Mixed recycling bin
Light green bin with blue lid
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Rochdale 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 Rochdale
These are the containers used in Rochdale. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Dark green bin
Dark green general waste bin
Blue bin
Blue paper and cardboard bin
Brown bin
Brown food and garden waste bin
Glass and Bottles
Container details
The container pictures and words are Rochdale 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 19 September 2026; list of collections built from Rochdale Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What goes in each binRochdale Borough Council
- When and where to put your bins outRochdale Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsRochdale Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemRochdale Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsRochdale Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outRochdale Borough Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Rochdale 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 Rochdale 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 metropolitan district councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my metropolitan district councillors on Rochdale 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 Rochdale compares
- Recycled or composted
- 48%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 380 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £69per household a year. Similar councils: £66
- Value for money
- 7 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.
Rochdale Council apologised in September 2026 after a resident using assisted bin collections reported months of missed pickups. She said she had to contact the council about every other week and wanted a month’s council-tax refund. The repeated calls and uncollected waste had added to her stress.
The council said officers had visited and arranged for all outstanding bins to be cleared. It also put the property on a watch list to monitor future collections. Assisted collections are intended to collect bins from residents’ homes rather than the end of their drives.
- Stoma bag user disgusted by her miss bin collections — www.rochvalleyradio.com