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Grey household waste bin
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Sandwell 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 Sandwell
These are the containers used in Sandwell. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling
Food Recycling
Container details
The container pictures and words are Sandwell 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.
- Changes to bin collections over Bank Holidays | Sandwell Council
- Non-recycling (grey) bin | Putting out rubbish for collection | Sandwell Council
Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Sandwell Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Blue-lid recycling bins and blue recycling bagsSandwell Borough Council
- When and where to put your bins outSandwell Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsSandwell Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsSandwell Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemSandwell Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsSandwell Borough Council
Links checked 18 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Sandwell Borough Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
Missed-bin guidance checked 20 September 2026.
- Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
- Make a complaint to Sandwell 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 Sandwell 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 Sandwell compares
- Recycled or composted
- 31%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 635 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £111per household a year. Similar councils: £75
- Value for money
- 1 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.
Sandwell froze its garden-waste subscription at £40 for 2026, covering 20 collections, while aligning collection days with its alternate-weekly rubbish and recycling rounds. The council says households whose collection day changed in September 2025 will have garden collections moved to match.
Councillor Keith Allcock described the continued price freeze as good value and thanked residents for using the service. The council’s wider recycling reforms separate paper, cardboard and cartons into a blue bag, with the stated aim of reducing disposal costs and increasing recycling. The service continues to include its usual winter break.
- Garden waste collection charges remain frozen for 2026 — www.sandwell.gov.uk
- Changes to bin collections | Sandwell Council — www.sandwell.gov.uk