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Rother 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 Rother
These are the containers used in Rother. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling
Food Waste
Garden Waste
Brown wheelie bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are Rother District 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 Rother District Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Pink recycling sacks: eligibility and collection pointsRother District Council
- Garden waste collectionsRother District Council
- Food waste collectionsRother District Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemRother District Council
- Recycling centres and tipsRother District Council
- Get help putting your bins outRother District Council
- Contact the waste serviceRother District Council
- Garden waste collectionsRother District Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Rother District 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 Rother District 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 Rother District 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 Rother compares
- Recycled or composted
- 46%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 419 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £69per household a year. Similar councils: £62
- 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.
Rother says residents have recycled more than 450 tonnes of food waste since separate collections began in April 2026. Responding to a resident’s question about the service’s progress, the council said this material would otherwise have gone for incineration with general rubbish. The collected scraps go to a composting facility in Whitesmith, East Sussex, where they become soil conditioner for farms, gardens and public green spaces. The council thanked households taking part and encouraged others to use their caddies, saying separating food could free space in rubbish bins and reduce smells.
- Question 32/26 — www.rother.gov.uk