Derby bin collection days
Find out when Derby City 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 Derby bin collection days change over Christmas 2026
Bins in Derby
Derby City collects:
- Black bin
- Blue bin
- Food bin
- Brown bin
From the collections we've found for homes in Derby. 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 Derby City'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 Derby City's website, or use the Recycle Now Recycling Locator.
What you'll need
To find your bin days in Derby, you'll need your postcode, then you choose your address from a list.
Areas covered
Derby City collects household bins across its 18 wards in the East Midlands:
- Abbey
- Allestree
- Alvaston North
- Alvaston South
- Arboretum
- Blagreaves
- Chaddesden East
- Chaddesden North
- Chaddesden West
- Chellaston & Shelton Lock
- Darley
- Littleover
- Mackworth & New Zealand
- Mickleover
- Normanton
- Oakwood
- Sinfin & Osmaston
- Spondon
Ward names from the Office for National Statistics.