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Collection days

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Household refuse and recycling collections

Household refuse (general rubbish) and recycling is collected on an alternate week schedule.

This means that your refuse will be collected one week and your recycling the next.

Collections following a bank holiday will usually be a day later than normal for the rest of the week. Plus, collections over the Christmas and New Year period are on an amended schedule.

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 that you follow our bin collection advice.

Refuse and recycling collection schedules

Check your collection day

For addresses in Babergh

BABERGH Refuse & Recycling Collection Schedule 2023

For addresses in Mid Suffolk

MID SUFFOLK Refuse & Recycling Collection Schedule 2023

If you need these schedules in a different format, please contact Waste Services.

Sometimes, collections can be delayed by factors outside our control. Examples include roadworks, vehicle breakdowns, crew sickness, severe weather or parked cars preventing safe access.

Check for delays in your area

Garden waste (brown bin) collections

Garden waste is collected on a fortnightly schedule via a subscription service.

Collections following a bank holiday will usually be a day later than normal for the rest of the week. Plus, the service is paused for two weeks over the Christmas and New Year period.

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 that you follow our bin collection advice.

Garden waste collection schedules

Step one

Use the garden waste collection schedule checker to find the collection week and day for a street:

Access the garden waste collection schedule checker

Step two

Depending on your collection week, view either the Week 1 or Week 2 garden waste collection schedule:

Week 1

WEEK 1 Garden Waste (Brown Bin) Collection Schedule 2023

Week 2

WEEK 2 Garden Waste (Brown Bin) Collection Schedule 2023

Sometimes, collections can be delayed by factors outside our control. Examples include roadworks, vehicle breakdowns, crew sickness, severe weather or parked cars preventing safe access.

Check for delays in your area

Business waste collections

If you are a business waste customer, please contact the Commercial Waste Officer for your district.