Black refuse bin
Black refuse wheelie bin
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Stevenage 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 Stevenage
These are the containers used in Stevenage. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling
Food waste
Container details
The container pictures and words are Stevenage 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 19 September 2026; list of collections built from Stevenage Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Request replacement or additional bins and containersStevenage Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsStevenage Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemStevenage Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsStevenage Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outStevenage Borough Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Stevenage Borough 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 Stevenage 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 Stevenage 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 Stevenage compares
- Recycled or composted
- 38%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 494 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £64per household a year. Similar councils: £55
- Value for money
- 2 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.
Stevenage had Hertfordshire’s highest amount of unrecycled household rubbish per person and lowest recycling proportion in figures for 2025 presented to the county waste partnership. The town recorded 203kg of residual waste per person, with 37% reused, recycled or composted. Across Hertfordshire, chair Tim Williams welcomed lower waste volumes but warned that recycling performance had stalled and too much food was still going into rubbish bins. He encouraged home composting and food-caddy use. The figures were discussed at a July meeting. Williams said reducing waste helped the environment and lowered councils’ costs.
- Average of 378kg of waste thrown away by every Hertfordshire resident in 2025, data shows — www.hemeltoday.co.uk