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Windsor and Maidenhead 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 Windsor and Maidenhead
These are the containers used in Windsor and Maidenhead. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling Collection Service
Garden waste
Green garden waste bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are Windsor and Maidenhead 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 Windsor and Maidenhead Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Order a new bin or caddyWindsor and Maidenhead Council
- Garden waste collectionsWindsor and Maidenhead Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Windsor and Maidenhead 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 Windsor and Maidenhead 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 Windsor and Maidenhead 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 Windsor and Maidenhead compares
- Recycled or composted
- 46%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 483 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £89per household a year. Similar councils: £81
- Value for money
- 6 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.
A July 2026 report described Windsor and Maidenhead Cabinet’s approval of an eight-year waste-contract extension with Serco, continuing services from October 2027. The council said weekly recycling and food-waste collections and fortnightly rubbish collections would be maintained. The plans included a new vehicle fleet, switching to fuel made from vegetable oil from the contract’s second year. Councillors presented the extension as a way to preserve reliability while preparing for future recycling changes, including flexible plastics such as food packaging. The report noted that the decision remained subject to the council’s formal review process.
- Windsor and Maidenhead renews waste contract with Serco — www.sloughobserver.co.uk