Bristol bin collection

Check your collection dates and find out what goes in each bin.

Collection schedule

Collection frequency in Bristol City Council: Fortnightly for all streams; general waste and each recycling stream collected on separate day rotations.

Your bins

Non-recyclable household waste — anything that cannot go in the recycling or garden waste bins

Food tins, drink cans, aerosols, aluminium foil, foil trays, plastic bottles, pots, tubs, trays, rigid plastic containers

Grass clippings, leaves, plants, flowers, hedge trimmings, small branches

Quick links

Recycling centre

Days Road HWRC, St Philips, Bristol, BS2 0QS — open 7 days a week · Hartcliffe Way HWRC, Bristol, BS13 0JR — BS2 0QS

Bank holidays

Bristol does not collect on bank holidays. Collections are delayed by one working day for the rest of that week. Amended Christmas/New Year schedules are published at bristol.gov.uk/bins.