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West Northamptonshire 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
West Northamptonshire’s missed-bin service covers Northampton, Daventry and South Northamptonshire, including Towcester and Brackley. Follow the council’s area choices when reporting.
Bins in West Northamptonshire
These are the containers used in West Northamptonshire. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling
Food
Garden
Container details
The container pictures and words are West Northamptonshire 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 17 September 2026; list of collections built from West Northamptonshire Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Bin contents and clear recycling sacksWest Northamptonshire Council
- Household bins and sacks guidanceWest Northamptonshire Council
- Food waste recycling guidanceWest Northamptonshire Council
- Garden waste collectionsWest Northamptonshire Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemWest Northamptonshire Council
- Recycling centres and tipsWest Northamptonshire Council
- Get help putting your bins outWest Northamptonshire Council
Links checked 14 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell West Northamptonshire Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
- Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
- Make a complaint to West Northamptonshire 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 West Northamptonshire 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 West Northamptonshire compares
- Recycled or composted
- 44%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 545 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £79per household a year. Similar councils: £84
- Value for money
- 5 out of 10 Limited confidence. 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.
West Northamptonshire plans to extend three-weekly black-bin collections to wheeled-bin households in Northampton and South Northamptonshire from spring 2027. Food waste remains weekly and recycling fortnightly; sack and communal-bin services are unchanged. The council promised engagement and support for households with additional needs before changes begin.
Opposition councillors challenged whether Daventry’s existing approach suited Northampton, while a petition attracted nearly 3,000 signatures. A May scrutiny meeting took no further action, leaving Cabinet’s decision in place. Labour’s Sally Keeble questioned whether aligning services mattered more than providing the best waste collection service for residents.
- Council to work with communities on three-weekly collections — www.westnorthants.gov.uk
- Black bin collection in West Northamptonshire stays three-weekly — www.bbc.com