Non-metropolitan district · East of England, England

Braintree bin collection day

Check your Braintree bin day, plan around bank holidays and set up free reminders for every collection. Braintree District Council empties bins in 10 postcode districts, including CB9, CM3, CM7 and CM8, covering places such as Alphamstone, Ashen and Ballingdon.

Check a postcode in Braintree

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

Braintree at a glance

153,091residents (2020)

612 km²area

10postcode districts

92places listed

About 153,091 people live in Braintree (mid-2020 estimate) across 612 square kilometres. That makes it a mix of towns and countryside, where rural rounds can be long and run early.

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

Who collects what in Braintree

Braintree 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 Braintree. For tip opening hours, van permits or booking a tip slot, contact Essex County Council.

Bank holidays and Braintree bin days

When a bank holiday lands on or before your collection day, Braintree 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. Braintree has the final say, so check its website if your bin label disagrees.

Postcode districts in Braintree

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

• CB9
• CM3
• CM7
• CM8
• CM77
• CO5
• CO6
• CO8
• CO9
• CO10

Towns and villages in Braintree

Bins in these places are collected by Braintree.

• Alphamstone (CO8)
• Ashen (CO10)
• Ballingdon (CO10)
• Bardfield Saling (CM7)
• Barr Hall (CO9)
• Baythorn End (CO9)
• Beazley End (CM7)
• Belchamp Otten (CO10)
• Belchamp St Paul (CO10)
• Belchamp Walter (CO10)
• Birdbrook (CO9)
• Black Notley (CM7)
• Blackmore End (CM7)
• Bocking (CM7)
• Bocking Churchstreet (CM7)
• Borley (CO10)
• Bradwell (CM7)
• Braintree (CM7, CM77)
• Bridge Street (CO10)
• Brook Street (CO10)
• Bulmer (CO10)
• Bulmer Tye (CO10)
• Bures Green (CO8)
• Castle Hedingham (CO9)
• Chilton Street (CO10)
• Chipping Hill (CM8)
• Church End (CM7)
• Coggeshall (CO6)
• Colne Engaine (CO6)
• Cornish Hall End (CM7)
• Cressing (CM7)
• Earls Colne (CO6)
• Fairstead (CM3)
• Faulkbourne (CM8)
• Feering (CO5)
• Finchingfield (CM7)
• Foxearth (CO10)
• Gestingthorpe (CO9)
• Gosfield (CO9)
• Great Bardfield (CM7)
• Great Henny (CO10)
• Great Maplestead (CO9)
• Great Saling (CM7)
• Great Yeldham (CO9)
• Greenstead Green (CO9)
• Halstead (CO9)
• Hatfield Peverel (CM3)
• Helions Bumpstead (CB9)
• Henny Street (CO10)
• High Garrett (CM7)
• Highstreet Green (CO9)
• Howe Street (CM7)
• Jasper's Green (CM7)
• Kelvedon (CO5)
• Knowl Green (CO10)
• Lamarsh (CO8)
• Liston (CO10)
• Little Maplestead (CO9)
• Little Yeldham (CO9)
• Middleton (CO10)
• Ovington (CO10)
• Oxen End (CM7)
• Panfield (CM7)
• Pattiswick (CM7)
• Pebmarsh (CO9)
• Pentlow (CO10)
• Pool Street (CO9)
• Puttock End (CO10)
• Rayne (CM7)
• Ridgewell (CO9)
• Rivenhall (CM8)
• Rivenhall End (CM8)
• Rodbridge Corner (CO10)
• Sackers Green (CO10)
• Shalford (CM7)
• Shalford Green (CM7)
• Sible Hedingham (CO9)
• Silver End (CM8)
• Stambourne (CO9)
• Steeple Bumpstead (CB9)
• Stisted (CM7)
• Sturmer (CB9)
• Terling (CM3)
• Toppesfield (CO9)
• Twinstead (CO10)
• Tye Green (CM7)
• Wethersfield (CM7)
• White Colne (CO6)
• White Notley (CM8)
• Whiteash Green (CO9)
• Wickham St Paul (CO9)
• Witham (CM8)

Councils near Braintree

• Colchester bin collection
• Uttlesford bin collection
• Chelmsford bin collection
• Babergh bin collection
• Maldon bin collection
• Tendring bin collection

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