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Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire
These are the containers used in Wiltshire. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Mixed recycling bin
Blue-lidded bin
Chargeable garden waste
Glass recycling
Black box
Mixed dry recycling and glass
Container details
The container pictures and words are Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What happened to household recycling in 2024–2025Wiltshire Council
- When and where to put your bins outWiltshire Council
- Garden waste collectionsWiltshire Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemWiltshire Council
- Get help putting your bins outWiltshire Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire compares
- Recycled or composted
- 42%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 539 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £100per household a year. Similar councils: £84
- Value for money
- 2 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.
Wiltshire Council approved a move to three-weekly rubbish collections in December 2025, alongside plans for weekly food-waste and flexible-plastic collections from spring 2027. The decision also covered closing recycling centres at Purton and Lower Compton. Conservative councillor Bridget Wayman opposed the changes, warning that residents would face longer journeys and that costs would rise. Council leader Ian Thorn said running costs made the two centres unsustainable and promised efforts to find another northern site. Councillor Paul Sample argued that the changes would transform how the county handles waste and recycling.