections and £390,000 for community wardens. The council cited a residents’ survey in which 43% identified rubbish or litter as a local problem. Councillor Ed Turner said residents wanted action on dumped rubbish and the budget was responding to those concerns.
A Blackbird Leys resident told the BBC that collection charges and recycling-centre booking requirements made responsible disposal harder. The county council defended its booking system, saying there was no evidence that it increased fly-tipping.
- Council agrees Budget: Free bulky waste collections ... — www.oxford.gov.uk
- Free bulky waste collections to tackle fly-tipping in Oxford — www.bbc.com