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St Albans City and bin collection dates

Then choose your address. Dates come from St Albans City and District Council's own bin checker. We are not the council.

  • Add your dates to Google, Apple or Outlook calendar
  • Get an email the evening before
  • Print an A4 sheet for the fridge

Missed bin or a problem

Bins in St Albans City and

These are the containers used in St Albans City and. Which ones a home has depends on its address.

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    Rubbish

    Brown wheeled bin, or purple sacks

  • Domestic Food Collection

  • Domestic Recycling Collection

  • Domestic Refuse Collection

  • Domestic Garden Waste Collection

Container details

The container pictures and words are St Albans City and District 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.

  • Rubbish: Homes using the wheeled-bin refuse service
  • Rubbish: Homes using the sack refuse service

Container descriptions checked 18 September 2026; list of collections built from St Albans City and District Council's own service names 22 September 2026.

Links checked 17 September 2026.

Missed bin or a problem

Tell St Albans City and District Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.

  1. Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
  2. Report another bin collection problemAnything else about the collection or your bins.
  3. Make a complaint to St Albans City and District 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 St Albans City and District 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 St Albans City and compares

Recycled or composted
59%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
Rubbish not recycled
318 kgper household a year
Cost of collections
£49per household a year. Similar councils: £61
Value for money
10 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.

St Albans councillors agreed higher penalties for fly-tipping at their 10 September 2026 meeting. The council said its maximum on-the-spot fine for the worst offences would rise from £1,000 to £3,000, while failing to ensure rubbish reaches a registered waste carrier could attract up to £1,000. Councillor Edgar Hill said illegal dumping damaged neighbourhoods and was costly to clear. Fines would vary with the size, environmental harm and clearance cost. The council reported issuing 23 fixed penalties since April, compared with 24 in the previous year, and said serious or persistent offenders could face court action.

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