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Peterborough 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 Peterborough
These are the containers used in Peterborough. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling
Garden waste
Brown bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are Peterborough 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.
Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Peterborough City Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What goes in which binPeterborough City Council
- Food waste collectionsPeterborough City Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemPeterborough City Council
- Recycling centres and tipsPeterborough City Council
- Get help putting your bins outPeterborough City Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Peterborough 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 Peterborough 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 unitary authority councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my unitary authority councillors on Peterborough 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 Peterborough compares
- Recycled or composted
- 38%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 582 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £72per household a year. Similar councils: £72
- Value for money
- 5 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.
In April 2026, Peterborough Council told garden-waste customers to register again so brown-bin collections could continue after 27 April. The annual price remained £58 for one bin, with £31.50 for a second, and a twelve-month payment plan was announced.
In June, the council defended alternate-weekly black-bin collections, saying separate recycling and weekly food-waste collections reduced costs and supported recycling. Extra recycling was still accepted alongside green bins, if placed in clear bags. It also reaffirmed that crews would not take extra black bags beside bins, citing fairness and safe, efficient collections.
- Changes to garden waste collection service for Peterborough — www.bbc.co.uk
- Mythbusters - Black Bin Collections — www.peterborough.gov.uk