Wychavon Bin Collection: Find Your Date, Calendar & Correct Bin
Wychavon households normally alternate between a black general-waste bin and a green recycling bin. Each is collected fortnightly, so in a standard wheeled-bin household one colour is usually collected one week and the other colour the following week.
Your exact weekday still depends on your property. Use Wychavon District Council’s postcode lookup for the live collection date rather than copying another road or relying on an old printed calendar.
Wychavon Bin Collection: Quick Answer
Black and green bins normally alternate every week. The standard black rubbish bin is collected fortnightly and the green recycling bin is collected fortnightly on the alternate week.
Put the scheduled container at the boundary of your property nearest the public highway by 7am. Keep the lid closed and make sure the correct material is inside. Use the official postcode-and-address lookup for the actual date attached to your home.
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How to Check Your Wychavon Bin Collection Date
The official Bin Round Lookup is the safest place to check your Wychavon bin collection. It asks for your postcode and then the exact address, allowing the collection information to be matched to the property rather than guessed from a district-wide timetable.
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Open Wychavon’s Bin Round Lookup.
Use the council service rather than an old screenshot, parish calendar or neighbouring property. -
Enter your full postcode.
Check the postcode carefully before selecting the address search. -
Select your exact address.
Do not assume every property in a postcode has identical collection details. -
Check which container is due.
Record both the collection date and whether it is the black, green or another registered service. -
Save the result.
Wychavon’s Bin Hub also provides options for reminders, calendar syncing and printable collection information.
How the Wychavon Bin Calendar Works
For most households using wheelie bins, Wychavon operates two main alternating waste streams. The black bin is collected every two weeks and the green recycling bin is collected every two weeks, normally on the opposite week.
Residents can also use the Wychavon Bin Hub to view a collection calendar, print it, sync collection information to a device calendar or request reminders. Service alerts can be used for disruptions such as extreme weather, roadworks or other unexpected problems.
Wychavon Bin Colours: Black, Green and Brown
General household waste
The standard black wheelie bin is used for household rubbish that cannot go into the green recycling stream. Under the current household setup, ordinary food waste also goes through the residual-waste system.
Standard size: 180 litres.
Normal frequency: every two weeks.
Mixed recycling
The green wheelie bin is Wychavon’s main mixed-recycling container. Accepted recycling should be clean and placed loose in the bin rather than inside black sacks or carrier bags.
Standard size: 240 litres.
Normal frequency: every two weeks.
Garden waste subscription
The optional brown wheelie bin is part of Wychavon’s chargeable garden-waste service. It is separate from the normal black-and-green household collection.
Size: 240 litres.
Normal frequency: fortnightly.
What Goes in the Green Recycling Bin?
Wychavon’s 2026 service continues to use one green bin for mixed dry recycling. From 31 March 2026, clean aluminium foil and accepted plastic tubes were added to the household recycling stream.
Common accepted recycling
- Aerosols when empty
- Clean aluminium foil
- Accepted aluminium and plastic tubes
- Food and drink cans
- Cartons such as Tetra Paks
- Glass bottles and jars
- Paper and cardboard
- Plastic bottles
- Plastic pots, tubs and trays
Keep these out
- Food waste
- Garden waste
- Nappies
- Black plastic packaging
- Carrier bags
- Polystyrene
- Electrical items
- Batteries
- Textiles placed inside the bin
Wychavon Black-Bin Rules
The normal black bin is a 180-litre container for non-recyclable household rubbish. It is collected fortnightly, alternating with the green recycling bin.
Waste must fit inside
The lid should close. Wychavon does not normally collect extra general rubbish left beside or on top of the black bin.
Cooled ash only
Hot ash and hot barbecue waste must never be placed in a collection bin. If cooled ash is disposed of through the residual bin, the council says it should be bagged first.
Keep hazardous material out
Batteries, electrical items, construction waste, paint, chemicals, oil, asbestos and sharps need an appropriate specialist or recycling route rather than being placed inside the black bin.
Use the council container
Wychavon states that normal collections use bins supplied or specified by the council. Containers remain council property.
Batteries, Small Electrical Items and Textiles
Some useful recycling is collected on the same day as the black bin, but these items should be kept separate rather than placed inside either normal wheelie bin.
| Item | How to present it | Important point |
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| Batteries | Place in a small plastic bag on top of the black bin. | Do not put loose batteries inside either wheelie bin. |
| Small electrical items | Present separately on top of or alongside the black bin. | Items must meet the council’s small-electrical collection rules. |
| Clean, dry textiles | Place in a secure plastic bag to protect them from rain. | Do not put textiles loose inside the recycling bin. |
Is Wychavon Collecting Food Waste Separately in 2026?
No separate weekly household food-waste collection has started across Wychavon. The council says the planned service has been delayed and is now expected to begin from April 2028 under future waste-service arrangements.
Until a new service is formally introduced for your property, ordinary household food waste continues through the existing residual-waste arrangement. Do not buy or use an unofficial food-waste container because a national rule suggests another council may already have changed its service.
Wychavon Collection-Day Rules: Avoid an Unnecessary Miss
Ready by 7am
Put the correct bin at the collection point by 7am on the scheduled day.
Use the property boundary
Present the container at the boundary nearest the public highway unless the council has agreed a different arrangement.
Close the lid
An overfilled bin with a lid that will not close may be left behind.
Remove contamination
A green recycling bin containing incorrect material may not be collected.
No ordinary side waste
Extra general rubbish beside the black bin is not normally collected.
Bring bins back in
Wychavon’s collection conditions say wheeled bins should be returned inside the property boundary after collection rather than being stored on the public highway.
Wychavon Bin Not Collected? Check These Things First
If your bin remains full, first establish whether it was genuinely missed. An incorrect collection day, late presentation, wrong bin, contamination or a rejection sticker can explain why a collection did not happen.
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Check that the bin was actually due.
Use Wychavon’s Bin Round Lookup and select the correct property. -
Confirm it was out by 7am.
The container should have been at the required boundary collection point. -
Check that the correct bin was presented.
Black and green collections normally alternate. -
Look for a sticker or obvious contamination.
If the crew identified a problem, correct it before expecting another normal collection. -
Report a genuine missed collection.
Use Wychavon’s Waste and Recycling self-service form and select the missed-collection option. -
Leave the reported bin available.
Wychavon says a successfully reported missed bin is normally revisited the same working day or the next working day. The bin needs to remain available for that return.
Homes Using Wychavon Sack Collections
Some properties cannot use normal wheelie bins because collection-vehicle access is unsuitable. Those homes can operate on council-issued black general-waste sacks and clear recycling sacks instead.
Black sacks
Eligible sack properties receive black sacks for general rubbish and food waste. Wychavon states that these are collected weekly and normally limits presentation to two council-issued black sacks per week.
Clear recycling sacks
Clear recycling sacks are collected fortnightly. On the recycling week, eligible properties can present additional clear recycling sacks as allowed by the council.
Wychavon currently states that annual sack deliveries provide 52 black general-waste sacks and 40 clear recycling sacks. Additional clear recycling sacks can be obtained through specified Community Contact Centres.
Extra, Smaller, Larger or Replacement Bins
Extra green recycling bin
Households creating substantial amounts of accepted recycling can ask the council for an additional green recycling bin through the waste-services form.
Different black-bin size
The standard black bin is 180 litres. Smaller bins can be considered where less capacity is needed or access is difficult. A larger 240-litre black bin is restricted to households meeting the council’s criteria.
Lost or damaged bin
Request a replacement through the same waste-services portal. Wychavon warns that a charge may apply to a lost, stolen or damaged container.
Help Putting Your Bin Out
Residents who cannot move bins or sacks to the normal collection point because of age or disability can ask Wychavon about an assisted collection.
If approved, collection staff retrieve the container from an agreed location. That point needs to be accessible and should not require crews to negotiate steps, steep slopes, deep gravel or other obstructions. An officer may visit the property to discuss the practical arrangement.
Wychavon Garden Waste Collection
Wychavon operates a separate paid garden-waste service using a 240-litre brown wheelie bin. The current service is collected every fortnight throughout the year.
Accepted examples
- Grass cuttings
- Light hedge and shrub clippings
- Leaves
- Twigs and bark
- Plants and weeds
- Cut flowers
- Small quantities of windfall fruit
Do not add
- Soil and stones
- Bricks or rubble
- Large branches or tree stumps
- Kitchen food waste
- Plastic bags, pots or trays
- Dog or cat waste
Wychavon Bulky Waste Collection
Wychavon provides a paid household bulky-item collection across the district. Current charges effective from 1 April 2026 include £25 for a collection of two standard items. Certain larger or specialist items can be charged separately at £50 each.
Put items outside
Items must be outside the property and as close as reasonably possible to the highway. Crews do not normally collect from inside the home.
Ready by 7am
Booked items should be available from 7am. The council states that collection can take place between 7am and 5pm.
Fridge/freezer pause
Wychavon currently says fridges, freezers and other cooling appliances are temporarily unavailable through its bulky-waste collection service because of national processing difficulties.
Upholstered seating such as sofas and armchairs may need to be collected separately from other booked items because of rules applying to Persistent Organic Pollutants. Items should also be accessible and capable of being lifted safely by two people.
Bank Holidays, Christmas and Collection Disruptions
Wychavon says normal bin collections continue on most bank holidays. Christmas Day and the New Year period can involve changes, so festive collection dates should be checked against the current council calendar rather than copied from a previous year.
Most bank holidays
Normal collections generally continue.
Christmas / New Year
Check the current council timetable because collection days can change.
Weather or road disruption
Use Wychavon’s live waste information or Bin Hub service alerts for operational changes.
Official Wychavon Bin Collection Services
Open Wychavon Bin Round Lookup
Open Waste & Recycling Services
Open Wychavon Bin Hub
Open Garden Waste Service
Open Bulky Waste Service
Wychavon Bin Collection FAQs
How do I check my Wychavon bin collection date?
Use Wychavon District Council’s Bin Round Lookup. Enter your full postcode, select your exact address and read the waste and recycling collection details assigned to the property.
Which bin is collected this week in Wychavon?
Black and green bins normally alternate each week, with each individual bin collected fortnightly. Check your exact property through the official calendar to confirm which colour is next.
What time should Wychavon bins be put out?
The correct container should be available at the required property boundary by 7am on collection day.
What is the green bin used for in Wychavon?
The green wheelie bin is used for accepted mixed recycling. Recycling should be clean and loose rather than placed inside black sacks or carrier bags.
What is the black bin used for in Wychavon?
The black bin is the residual household-waste container. Under the current service, ordinary household food waste also remains within the residual-waste system.
Is Wychavon collecting food waste separately in 2026?
No. Wychavon has announced that separate household food-waste collections have been delayed and are now planned from April 2028 under future service arrangements.
What should I do if my Wychavon bin was missed?
Confirm the bin was due, was presented by 7am and contained the correct material. Check for a rejection sticker, then use the council’s missed-collection form if it appears to be a genuine missed service.
How much is Wychavon garden waste collection in 2026?
Wychavon currently lists the annual garden-waste service at £55 by Direct Debit for customers renewing from 1 April 2026. The brown 240-litre bin is collected fortnightly throughout the year.
Can I put extra rubbish beside my Wychavon black bin?
Ordinary residual side waste is not normally collected. Waste should fit inside the council bin with the lid closed. Extra accepted recycling can use the council’s permitted clear-sack route.
Are Wychavon bins collected on bank holidays?
Wychavon says collections normally continue on bank holidays, although Christmas and New Year arrangements can change. Check the current official calendar during the festive period.
Check the Address Before Putting the Bin Out
The easiest Wychavon routine is simple: check the property calendar, identify whether black or green is due, make sure the contents are correct and have the container at the required boundary by 7am.
If a scheduled bin remains unemptied, check for contamination, presentation problems or a crew sticker before submitting a missed-collection report.
Independent guide: BinCollectionGuide.org is not Wychavon District Council. Exact collection dates, live disruptions, service requests, subscriptions and bookings should be confirmed through the official council services linked above.
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