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Stoke-on-Trent bin collection dates

Then choose your address. Dates come from Stoke-on-Trent City 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

Christmas and New Year bin collections in Stoke-on-Trent

We had not found Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s arrangements for Christmas 2026 and New Year 2027 when we checked on 10 November 2026. We check every week until Christmas; councils often publish in late November or December.

Check the council’s bins information.

Look up your address above for its dates. Christmas and New Year collections across the UK.

Missed bin or a problem

Bins in Stoke-on-Trent

These are the containers used in Stoke-on-Trent. Which ones a home has depends on its address.

  • Rubbish

    Grey bin

  • Blue bin

Container details

The container pictures and words are Stoke-on-Trent City Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.

Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Stoke-on-Trent City Council's own service names 22 September 2026.

Links checked 17 September 2026.

Missed bin or a problem

Tell Stoke-on-Trent City Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.

  1. Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
  2. Make a complaint to Stoke-on-Trent City 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 Stoke-on-Trent City 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 Stoke-on-Trent compares

Recycled or composted
34%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
Rubbish not recycled
545 kgper household a year
Cost of collections
£76per household a year. Similar councils: £73
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.

Stoke-on-Trent residents must register for free weekly food-waste collections rather than receive the service automatically. In September 2026, opposition councillor Dan Jellyman questioned whether this met government requirements. The council said it considered the system compliant and cost-effective because every household could access collections, including flats through suitable arrangements.

Separately, the council announced in August 2026 that households using both a recycling box and blue bin would be able to put all their recyclables in the blue bin. Some box-only properties would keep their existing service. Residents with box-only collections were told to wait for council contact before making any change.

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