Bins and recycling

From 6 April 2026 Dudley Council will be rolling out a new waste and recycling service, in line with new government legislation, which means all councils must simplify and expand their household recycling processes and collections. This includes the introduction of mandatory food waste collections and easier recycling. The aim is to improve recycling rates, making household recycling simple, quick and easy for residents.

• Food waste - residents will receive a small kitchen caddy with liners to use indoors (all food waste including peelings, scraps, leftover food, tea bags, coffee grounds, fruit stones and bones can be emptied into this). This will then be emptied into a larger outdoor food waste caddy (with a lockable lid) and this will be emptied weekly
• Recycling - residents will receive a new blue wheeled bin for simple mixed recycling (cans, plastic, glass and cartons). We will continue to collect blue bags for paper and card recycling. These will be emptied fortnightly. The black box and green bag will no longer be needed, residents can keep these and repurpose them
• Residents will continue to use their black wheeled bin for non-recyclable waste, this will be collected fortnightly as there will be less waste in it
• Garden waste collections are unaffected and will remain a paid service with fortnightly collections

New receptacles will be delivered from Monday 5 January, comprising of the 240 litre blue wheelie bin, a 23-litre kerbside caddy and a 7-litre kitchen caddy. Deliveries will take several weeks to complete.

Please note that some properties may be exempt from the new receptacle deliveries in January. These may include some flats. We are working on the details of deliveries and will  be in touch with residents soon.

You can find the latest updates on the new service and FAQs at Dudley Recycles

The Household Waste and Recycling Centre in Stourbridge is operating a booking system for Dudley borough residents only. The service should only be used if no alternative arrangements can be made for safe storage.

There is extremely high demand for this facility and we ask you to be patient as in the short term we are offering a limited capacity per hour.

If you are unable to attend your appointment - please notify us. It is important you let us know as we will be able to offer cancelled appointments to other residents.

Please note, anyone who arrives at the site without a slot will be turned away.

To find out more, including how to book, visit our household waste recycling centre page.

• Household Waste Recycling Centre

As a business owner it is your responsibility to keep waste to a minimum. You should be doing everything you can to prevent, reuse or recycle your commercial waste.

Business waste can be from any commercial activity, even if you only use part of your home for your business. However the waste from this part of your home cannot be disposed of with your normal household collections. It will also not be accepted at our Household Waste Recycling Centres. You must request an authorised service to collect and dispose of your business waste responsibly.

As of 1 April 2025, the Council will no longer be offering a business or commercial waste collection service. 

You must therefore pay for your waste to be removed from your premises by a licensed waste carrier.  Contractors will collect and dispose of your waste and recycling, but they will vary in terms of costs, what they collect, the area they cover and the recycling and disposal options they can offer.

For more information on Commercial Waste, please follow the link below;

• Commercial waste