County Durham bin collection days
Find out when Durham County 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 County Durham bin collection days change over Christmas 2026
Bins in County Durham
Durham County Council collects:
- Refuse
- Recycling
- Food
From the collections we've found for homes in County Durham. 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 Durham County 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 Durham County Council's website, or use the Recycle Now Recycling Locator.
What you'll need
To find your bin days in County Durham, you'll need your postcode, then you choose your address from a list.
Areas covered
Durham County Council collects household bins across its 51 wards in the North East:
- Annfield Plain & Tanfield
- Aycliffe North & Middridge
- Aycliffe South
- Barnard Castle
- Belmont
- Benfieldside
- Bishop Auckland
- Blackhalls & Hesledens
- Bowburn & Coxhoe
- Brandon
- Castle Eden & Passfield
- Chester-le-Street North
- Chester-le-Street South
- Chilton
- Consett North
- Consett South
- Craghead & South Moor
- Crook
- Dalton & Dawdon
- Deerness
- Delves Lane
- Derwent & Pont Valley
- Easington & Shotton
- Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe
- Evenwood
- Ferryhill
- Framwellgate & Newton Hall
- Horden & Dene House
- Lanchester & Burnhope
- Langley & Esh
- Lower Teesdale
- Lumley & West Rainton
- Murton
- Neville's Cross
- North Lodge
- Pelton
- Peterlee
- Pittington & Sherburn
- Sacriston & Witton Gilbert
- Seaham
- Sedgefield
- Shildon & Dene Valley
- Spennymoor
- Stanley
- Thornley & Wheatley Hill
- Trimdon & Wingate
- Tudhoe
- Upper Teesdale
- Weardale
- West Auckland
- Willington & Hunwick
Ward names from the Office for National Statistics.