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Torridge 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 Torridge
These are the containers used in Torridge. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Green box
Green recycling box
Black box
Black glass recycling box
Brown bag
Brown cardboard recycling bag
Green bag
Green paper recycling bag
Container details
The container pictures and words are Torridge 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 19 September 2026; list of collections built from Torridge District Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What goes in your recycling boxes, bags and food caddiesTorridge District Council
- Garden waste collectionsTorridge District Council
- Food waste collectionsTorridge District Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemTorridge District Council
- Contact the waste serviceTorridge District Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Torridge 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 Torridge 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 Torridge 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 Torridge compares
- Recycled or composted
- 53%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 327 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £76per household a year. Similar councils: £67
- 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.
Torridge opened a £5 million waste, recycling and street-cleaning depot in Bideford in January 2026. The council said it paid for the facility from reserves, without grants or external financing. It replaces older depots and provides a base for collection teams and the district’s 27 waste and recycling vehicles.
Councillor Chris Leather said the building was expected to operate on a cost-neutral basis and improve efficiency. Solar panels and rainwater harvesting are intended to reduce its resource use. The site is not a waste-transfer station: household rubbish and recyclable materials are processed elsewhere.
- New £5m waste and recycling centre opens in north Devon — www.bbc.com