Non-metropolitan district · East of England, England

Uttlesford bin collection day

Find your Uttlesford bin collection day, check what goes in each bin and see how bank holidays change collections. Uttlesford District Council empties bins in 10 postcode districts, including CB10, CB11, CB21 and CM1, covering places such as Arkesden, Ashdon and Audley End.

Check a postcode in Uttlesford

Not sure whether your street is in Uttlesford? Postcode districts on council borders can be split, so enter your full postcode to check.

Uttlesford at a glance

92,759residents (2020)

641 km²area

10postcode districts

101places listed

About 92,759 people live in Uttlesford (mid-2020 estimate) across 641 square kilometres. That makes it a largely rural area, where some lanes are served by smaller lorries and collection times vary a lot.

Council: Uttlesford District Council
Type: Non-metropolitan district
County council: Essex County Council
Region: East of England

Who collects what in Uttlesford

Uttlesford District Council collects household bins, recycling, garden waste and bulky items. Essex County Council is the waste disposal authority, so it runs the household waste recycling centres (the tips) and decides where the waste goes after collection. If you have a question about your bin day, missed bins or new bins, contact Uttlesford. For tip opening hours, van permits or booking a tip slot, contact Essex County Council.

Bank holidays and Uttlesford bin days

When a bank holiday lands on or before your collection day, Uttlesford may collect as normal or move collections later in the week. These are the next bank holidays in England and Wales:

Christmas and New Year cause the biggest changes. See Christmas bin collections for what usually happens.

Recycling rules in England

Under Simpler Recycling, councils in England must collect the same core recycling from every home: paper and card, glass, metal, plastic (including cartons), food waste every week, and garden waste for households that ask and pay any charge. The rules applied from 31 March 2026, with plastic film and bags joining the plastic stream from 31 March 2027. Councils still choose their own bins, colours and rotas.

GOV.UK: Simpler Recycling household guidance

Not sure which bin something goes in? Our which bin A to Z covers everyday items, and bin colours explained covers what each colour usually means. Uttlesford has the final say, so check its website if your bin label disagrees.

Postcode districts in Uttlesford

Uttlesford collects bins in all or part of these postcode districts. Districts marked on more than one council page cross a boundary.

• CB10
• CB11
• CB21
• CM1
• CM6
• CM7
• CM22
• CM23
• CM24
• SG8

Towns and villages in Uttlesford

Bins in these places are collected by Uttlesford.

• Arkesden (CB11)
• Ashdon (CB10)
• Audley End (CB11)
• Aythorpe Roding (CM6)
• Bacon End (CM6)
• Bamber's Green (CM22)
• Bannister Green (CM6)
• Bardfield End Green (CM6)
• Barnston (CM6)
• Berden (CM23)
• Birchanger (CM23)
• Bishop's Green (CM6)
• Bran End (CM6)
• Broadgroves (CM6)
• Broxted (CM6)
• Butcher's Pasture (CM6)
• Causeway End (CM6)
• Chickney (CM6)
• Chrishall (SG8)
• Church End (CB10)
• Churchend (CM6)
• Clavering (CB11)
• Cobler's Green (CM6)
• Debden (CB11)
• Debden Green (CB11)
• Duck End (CM6)
• Duddenhoe End (CB11)
• Duton Hill (CM6)
• Elmdon (CB11)
• Elsenham (CM22)
• Farnham (CM23)
• Farnham Green (CM23)
• Felsted (CM6)
• Great Canfield (CM6)
• Great Chesterford (CB10)
• Great Dunmow (CM6)
• Great Easton (CM6)
• Great Hallingbury (CM22)
• Great Sampford (CB10)
• Hadstock (CB21)
• Hartford End (CM6)
• Hatfield Broad Oak (CM22)
• Hatfield Heath (CM22)
• Hazel End (CM23)
• Hempstead (CB10)
• Henham (CM22)
• High Easter (CM1)
• High Roding (CM6)
• Hope End Green (CM22)
• Hounslow Green (CM6)
• Howlett End (CB10)
• Keeres Green (CM6)
• Langley (CB11)
• Leaden Roding (CM6)
• Lindsell (CM6)
• Little Bardfield (CM7)
• Little Chesterford (CB10)
• Little Dunmow (CM6)
• Little Easton (CM6)
• Little Hallingbury (CM22)
• Little Sampford (CB10)
• Little Walden (CB10)
• Littlebury (CB11)
• Littlebury Green (CB11)
• Manuden (CM23)
• Margaret Roding (CM6)
• Mill End Green (CM6)
• Molehill Green (CM6)
• Monk Street (CM6)
• Newport (CB11)
• North End (CM6)
• Pond Street (CB11)
• Quendon (CB11)
• Radwinter (CB10)
• Red Oaks Hill (CB10)
• Rickling (CB11)
• Rickling Green (CB11)
• Saffron Walden (CB10)
• Sewards End (CB10)
• Shortgrove (CB11)
• Smith's Green (CM22)
• Spellbrook (CM23)
• Stansted Mountfitchet (CM24)
• Starling's Green (CB11)
• Stebbing (CM6)
• Stebbing Green (CM6)
• Strethall (CB11)
• Takeley (CM22)
• Takeley Street (CM22)
• Thaxted (CM6)
• Thorley Street (CM23)
• Throws (CM6)
• Ugley (CM22)
• Ugley Green (CM22)
• Upper Green (CB11)
• Wendens Ambo (CB11)
• White Roding (CM6)
• Wicken Bonhunt (CB11)
• Widdington (CB11)
• Wimbish (CB10)
• Wimbish Green (CB10)

Councils near Uttlesford

• East Hertfordshire bin collection
• Braintree bin collection
• Harlow bin collection
• Epping Forest bin collection
• Chelmsford bin collection
• South Cambridgeshire bin collection

Bin Collection Day is independent and not run by Uttlesford District Council. Collection dates and services can change at short notice; the council's website is always the final word.