Paper/Card Waste
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Ribble Valley 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 Ribble Valley
These are the containers used in Ribble Valley. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Container details
The container pictures and words are Ribble Valley Borough Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Lost, Stolen or Damaged BinRibble Valley Borough Council
- White recycling sack contents and useRibble Valley Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsRibble Valley Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsRibble Valley Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemRibble Valley Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsLancashire County Council
- Get help putting your bins outRibble Valley Borough Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Ribble Valley Borough 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.
- Report another bin collection problemAnything else about the collection or your bins.
- Make a complaint to Ribble Valley 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 district councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my district councillors on Ribble Valley 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 Ribble Valley compares
- Recycled or composted
- 38%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 480 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £69per household a year. Similar councils: £76
- 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.
Ribble Valley’s separate weekly food-waste collections were postponed until October 2026 because specialist collection vehicles were delayed. A January report said the council had been granted more time beyond the national end-of-March deadline. The council told the BBC that many authorities faced the same vehicle-supply difficulties and that the delay was beyond its control. The planned service uses a small kitchen caddy emptied into a larger outdoor container for collection. Earlier council guidance promised two free caddies and sought residents’ views to help design the service and understand likely participation.
- Councils granted more time to start food waste collections — www.central.radio
- Food waste collection delays announced by councils — www.bbc.com
- Household Food Waste Collections – Ribble Valley Borough Council — www.ribblevalley.gov.uk