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Wokingham 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 Wokingham
These are the containers used in Wokingham. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling
Garden waste
Container details
The container pictures and words are Wokingham 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 18 September 2026; list of collections built from Wokingham Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Garden waste sacks: buying and booking collectionsWokingham Borough Council
- RecyclingWokingham Borough Council
- When and where to put your bins outWokingham Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsWokingham Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsWokingham Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemWokingham Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsWokingham Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outWokingham Borough Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Wokingham Borough 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 Wokingham 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 Wokingham Borough 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 Wokingham compares
- Recycled or composted
- 58%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 378 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £103per household a year. Similar councils: £80
- 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.
Wokingham reported in June 2026 that its new waste and recycling contract with Biffa was operating across the borough. Most households kept their collection day, with changes communicated by letter. The council warned that collection times could change as crews followed new routes, and asked residents to put bins out the night before or by 6.30am. The service had 95 crew members and 23 collection vehicles, alongside eight street-cleaning vehicles. Residents also helped name vehicles, including Binnie the Pooh and Binderella, through a public vote.
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