Waste and recycling

Information on household waste collections and what to put in your bins, our Wastesaver commercial waste service, recycling information and how to dispose of bulky items large items and hazardous waste.

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Bin collection days

Find out what day your bin will be emptied.

Your bins

An easy guide to waste and recycling.

Better Recycling

Ipswich households now have more opportunities to recycle as part of nationwide changes to waste collections.

Household waste

Find information about your black bin collections and other disposal options, including Bulky Refuse Collections, Hazardous Waste Collections, and visiting your local Household Waste Site.

Garden Waste Collection Service

We offer a chargeable Garden Waste Collection Service for garden waste.

Recycling

About your blue, brown, green-lidded bins and food waste caddy collections, recycling centre locations, projects and campaigns.

Known bin collection delays

Sometimes, collections can be delayed due to factors out of our control. This includes roadworks, vehicle breakdowns, crew sickness, severe weather or parked cars preventing safe access. Please check here for any known delays in your area.

Waste offences

Find information on the various waste issues we deal with within the borough, including fly-tipping, littering, dog fouling and duty of care offences.

Report illegal dumping and waste accumulations online.

Report an abandoned shopping trolley

If you find a shopping trolley in the road, on a play area or somewhere with high footfall, or with fly-tipped rubbish, please report it.

Dog bins

Report an overflowing or damaged dog waste bin.

Commercial waste and recycling

Wastesaver is the commercial waste & recycling service provided by Ipswich Borough Council for businesses to meet the waste and recycling needs of businesses.