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Rochdale bin collection dates

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Christmas and New Year bin collections in Rochdale

We had not found Rochdale Borough Council’s arrangements for Christmas 2026 and New Year 2027 when we checked on 10 November 2026. We check every week until Christmas; councils often publish in late November or December.

Check the council’s bins information.

Look up your address above for its dates. Christmas and New Year collections across the UK.

Missed bin or a problem

Bins in Rochdale

These are the containers used in Rochdale. Which ones a home has depends on its address.

  • Mixed recycling bin

    Light green bin with blue lid

  • 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.

Links checked 19 September 2026.

Missed bin or a problem

Tell Rochdale Borough Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.

  1. Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
  2. 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.

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