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Tendring 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 Tendring
These are the containers used in Tendring. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Food waste
Green recycling box
Red recycling box
Container details
The container pictures and words are Tendring 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.
List of collections built from Tendring District Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Garden waste collectionsTendring District Council
- Food waste collectionsTendring District Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemTendring District Council
- Recycling centres and tipsTendring District Council
- Get help putting your bins outTendring District Council
Links checked 20 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Tendring District 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 Tendring 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 Tendring 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 Tendring compares
- Recycled or composted
- 39%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 436 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £50per household a year. Similar councils: £53
- Value for money
- 8 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.
Tendring’s expanded kerbside recycling scheme is due to start on 5 October 2026, adding glass, more plastics and cartons. A September local report linked the change to the council’s new Veolia contract and residents’ requests to recycle more at home. Councillor Adrian Smith said extra boxes and information packs were already being delivered. Most collection days would remain unchanged, while a small number of properties had been contacted about new schedules. The council urged residents to keep their information packs, which contain new recycling calendars, and check what can go in the extra green boxes before the October start.
- Tendring recycling scheme to add glass and plastics — www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk