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Thurrock 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 Thurrock
These are the containers used in Thurrock. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Blue recycling bin
Blue wheeled recycling bin
Green food bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are Thurrock Borough Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
Container descriptions checked 19 September 2026; list of collections built from Thurrock Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What bin tags and stickers meanThurrock Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsThurrock Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsThurrock Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemThurrock Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsThurrock Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outThurrock Borough Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Thurrock Borough 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 Thurrock 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 unitary authority councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my unitary authority councillors on Thurrock 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 Thurrock compares
- Recycled or composted
- 35%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 599 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £77per household a year. Similar councils: £80
- Value for money
- 1 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.
Thurrock’s garden-waste service will run through Christmas and New Year in 2026/27, with no winter pause. The council’s subscription covers fortnightly brown-bin collections from April 2026 to March 2027, on the same day as recycling. One bin costs £80 for the year, with £50 for each additional bin. Residents must renew annually and display a valid permit sticker. The full annual charge applies even when joining partway through the subscription period. Residents who do not subscribe can compost at home or take garden waste to the household recycling centre.
- Household waste and recycling — www.thurrock.gov.uk