General waste
Grey bin
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Rushcliffe 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 Rushcliffe
These are the containers used in Rushcliffe. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling
Blue recycling bin
Garden waste
Green bin
Glass
Purple lidded glass collection bins
Glass recycling
Container details
The container pictures and words are Rushcliffe 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 18 September 2026; list of collections built from Rushcliffe Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Household battery recycling and safe storageRushcliffe Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsRushcliffe Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemRushcliffe Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsRushcliffe Borough Council
Links checked 18 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Rushcliffe Borough 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 Rushcliffe 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 Rushcliffe 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 Rushcliffe compares
- Recycled or composted
- 46%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 458 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £52per household a year. Similar councils: £74
- 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.
In a 24 March 2026 update, Rushcliffe announced that cartons, plastic tubs and trays, toothpaste tubes and aluminium foil would join the blue-bin list from 31 March. Council leader Neil Clarke reported more than 450 tonnes of glass collected during the new doorstep service’s first five weeks, compared with 250 tonnes through bring banks a year earlier.
In January, the council confirmed it would retain nine glass-bank sites while closing others following the rollout. Councillor Rob Inglis said the expanded recycling range should reduce confusion and support the borough’s ambition to reach a 60% recycling rate.
- Rushcliffe residents can recycle even more from their doorstep from ... — www.rushcliffe.gov.uk
- Remaining bring bank sites confirmed following success of ... — www.rushcliffe.gov.uk