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Rotherham 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 Rotherham
These are the containers used in Rotherham. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Glass, cans and plastics
Black bin
Black Bin
Green Bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are Rotherham Borough Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Rotherham Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What goes in each binRotherham Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsRotherham Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemRotherham Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsRotherham Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outRotherham Borough Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Rotherham Borough Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
Missed-bin guidance checked 20 September 2026.
- Make a complaint to Rotherham 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 Rotherham 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 Rotherham compares
- Recycled or composted
- 47%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 459 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £89per household a year. Similar councils: £73
- Value for money
- 8 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.
Rotherham’s bin-collection problems are still affecting council finances, according to a September 2026 report covered by the BBC. The authority faces a £6 million overall overspend, with waste services and social care among the pressures.
Replacement refuse vehicles did not arrive until March, and the service continued using costly hired and spare lorries. Officers expected the new fleet to help, but warned that the financial effects would continue into 2027/28. More efficient collection routes are also being examined, after earlier disruption affected efforts to make savings. The report called for clear actions to tackle the wider overspend quickly.