Check Your Tewkesbury Borough Council Bin Collection Calendar by Postcode
Use this practical Tewkesbury Borough bin guide to check your collection day, understand the green refuse bin, blue recycling bin, weekly food caddy, brown garden waste club, missed-bin reporting, bank holiday changes, bulky waste charges and Gloucestershire household recycling centre bookings.
What do you need today?
Pick the job first. Most Tewkesbury Borough bin problems are solved by the postcode calendar, the 7am rule, the right container, or the bank holiday table.
Find Your Tewkesbury Borough Bin Collection Day
Enter your postcode here to keep it handy, then open Tewkesbury Borough Council’s official waste and recycling page. The council page has the bin collection calendar postcode search box.
How do I check my Tewkesbury Borough Council bin collection date?
Open Tewkesbury Borough Council’s waste and recycling page, enter your postcode in the bin collection calendar box and check the next dates for your refuse, recycling, food waste and garden waste if subscribed. Put bins and caddies out by 7am on collection day, with the lid closed where required.
Tewkesbury Borough Council Bin Collection Calendar: Check by Postcode Before Bin Night
Your Tewkesbury Borough bin collection date is property-specific, so the official postcode calendar is the safest first step.
Tewkesbury Borough covers the town of Tewkesbury, Bishop’s Cleeve, Winchcombe, Churchdown, Brockworth, Ashchurch, Northway, rural villages and narrow-access routes. Collection days can vary between areas and some properties can be on different arrangements because of access. The official waste page is the right place to check your next bin date.
Open the official waste and recycling page
Use Tewkesbury Borough Council’s official waste and recycling page and look for the bin collection calendar postcode search.
Enter your postcode
Use the full postcode for the actual property, not a nearby street or parish hall. This matters in rural lanes and edge-of-village areas.
Check each collection stream
Look for refuse, blue recycling, weekly food waste and brown garden waste if you subscribe to the garden waste club.
Check bank holiday changes
When your collection week is near Easter, May bank holidays, August bank holiday, Christmas or New Year, check the amended collection table instead of guessing.
Resident habit: put bins and food caddies out the evening before. The official set-out time is by 7am, and rural or early routes can be collected before many residents leave for work.
Tewkesbury Borough Bins Explained: Green Refuse, Blue Recycling, Food Caddy and Brown Garden Waste
The easiest way to avoid a missed or rejected collection is to use the correct container every time.
Green refuse bin
Non-recyclable rubbishCollected every two weeks for waste that cannot be recycled, composted or taken through a better route.
- Non-recyclable household waste
- Double-bagged hygiene waste
- No bags on top or beside the bin
- Lid should be closed
Blue recycling bin
Recycling every two weeksFor clean, accepted recycling including card, cartons, cans, tins, foil, aerosols, glass, paper and many plastic containers.
- Card and cardboard
- Cartons and paper pots
- Cans, tins, foil and aerosols
- Glass bottles and jars
Food waste caddy
Weekly food wasteFood waste caddies are emptied every week and should be used instead of putting food into the refuse bin.
- Plate scrapings
- Mouldy or out-of-date food
- Eggs and eggshells
- Tea bags and coffee grounds
Brown garden waste bin
Paid garden waste clubFor garden waste club members. The membership runs from 1 April to 31 March and uses a brown wheelie bin for fortnightly kerbside collections.
- Grass cuttings
- Leaves, twigs and bark
- Plants, flowers and weeds
- Small branches and windfall fruit
Tewkesbury Green Refuse Bin: What Goes In, What Stays Out and the 140-Litre Change
The green refuse bin is for non-recyclable household rubbish and is collected every two weeks.
Tewkesbury Borough Council says the green refuse bin must be out by 7am on collection day with the lid closed. From mid-September 2025, smaller 140-litre refuse bins are being delivered for new developments and replacement-bin requests, as part of the council’s “small on waste and big on recycling” approach.
Use green bin for
Non-recyclable rubbish, double-bagged hygiene products, pet waste where appropriate and household waste that cannot go in the blue bin or food caddy.
Keep out
Batteries, vapes, stones, gravel, rubble, garden waste, soil, sharp objects, DIY waste, carpet, chemicals, paint tins, clinical waste and building waste.
No side waste
Bags placed on top of or beside the bin are not collected. Extra rubbish should go to a Household Recycling Centre where appropriate.
Extra capacity: extra refuse bins are only issued in exceptional circumstances. Blue recycling bins and food caddies can be ordered free of charge, so maximise recycling and food waste first.
Tewkesbury Blue Recycling Bin: Card, Cartons, Glass, Cans, Paper and Plastics
Tewkesbury Borough’s blue recycling bin is collected every two weeks and should be out by 7am on the day of collection.
| Material | Accepted examples | Common mistake |
|---|---|---|
| Card and cardboard | Cardboard, greetings cards, postcards, food packaging boxes, egg boxes and small brown corrugated cardboard. | Dirty takeaway pizza boxes and burger cartons should not go in. |
| Cartons | Tetra-Pak style food and drink cartons, paper yoghurt pots and paper ice-cream pots. | Do not add plastic film lids or dirty containers. |
| Metal packaging | Empty aerosols, biscuit tins, food tins, drink cans, pet food cans, clean foil and foil trays. | Wash food residue first. Dirty foil that cannot be washed should not go in. |
| Glass | Clean glass bottles and jars of any colour. Metal lids can go in the blue bin. | Do not add ceramics, window glass or unrelated household glass. |
| Paper | Books without hardback covers, envelopes, newspapers, magazines, junk mail, office paper and small amounts of loose shredded paper. | Wet paper, dirty paper, padded envelopes and glittery wrapping paper cause problems. |
| Plastics | Plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays where accepted. Wash and squash plastics where possible. | Plastic film, bread bags and crisp packets are not kerbside recycling. |
Small electricals: most residents can recycle small electrical items from the kerbside by putting them in an old carrier bag next to the blue bin. Do not tie the bag. TVs, monitors, light bulbs, fluorescent tubes and items larger than a carrier bag should go to a Household Recycling Centre.
Tewkesbury Food Waste Collection: Weekly Caddy Rules and What Goes In
Food waste caddies are emptied every week and food waste should go in your caddy, not into the refuse bin.
You can line your kitchen caddy using compostable liners, paper, old carrier bags, bread bags or sandwich bags. Food caddies are dishwasher proof if you need to clean them.
Yes, put in food caddy
Plate scrapings, mouldy food, eggs and eggshells, small amounts of liquids, oil and fat, tea bags, coffee grounds, cat and dog food, kitchen roll, tissues, meat bones, fish bones and fruit stones.
No, keep out
Packaging, foil trays, metal, glass, household waste, animal faeces, animal bedding, pet litter, pet carcasses, cardboard and nappies.
Why it matters
Food waste makes up a major part of household rubbish. Using the food caddy helps keep your green refuse bin from filling too quickly.
Tewkesbury Garden Waste Club: Brown Bin Membership, Address Marking and Festive Pauses
The garden waste club is a paid membership service running from 1 April to 31 March the following year.
Garden waste club members use a brown wheelie bin for fortnightly kerbside garden waste collections. The council no longer supplies branded garden waste stickers, so you must clearly add the first line of your address to the bin using marker pen, stickers or paint. Crews need to identify which property the bin belongs to.
Put out by 7am
Brown bins must be presented by 7am on your allocated collection day.
Mark your address
Your first address line should be clearly visible, especially if your bin is left at a shared collection point.
Festive pause
Garden waste collections pause over the festive period for two weeks and on bank holidays. Check the online calendar for current changes.
What can go in the brown bin?
Grass cuttings, hedge and shrub clippings, leaves, twigs, bark, plants, flowers, weeds, small branches and windfall fruit can go in the brown bin.
What must not go in the brown bin?
Food waste, pet waste, animal bedding, soil in large amounts, plastic pots, earthenware pots, growbags, disinfectant, synthetic insecticides, plastic sacks and any type of bag must not go in the brown garden waste bin.
Missed Bin Collection Tewkesbury: Check These Rules Before Reporting
A bin should only be reported as missed when it was due, presented correctly and not affected by known disruption.
Before using the missed-bin form, check your postcode calendar, check bank holiday changes, check bad weather updates, and make sure the bin or caddy was out by 7am. The council says missed food waste or garden waste collections cannot be returned for in some disruption situations, so your next scheduled collection may be the fallback.
Check the official calendar
Confirm the collection was due for your exact property and not changed because of a bank holiday.
Check the 7am rule
If the bin was not presented by 7am, it may not count as a missed collection.
Check contamination and side waste
Wrong materials, heavy bins, open lids, extra bags beside the bin, or garden waste without address identification can stop collection.
Report online
Use the official missed-bin self-service form if it was genuinely missed and your bin was presented correctly.
Bad weather note: during ice or snow, put bins and caddies out as normal by 7am. If crews cannot safely reach you, leave the bin out and they may attempt to return later in the week.
Tewkesbury Bank Holiday Bin Collections 2026: Easter, May, August, Christmas and New Year
Tewkesbury Borough Council publishes amended waste and recycling collection information for bank holidays, Christmas and New Year.
| 2026 period | Collection impact | Resident action |
|---|---|---|
| Good Friday, 3 April | Collections as normal. | Use your usual day unless the calendar says otherwise. |
| Easter Monday week | Monday 6 April moves to Tuesday 7 April, then collections move one day later through Saturday 11 April. | Do not use your normal weekday without checking. |
| Early May bank holiday | Monday 4 May moves to Tuesday 5 May, and that week moves one day later through Saturday 9 May. | Follow the amended table. |
| Late May bank holiday | Monday 25 May moves to Tuesday 26 May, and that week moves one day later through Saturday 30 May. | Check the calendar before putting bins out. |
| August bank holiday | Monday 31 August moves to Tuesday 1 September, and that week moves one day later through Saturday 5 September. | Use the revised date, not your normal day. |
| Christmas and New Year | Collections are earlier than normal in the published 2026-2027 schedule. | Check the Christmas table carefully; do not assume a simple one-day delay. |
Important Christmas detail: the council says Christmas and New Year collections are earlier than normal in the 2026-2027 schedule. Garden waste subscribers should also note the final garden waste collection before Christmas and the January restart date from the official update.
Tewkesbury Bulky Waste Collection: Charges, Accepted Items and Booking Rules
Tewkesbury Borough Council offers a chargeable bulky item collection service for residents.
The service is for items that will not fit in your bin, such as three-piece suites, washing machines, fridges, freezers and many other household items. You need a credit or debit card to reserve a slot online; if you need another payment method, the council says you need to visit the council offices.
| Bulky waste detail | Tewkesbury rule |
|---|---|
| First item charge | £27.50 for the first item. |
| Additional item charge | £13.75 for each additional item. |
| Maximum per booking | Up to six items per booking. Multiple bookings can be made if required. |
| Collection timing | Items must be out by 7am on the day of collection. |
| Cancellation/refund | Refunds require cancellation at least 48 working hours before the scheduled collection date. |
Examples collected
Cookers, fridges, freezers, tumble dryers, washing machines, TVs, HiFis, carpets, lino rolls, furniture, garden furniture, mattresses, beds, tables and chairs.
Examples not collected
Commercial waste, bathroom suites, building materials, car parts, batteries, windows, fluorescent tubes, garage doors, garden refuse, kitchen units, radiators, storage heaters, sheds and scrap metal.
Collection point
Items must be at the front of the property, visible from the road, accessible and not blocking the public highway.
Tewkesbury Recycling Banks and Gloucestershire Household Recycling Centres
For waste that cannot be collected from the kerbside, use local recycling banks or Gloucestershire County Council household recycling centres.
Local recycling banks
Tewkesbury Borough lists recycling banks at locations including Churchdown, Tewkesbury Rails Meadow car park and Winchcombe Back Lane car park.
Household Recycling Centres
Gloucestershire Household Recycling Centres are free for household waste but require advance booking and a selected time slot.
No dumping around banks
Items must be placed inside recycling banks. Rubbish, recycling or bulky items left on the floor can be treated as fly-tipping.
When should you use a Household Recycling Centre?
Use a Household Recycling Centre for extra rubbish, DIY waste, household chemicals, vapes, electrical items too large for kerbside collection, paint tins, rubble, carpets, underlay, bulky items that are not booked, and waste that should not go in the green refuse bin.
Tewkesbury Borough Bin Collection Tips Residents Learn the Hard Way
These practical checks reduce missed collections, rejected bins and unnecessary trips to the tip.
Put bins out the night before
The 7am rule is strict enough that morning set-out can be risky, especially on early or rural rounds.
Use the food caddy weekly
Food waste should not go in the refuse bin. Using the caddy protects refuse capacity and improves recycling.
Blue bins are free to add
Extra blue recycling bins and food caddies can be ordered free, which is useful if your green refuse bin fills too quickly.
Narrow access matters
Small electricals kerbside collection is not available to narrow access rounds or smaller vehicles, so check your round if items are not taken.
For flats and shared collection points: mark containers clearly, avoid leaving unbooked bulky items, and check whether communal arrangements differ from normal kerbside houses.
Tewkesbury Borough Council Bin Collection Official Links
Use these official pages before reporting, booking, paying, ordering a bin or travelling to a recycling centre.
Tewkesbury Borough Council Bin Collection FAQ
These answers cover the main searches: bin collection calendar, green refuse bin, blue recycling bin, food waste, garden waste club, missed bins, bank holidays and bulky collections.
Use Tewkesbury Borough Council’s official waste and recycling page and enter your postcode in the bin collection calendar search box. Check your exact address and each collection stream before putting containers out.
Put bins and caddies out by 7am on your collection day. The green refuse bin should have the lid closed, and bulky waste items must also be out by 7am on the booked day.
The green refuse bin for non-recyclable household rubbish is collected every two weeks.
The blue recycling bin is collected every two weeks. It is for accepted recycling such as card, cartons, cans, tins, foil, empty aerosols, glass, paper and many plastic containers.
Food waste caddies are emptied weekly. Food waste should go in your caddy rather than the green refuse bin.
The garden waste club membership runs from 1 April to 31 March, but collections pause over the festive period for two weeks and on bank holidays. Check the online calendar for current changes.
The council says it no longer supplies branded garden waste stickers. You should clearly add the first line of your address to the brown bin so crews can identify the property.
Yes, some bank holiday weeks have amended dates. Good Friday 2026 is listed as normal, but Easter Monday week, May bank holidays and August bank holiday move later in the week. Christmas and New Year collections are earlier than normal in the published 2026-2027 schedule.
The council lists £27.50 for the first bulky item and £13.75 for each additional item. Up to six items can be collected per booking.
You can contact Tewkesbury Borough Council waste and recycling support on 01684 295010 or email recycling@tewkesbury.gov.uk for recycling-related questions.
Editorial note
This independent guide helps Tewkesbury Borough residents reach official council services quickly. Always confirm your exact collection dates, missed-bin rules, garden waste membership details, bank holiday changes, bulky waste charges, recycling bank rules and Household Recycling Centre booking requirements directly with Tewkesbury Borough Council or Gloucestershire Recycles before taking action.
Final summary: Use the official postcode calendar first. Put bins and caddies out by 7am. Green refuse bins are collected every two weeks. Blue recycling bins are collected every two weeks. Food waste caddies are collected weekly. Brown garden waste bins are for garden waste club members and must be clearly marked with the first line of your address. Check bank holiday changes before guessing your collection day.