Bristol bin collection days
Find out when Bristol City Council will collect your rubbish, recycling, food and garden waste.
Bin day reminders
After you find your collection days, you can add them to your calendar and get a reminder the evening before. How bin day reminders work
Christmas and New Year
Find out if Bristol bin collection days change over Christmas 2026
Bins in Bristol
Bristol City Council collects:
- 180L general waste
- 45L black recycling box
- 55L green recycling box
- 90L blue bag
- 23L food waste bin
From the collections we've found for homes in Bristol. Your street may have a different mix of bins.
Many councils charge for garden waste collections, so they only show for homes that have signed up. Check Bristol City Council's website to find out about garden waste.
What you can recycle at home
Under the government's Simpler Recycling rules, councils in England collect these from homes:
- Paper and card: newspapers, magazines, envelopes and cardboard boxes
- Plastic: bottles, pots, tubs and trays
- Metal: drinks cans, food tins, clean foil and empty aerosols
- Glass: bottles and jars
- Cartons: food and drinks cartons, like juice and soup cartons
- Food waste: all food, cooked or raw, including peelings, bones, tea bags and coffee grounds, collected every week
Plastic bags and wrapping will be added by 31 March 2027. Some councils are still bringing in some of these collections.
Which bin each one goes in depends on your council. Check Bristol City Council's website, or use the Recycle Now Recycling Locator.
What you'll need
To find your bin days in Bristol, you'll need your postcode, then you choose your address from a list.
Areas covered
Bristol City Council collects household bins across its 34 wards in the South West:
- Ashley
- Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston
- Bedminster
- Bishopston and Ashley Down
- Bishopsworth
- Brislington East
- Brislington West
- Central
- Clifton
- Clifton Down
- Cotham
- Easton
- Eastville
- Filwood
- Frome Vale
- Hartcliffe and Withywood
- Henbury and Brentry
- Hengrove and Whitchurch Park
- Hillfields
- Horfield
- Hotwells and Harbourside
- Knowle
- Lawrence Hill
- Lockleaze
- Redland
- Southmead
- Southville
- St George Central
- St George Troopers Hill
- St George West
- Stockwood
- Stoke Bishop
- Westbury-on-Trym and Henleaze
- Windmill Hill
Ward names from the Office for National Statistics.