Redditch uses a grey bin for rubbish, including food waste for now, a green bin for mixed recycling, and a brown subscription bin for garden waste. Grey-bin rubbish goes to Severn Waste Services and then to EnviRecover at Hartlebury. Garden waste goes to the Hill and Moor composting site near Pershore.
Last checked against 3 sources (www.redditchbc.gov.uk).
What goes in each bin
Grey bin · General waste
Bin · Varies by area, so check your address
Yes please
Sanitary products, animal litter and bedding
Polystyrene, crisp packets, and bread, biscuit, sweet and other plastic wrappers
Foil, and triggers, pumps and sprays from plastic bottles
Black plastic, tissues and kitchen roll
Food waste
Not in this one
Soil, bricks and building rubble
Garden waste
LPG and gas cylinders, hot ash, batteries and tyres
Televisions, scrap metal, explosives, mobile phones and other small electronic gadgets
Fluorescent tubes, low energy bulbs, large quantities of liquid, cooking oil, paint, asbestos and chemicals
Redditch does not collect food waste every week. There is no separate food bin yet. The colour guide tells residents to put food waste in the grey bin. The bins and recycling page says the council is working towards a food waste collection during the 2026/27 financial year.
Garden waste is a paid-for service. Garden waste is a subscription. On the bins and recycling page checked on 3 October 2026, the council said sign-up for new subscriptions was temporarily paused and asked residents to keep checking that page.
Check the service status page and that the right bin was at the kerbside, then use the missed bin report. If the bin was late, too heavy, the wrong bin or held the wrong waste, the crew will not return until the next collection and excess waste has to go to the tip. Report within 48 hours. The council says it cannot return after that. Bins are expected out for 7am. The council says that if the correct bin is out for 7am it is emptied more than 99.9% of the time.
The grey bin is the place for food, black plastic, foil, crisp packets and plastic wrappers. The green bin takes paper, card, tins, glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays, and milk and juice cartons.
Do not put soil, rubble, gas cylinders, hot ash, batteries, televisions, tyres, paint, asbestos or chemicals in the grey bin. The council says those are not accepted at landfill or energy-from-waste plants.
Brown bins take grass, branches up to 10cm across, clippings, leaves, weeds, plants and flowers. No bin liners, including biodegradable ones. The council says the composting process takes 14 weeks.
Finished compost is screened and sold as a soil conditioner called Greengrow. Grey-bin waste is burned at EnviRecover to put electricity into the National Grid.
Worcestershire County Council runs the household recycling centres. The borough page points residents there for the Redditch site and a tip permit.
New garden waste subscriptions were paused on the bins page we checked. The colour guide still describes what a subscribed brown bin takes. Food waste collections are planned for 2026/27 and are not running as a separate service yet.
Bin questions in Redditch
Which bin is for recycling in Redditch?
The green bin. It takes paper and cardboard, tins and cans, glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays, and milk and juice cartons. Food and black plastic go in the grey bin.
Does Redditch collect food waste separately?
Not yet. The colour guide puts food waste in the grey bin. The council says it is working towards a food waste collection during the 2026/27 financial year.
How long do I have to report a missed bin in Redditch?
48 hours. After that the council says it cannot return. The bin should have been at the kerbside for 7am. If it was the wrong bin, late, too heavy or contaminated, it waits until the next collection, which the page says is usually in two weeks.
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