Burton-on-Trent Bin Collection Dates
Check your next bin collection
Use East Staffordshire Borough Council’s postcode checker for your Burton-on-Trent collection dates.
- Leave a space between the two parts of your postcode, then press Search.
- Use the dates returned for your postcode. If no dates appear, check the postcode and contact the council’s waste service for help.
Opens the official council collection checker.
Bin and recycling collections in Burton-on-Trent are run by East Staffordshire Borough Council. Collection days vary by address, so use the council's postcode checker rather than relying on a general area timetable.
Burton-on-Trent bin collections at a glance
- Check by
- Postcode
- Put bins out
- By 6.30am; leave them available until collected
- Recycling
- Blue bin and blue bag on the same collection week
- Food waste
- Collected weekly by a separate vehicle
Which Burton bin or bag should I put out?
Recycling and grey-bin collections alternate. Use your postcode calendar for the dates; garden waste needs a subscription. Put the green food caddy out every week by 6.30am, in front of your bins with its handle locked. A separate vehicle collects it, so it may be emptied at a different time.
- Blue bin
- Loose, clean cans, glass bottles and jars, and accepted plastic containers. Paper and card go in the blue bag.
- Blue bag
- Paper and cardboard, including newspapers, envelopes and cereal boxes. Flatten extra cardboard to the bag’s size and secure it beside the bag, without a bin liner.
- Grey bin
- Household rubbish that cannot be recycled. DIY materials such as rubble, wood and plaster are not accepted.
- Brown bin
- Subscribed garden waste, including grass, leaves and prunings. Keep food waste out of this bin.
- Green food caddy
- Food scraps, peelings, meat and fish bones, and tea bags. Remove packaging; keep liquids, oil and fat out.
- Check East Staffordshire’s full bin and bag guide →
- Read the weekly food-caddy instructions →
- Contact the council if the calendar shows no dates →
Council information checked 2 October 2026.
Missed bin?
Wait until after 2.30pm, as crews may still be finishing the round. Report a missed bin before midnight on the next working day after collection was due; assisted collections have separate arrangements. The council will not return for bins that were late, too heavy or contained the wrong waste. For a missed food caddy, the council currently asks you to put it out at the next collection. Check the full instructions before reporting.
Report a missed Burton bin collection →
Bank holidays and changed collections
East Staffordshire says collections continue on bank holidays except Christmas and New Year. Check the official calendar and service updates for those periods or other changes to your round. When collection changes affect Burton-on-Trent, we cover them in our local news.
Tips and recycling centres
Household waste recycling centres (tips) around Burton-on-Trent are run by Staffordshire County Council. Opening times and what you can take: Staffordshire County Council website.
More practical local information in the Burton-on-Trent local guide.