Check your bin day

We are introducing weekly food waste collections for houses and flats from 30 March. If you haven't received your food caddies yet please report via our Replace damaged or missing bins and food caddies page.

Bin collections

Bin collections in Bedford Borough operate on an alternate weekly basis:

One week we collect your black bin for general waste.
The following week we collect your orange lidded bin for recycling and green bin for garden waste (if you have one).

Collection schedules may be different if you live in a property that uses shared bins.

Garden waste collections (green lidded bins)

Garden waste collections (green lidded bins) run from 1 March to 30 November each year (collections are suspended over the winter period).

Download your bin collection calendar / check your bin day

You can use our bin day 'look-up' tool to check your bin day or download the annual bin collection calendar for your address.

Around 20% of households will see changes to their collection days from Monday, 30 March. You can use this calendar to see your next two weeks of collections and so, any changes to your collections will show by the end of the month.

If your device brings up the previous calendar please click Ctrl + F5 to refresh for desktop or go to your smart phone settings to clear your cache.

How to use our bin day 'look-up' tool

Type your Bedford Borough postcode or street name into the white box below and click ‘find my address’.

A matching streets/addresses box will appear - click into the box or use the drop down arrow to select your street and/or address from the list.

You will then be shown results for your address.

The bin collection day and a bin calendar for your address will appear at the top of the results.
If you want to print your bin calendar in black and white, please change this in your printer settings.
Your next four upcoming bin collection dates will be shown.
Scroll down further to see your previous bin collection date.

New build property - no bins yet?

If you have just moved into a new build property and you don’t have any bins, you can request them online. Once you have your bins, you will be able to use the bin day 'look-up' tool to check your bin day.