Forest of Dean bin collection days
Find out when Forest of Dean 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 Forest of Dean bin collection days change over Christmas 2026
Bins in Forest of Dean
Forest of Dean District Council collects:
- 240 litre refuse
- Blue bag
- Green recycling box
- Outdoor food caddy
- Garden bin
From the collections we've found for homes in Forest of Dean. Your street may have a different mix of bins.
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 Forest of Dean District Council's website, or use the Recycle Now Recycling Locator.
What you'll need
To find your bin days in Forest of Dean, you'll need your postcode, and your house number or name.
Forest of Dean 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
In Forest of Dean, your bins are collected by Forest of Dean District Council, not Gloucestershire County Council.
Forest of Dean District Council collects household bins across its 21 wards in the South West:
- Berry Hill
- Bream
- Cinderford East
- Cinderford West
- Coleford
- Dymock
- Hartpury & Redmarley
- Longhope & Huntley
- Lydbrook
- Lydney East
- Lydney North
- Lydney West & Aylburton
- Mitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook
- Newent & Taynton
- Newland & Sling
- Newnham
- Pillowell
- Ruspidge
- St. Briavels
- Tidenham
- Westbury-on-Severn
Ward names from the Office for National Statistics.