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Tewkesbury 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 Tewkesbury
These are the containers used in Tewkesbury. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Blue recycling bin
Food waste
Container details
The container pictures and words are Tewkesbury 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 Tewkesbury Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Bank-holiday collections and bad-weather guidanceTewkesbury Borough Council
- Recycling and food waste collection guidanceTewkesbury Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsTewkesbury Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemTewkesbury Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsGloucestershire County Council
- Get help putting your bins outTewkesbury Borough Council
Links checked 18 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Tewkesbury 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 Tewkesbury 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 Tewkesbury 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 Tewkesbury compares
- Recycled or composted
- 50%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 416 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £84per household a year. Similar councils: £65
- 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.
A July 2026 BBC report described Tewkesbury Council’s approval of a six-month trial to tackle wheelie bins left permanently on town-centre pavements. The council identified about 200 bins causing concern, including obstructions for wheelchairs and pushchairs. It allocated £30,000 and a project officer to work with residents on a small group of historic streets. Help would include smaller bins and seagull-proof sacks, with fines a last resort. The trial followed a civic-society petition signed by more than 230 people; its chair welcomed the council’s response as sensible and positive.
- Take in wheelie bins or face fines, residents told — www.bbc.com