Stratford-on-Avon bin collection days
Find out when Stratford-on-Avon 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 Stratford-on-Avon bin collection days change over Christmas 2026
Bins in Stratford-on-Avon
Stratford-on-Avon District Council collects:
- Refuse
- Recycling
- Food waste
From the collections we've found for homes in Stratford-on-Avon. 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 Stratford-on-Avon 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 Stratford-on-Avon District Council's website, or use the Recycle Now Recycling Locator.
What you'll need
To find your bin days in Stratford-on-Avon, you'll need your postcode, then you choose your address from a list.
Areas covered
In Stratford-on-Avon, your bins are collected by Stratford-on-Avon District Council, not Warwickshire County Council.
Stratford-on-Avon District Council collects household bins across its 39 wards in the West Midlands:
- Alcester East
- Alcester West
- Bidford East
- Bidford West
- Bishop's Itchington, Fenny Compton & Napton
- Brailes & Compton
- Claverdon & Snitterfield
- Gaydon, Kineton & Upper Lighthorne
- Harbury
- Henley-in-Arden
- Kinwarton
- Long Marston
- Quinton
- Salford Priors & Alcester Rural
- Shipston North
- Shipston South
- Southam East, Central & Stockton
- Southam North & Long Itchington
- Southam South
- Southam West
- Stratford Avenue
- Stratford Bishopton
- Stratford Clopton
- Stratford Guildhall & Bridgetown
- Stratford Hathaway
- Stratford Orchard Hill
- Stratford Shottery
- Stratford Tiddington
- Stratford Welcombe
- Studley North
- Studley South
- Tanworth-in-Arden
- Tredington
- Tysoe
- Welford-on-Avon
- Wellesbourne East & Rural
- Wellesbourne North & Rural
- Wellesbourne South
- Wootton Wawen
Ward names from the Office for National Statistics.