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Tamworth 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 Tamworth
These are the containers used in Tamworth. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Blue Bag
Blue Bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are Tamworth Borough Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
List of collections built from Tamworth Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Food waste collectionsLichfield District Council and Tamworth Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemLichfield District Council and Tamworth Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsLichfield District Council and Tamworth Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outLichfield District Council and Tamworth Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsLichfield District Council and Tamworth Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsLichfield District Council and Tamworth Borough Council
Links checked 20 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Tamworth Borough Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
Missed-bin guidance checked 20 September 2026.
- 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 Tamworth 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 Tamworth 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 Tamworth compares
- Recycled or composted
- 36%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 510 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £58per household a year. Similar councils: £54
- Value for money
- 3 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.
Tamworth and Lichfield began delivering food-waste caddies on 15 June 2026 ahead of a planned joint-service launch on 20 July. The five-week rollout aimed to supply around 160,000 caddies to 80,000 households across both council areas. Flats and apartments were to receive separate arrangements tailored to each block.
Collections were scheduled for each household’s usual bin day. Households were to receive kitchen and outdoor caddies, liners and information about separating food scraps. Councillor Phil Whitehouse said weekly separation would turn food waste into renewable energy and fertiliser instead of sending it to an energy-from-waste plant.