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South Tyneside 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 South Tyneside
These are the containers used in South Tyneside. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling
Blue bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are South Tyneside 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 17 September 2026; list of collections built from South Tyneside Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What can be recycledSouth Tyneside Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsSouth Tyneside Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsSouth Tyneside Borough Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell South Tyneside 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 South Tyneside 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 South Tyneside 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 South Tyneside compares
- Recycled or composted
- 30%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 575 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £64per household a year. Similar councils: £69
- Value for money
- 6 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.
South Tyneside’s separate food-waste collections remain tied to a long-term disposal contract, with new arrangements not expected until at least 2039, ITV reported in September 2026. The partnership has a government transitional agreement because existing contracts already divert household waste from landfill.
Green councillor Nicky Gynn had criticised the delay in September 2025, while acknowledging that changing the contract would cost tens of millions of pounds. The partnership says household rubbish currently goes to an energy-from-waste plant to generate electricity. The agreement also covers neighbouring Gateshead and Sunderland, which use the same waste-management partnership.