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Somerset 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 Somerset
These are the containers used in Somerset. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Food Collection
Garden Waste Collection
Plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays
Bright blue recycling bag
Container details
The container pictures and words are Somerset 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 Somerset Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Guidance on replacement bins and recycling containersSomerset Council
- Home composting advice and compost binsSomerset Council
- Ideas for reusing items in the gardenSomerset Council
- Recycling tracker: where materials goSomerset Council
- Communal waste and recycling guidanceSomerset Council
- Garden waste subscriptions, bins and sacksSomerset Council
- Which plastics you can recycle and whereSomerset Council
- Food waste collectionsSomerset Council
Links checked 13 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Somerset Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
- Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
- Make a complaint to Somerset 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 unitary authority councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my unitary authority councillors on Somerset 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 Somerset compares
- Recycled or composted
- 56%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 428 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £89per household a year. Similar councils: £85
- Value for money
- 8 out of 10 Limited confidence. 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 July 2026, Somerset Council apologised after about 30,000 waste collections were missed because of operational difficulties and staff shortages. The council announced that Friday’s recycling, general rubbish and garden-waste collections would pause, with crews working over the weekend to tackle the accumulated waste. Councillor Federica Smith-Roberts acknowledged residents’ frustration after two weeks of disruption. She said the council was working with its waste contractor to get residents’ recycling collected in the following days.
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