Norwich bin collection days
Find out when Norwich 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 Norwich bin collection days change over Christmas 2026
Bins in Norwich
Norwich City Council collects:
- Recycling collection service
- Food waste collection service
- Domestic waste collection service
From the collections we've found for homes in Norwich. 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 Norwich 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 Norwich City Council's website, or use the Recycle Now Recycling Locator.
What you'll need
To find your bin days in Norwich, you'll need your postcode, and your house number or name.
Areas covered
In Norwich, your bins are collected by Norwich City Council, not Norfolk County Council.
Norwich City Council collects household bins across its 13 wards in the East of England:
- Bowthorpe
- Catton Grove
- Crome
- Eaton
- Lakenham
- Mancroft
- Mile Cross
- Nelson
- Sewell
- Thorpe Hamlet
- Town Close
- University
- Wensum
Ward names from the Office for National Statistics.