Bath and North East Somerset bin collections
Bath and North East Somerset starts its garden waste year on 13 July, and joining this autumn costs £55 for October to December. Expect a six-week gap in midwinter, with no garden collections from 4 December 2026 to 18 January 2027. Recycling is sorted into a green box and a blue bag, and the food bin goes out weekly.
Which bin is which in Bath and North East Somerset
Rubbish goes in the black wheelie bin, paper and card in the blue bag, and the rest of your recycling in the green box. Everything needs to be out by 6am.
Garden waste: £75 a year
£75 covers 13 July 2026 to 11 July 2027. Join later and it's cheaper: £55 if you sign up between October and December 2026, £40 from January to March 2027. New subscribers also pay a one-off bin delivery fee of £11.35 to £11.75, and there are no refunds. Paper sacks are £5.09 each and have to be booked.
Weekly food waste collection
Weekly, collected with the recycling. Houses get a 23 litre outdoor bin and a 5 litre kitchen caddy, and flats use communal bins.
Report a missed bin
Wait until the crew has confirmed your street is finished, then report between 5pm on collection day and 5pm the next day.
- Phone
- 01225 394041
Bulky waste collection from £41.97
Prices since 1 April 2026 are £41.97 for one to three items, £73.38 for four to six and £91.52 for seven to ten, which is the maximum. Benefit recipients and eligible students pay half. Fridges and freezers can't be collected at the moment, and you can also book on 01225 39 40 41.
Recycling centres in Bath and North East Somerset
Bath and Midsomer Norton recycling centres need booking, while Keynsham doesn't.
- Bath Recycling Centre booking needed
- Keynsham Recycling Centre
- Midsomer Norton Recycling Centre booking needed
Worth knowing in Bath and North East Somerset
Christmas trees are collected free in January, but you have to book.
Get told the night before
Binformation is a free Android app. Put your postcode in once and it sends a notification the evening before each collection, saying which bins are going. If the council moves your day for a bank holiday, the reminder moves with it.
Where this comes from
Every fact on this page was read from the council's own website, last checked on 26 October 2026. Councils change prices each April, so check the link before you pay for anything.
- Collection frequency: bathnes.gov.uk, bathnes.gov.uk
- Missed bins: bathnes.gov.uk
- Bulky waste: bathnes.gov.uk
- Recycling centres: bathnes.gov.uk
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