Waste Collections

Bin collection dates for 2025: BMSDC have issued the annual collection calendars for 2025.

Bin not emptied as scheduled?

Sometimes, collections can be delayed for reasons outside of our control.

If your bin has not been emptied as scheduled, please check for service delays or report a missed collection.

Please find some useful links from Mid Suffolk to get you started:

• Tool to check your collection day   www.midsuffolk.gov.uk/w/check-your-collection-day – most residents should know their own collection day, however, anyone who doesn’t have internet access can contact our waste team to check. www.midsuffolk.gov.uk/contact-us
• Information about reducing waste     www.suffolkrecycling.org.uk/reduce-reuse 
• Information about food waste  www.suffolkrecycling.org.uk/reduce-reuse/food-waste
• Information about what to put in your bins www.midsuffolk.gov.uk/what-to-put-in-your-bins
• Recycling Centres in Suffolk  www.suffolkrecycling.org.uk/recycling-centres
• Recycling specific items A-Z   www.suffolkrecycling.org.uk/what-to-do-with-a-z

The 3 main messages –

• • Put glass in a bottle bank, not in your wheelie bin
  • No bagged items. Keep your recycling empty, clean and dry
  • Keep all food out of your recycling bin. Put any food you cannot eat or compost in your rubbish bin.

Suffolk recycling produce very useful newsletters full of new and interesting information that can be accessed via the following link: 

Suffolk Recycles Winter newsletter

• Hazardous waste? Head to a household recycling centre or check our hazardous waste collection service.

Still no space in the bin? In Mid Suffolk residents can purchase additional sacks, or why not check our bulky collection service