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Thanet 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 Thanet
These are the containers used in Thanet. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Mixed Recycling
Food Waste
Paper & Card
Container details
The container pictures and words are Thanet 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.
Container descriptions checked 18 September 2026; list of collections built from Thanet District Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- New or replacement bins, sacks and caddiesThanet District Council
- Garden waste collectionsThanet District Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemThanet District Council
- Recycling centres and tipsThanet District Council
- Get help putting your bins outThanet District Council
- Contact the waste serviceThanet District Council
Links checked 18 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Thanet District 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 Thanet 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 Thanet 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 Thanet compares
- Recycled or composted
- 35%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 444 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £71per household a year. Similar councils: £62
- Value for money
- 5 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.
An August 2026 report said more than 50 Thanet refuse workers had entered an indicative industrial-action ballot over alleged management failures. The union criticised preparations for new recycling collections, while saying talks with the council had been productive. The council acknowledged disruption and a driver shortage, and said it was recruiting staff and discussing workers’ concerns. By July, it had added two vehicles and a dedicated round for missed collections. It also promised route reviews and targeted door-to-door information for households on the new scheme, alongside an independent service review.
- Bin collectors in Thanet consider strike action — www.hellorayo.co.uk
- Additional resources in place to manage waste demand — www.thanet.gov.uk