Collection days
Find your collection day for:
- Household refuse and recycling collections
- Garden waste (brown bins) collections
- Business waste collections
Household refuse and recycling collections
Household refuse (general rubbish) and recycling are collected on an alternate week schedule.
This means that your refuse will be collected one week and your recycling the next.
After a public holiday, collections will be a day later than usual.
Check what should go in your refuse and recycling bins
If a bin contains unacceptable items, it will not be emptied.
Please ensure that your bin is out by 6:30am on your collection day and you follow our bin collection advice.
Find your refuse and recycling collection day
Find your refuse & recycling collection day
Alternatively, download our simplified collection schedule:
Dates up until 30th November 2021
Dates from 1st December 2021
Find out about our amended collection schedule over the Christmas and New Year period
Sometimes, collections can be delayed by factors out of our control. This includes; roadworks, vehicle breakdowns, crew sickness, severe weather or parked cars preventing safe access.
Check for known delays in your area
Garden waste (brown bin) collections
Garden waste is collected on a fortnightly schedule.
The service is paused for two weeks over the Christmas and New Year period. After a public holiday, collections will be a day later than usual.
Check what should go in your garden waste bin
If a bin contains unacceptable items, it will not be emptied.
Please ensure that your bin is out by 6:30am on your collection day and you follow our bin collection advice.
If you do not have a brown bin, you may wish to subscribe to our garden waste collection service.
Find your garden waste collection day
Step One
Select your district below to find out which day and area a town or village comes under:
View the Babergh District garden waste schedule
View the Mid Suffolk District garden waste schedule
Step Two
Select the correct day and area below to view collection dates:
| Area 1 | Area 2 |
|---|---|
| Monday Area 1 | Monday Area 2 |
| Tuesday Area 1 | Tuesday Area 2 |
| Wednesday Area 1 | Wednesday Area 2 |
| Thursday Area 1 | Thursday Area 2 |
| Friday Area 1 | Friday Area 2 |
There will be no garden waste (brown bin) collections during the weeks commencing 27th December 2021 and 3rd January 2022.
Sometimes, collections can be delayed by factors out of our control. This includes; roadworks, vehicle breakdowns, crew sickness, severe weather or parked cars preventing safe access.
Check for known delays in your area
Business waste collections
If you are a business waste customer, please contact the Commercial Waste Officer for your district.