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Redcar and Cleveland 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 Redcar and Cleveland
These are the containers used in Redcar and Cleveland. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling
Blue recycling bin
Food Waste
Container details
The container pictures and words are Redcar and Cleveland Borough 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 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What goes in my recycling bin?Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsRedcar and Cleveland Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsRedcar and Cleveland Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemRedcar and Cleveland Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsRedcar and Cleveland Borough Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
- Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
- Make a complaint to Redcar and Cleveland Borough 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 Redcar and Cleveland Borough 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 Redcar and Cleveland compares
- Recycled or composted
- 31%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 552 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £57per household a year. Similar councils: £72
- 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.
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council announced in March 2026 that a new weekly food waste recycling service would begin from April, meeting national requirements for all English councils. Every household received a 5-litre kitchen caddy and a pest-resistant 23-litre outdoor bin, free of charge. Deliveries started 23 March, with collections phased in by street from 14 April to 29 May 2026. Communal properties were scheduled to follow from June, completing by end of July.
Cabinet member Cllr Neil Bendelow called it "one of the biggest changes to our waste service in many years," pledging close work with residents during the transition.
- Redcar and Cleveland to introduce new food waste recycling service — www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
- Food waste collections | Redcar and Cleveland — www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk