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Tamworth Bin Collection Dates

Check your next bin collection

Enter your postcode and select your address in the official shared council calendar to see your next Tamworth collections.

  1. Enter your postcode on the council page and choose Submit postcode, then select your own address.
  2. Check the date and collection type for your property. The Lichfield council website is the official shared checker for Tamworth too; a nearby street or old PDF may have different dates.

Check my bin day →

Opens the official council collection checker.

Bin and recycling collections in Tamworth are run by Tamworth Borough Council. Collection days vary by address, so use the council's postcode checker rather than relying on a general area timetable.

Tamworth bin collections at a glance

Check by
Postcode and address
Put bins out
By 6am on collection day
Food waste
Collected every week
Service
Shared with Lichfield District Council

Which Tamworth bin should I put out?

Use the address calendar to check which containers are due. The blue bin takes accepted glass, cans and plastics; the blue bag takes paper and card. Some rural properties have a purple bin for paper and card instead. The black bin is for rubbish that cannot be recycled.

Put your outdoor food-waste caddy out every week with your normal collection. Garden waste is a separate subscription service, so check your subscribed dates in the calendar. Flats and shared bins may have different arrangements.

For excess cardboard, fold it into blue-bag-sized bundles, secure it beside the bag and keep it out of plastic bags. In wet weather, put the extra card out on collection morning. Keep the food caddy outside your larger bin so crews can see it.

Council information checked 3 October 2026.

Missed bin?

After 5.30pm, check the missed-streets list. Leave containers out if your street is listed. Otherwise, report a bin that was out on time and accepted for collection using the live form. The form says midnight on the next working day; the missed-streets page says the following day. Report promptly and check the form’s current deadline. Assisted collections have separate arrangements.

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Bank holidays and changed collections

Bank holidays and severe weather can alter collections in Tamworth. Check the council website for revised dates rather than assuming the round moves to the following day. When collection changes affect Tamworth, we cover them in our local news.

Tips and recycling centres

Household waste recycling centres (tips) around Tamworth are run by Staffordshire County Council. Opening times and what you can take: Staffordshire County Council website.

More practical local information in the Tamworth local guide.

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