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Torbay 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 Torbay
These are the containers used in Torbay. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Garden Waste Collection Service
Blue bag
Blue paper recycling bag
Container details
The container pictures and words are Torbay 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 Torbay Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What goes in your recycling boxes and paper bagTorbay Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsTorbay Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsTorbay Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemTorbay Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsTorbay Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outTorbay Borough Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Torbay 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.
- Make a complaint to Torbay 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 Torbay Borough Council.
WriteToThem is an independent mySociety service. You'll enter your postcode there before choosing who to contact.
Complaint routes verified 7 September 2026.
How Torbay compares
- Recycled or composted
- 41%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 511 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £89per household a year. Similar councils: £73
- 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.
In August 2026, Torbay’s waste operator SWISCo acknowledged delays to some recycling rounds after hot weather, higher volumes and queues at its waste transfer station. The transfer-station delays were linked to improvement works at the facility.
It said black-bin and garden-waste collections had remained on schedule, while most recycling was collected. Extra temporary drivers and loaders were recruited, and crews started earlier during excessive heat. The council acknowledged residents’ frustration and said improving reliability was its priority. SWISCo expected improvement over the following weeks but warned that some delays could continue while problems were resolved.
- SWISCo takes action to strengthen recycling collections ... — www.torbay.gov.uk