East Suffolk bin collection days
Find out when East Suffolk District 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 East Suffolk bin collection days change over Christmas 2026
Bins in East Suffolk
East Suffolk District Council collects:
- General waste
- Container recycling
- Paper and cardboard
- Food waste - outdoor caddy
From the collections we've found for homes in East Suffolk. 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 East Suffolk District 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 East Suffolk District Council's website, or use the Recycle Now Recycling Locator.
What you'll need
To find your bin days in East Suffolk, you'll need your postcode, then you choose your address from a list.
East Suffolk District Council's website takes a while to check, so your first search can take up to 30 seconds. After that, your collection days appear straight away.
Areas covered
East Suffolk District Council took over from these councils, which no longer exist:
- Suffolk Coastal District Council (until 2019): Felixstowe, Woodbridge, Aldeburgh and Saxmundham
- Waveney District Council (until 2019): Lowestoft, Beccles, Bungay and Southwold
In East Suffolk, your bins are collected by East Suffolk District Council, not Suffolk County Council.
East Suffolk District Council collects household bins across its 29 wards in the East of England:
- Aldeburgh & Leiston
- Beccles & Worlingham
- Bungay & Wainford
- Carlford & Fynn Valley
- Carlton & Whitton
- Carlton Colville
- Deben
- Eastern Felixstowe
- Framlingham
- Gunton & St Margarets
- Halesworth & Blything
- Harbour & Normanston
- Kelsale & Yoxford
- Kesgrave
- Kessingland
- Kirkley & Pakefield
- Lothingland
- Martlesham & Purdis Farm
- Melton
- Orwell & Villages
- Oulton Broad
- Rendlesham & Orford
- Rushmere St Andrew
- Saxmundham
- Southwold
- Western Felixstowe
- Wickham Market
- Woodbridge
- Wrentham, Wangford & Westleton
Ward names from the Office for National Statistics.