Our new waste and recycling service launched in April 2026.
New government legislation means all councils must simplify and expand their household recycling processes and collections in 2026. 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.
All households (excluding most flats) will now have new recycling containers:
- for food waste - a small kitchen caddy with liners to use indoors (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).
- for recycling - a blue wheeled bin for simple mixed recycling (cans, plastic, glass and cartons). Blue bags will also be used for separate paper and card recycling.
- for non-recyclable waste - residents will continue to use their black wheeled bin for general rubbish.
- garden waste collections remain a paid service that you can sign up to.
Food waste is collected weekly and recycling is collected fortnightly (blue bin and bag) with general waste also collected fortnightly (black bin) on alternate weeks (one week recycling, the next week general waste). Garden waste is collected fortnightly – if subscribed (green bin).
As part of the new service, some households bin collection days may have changed. You can check this and your schedule on MyDudley.
Please note, if you currently use communal waste (shared use) bins at your property, your waste service continues as it is. The new recycling service will be expanded to cover properties with communal waste facilities in the future and we will be in touch before this starts.
You can find information on the new waste and recycling service, as well as FAQs, at Dudley Recycles.
If your street has received blue bins and you haven't, please use our order a bin form to make a request.