North East bin collections
12 councils collect household bins in North East, serving about 2,700,000 people. Pick yours to find the official bin day checker.
- County Durham Unitary authority
- Darlington Unitary authority
- Gateshead Metropolitan district
- Hartlepool Unitary authority
- Middlesbrough Unitary authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne Metropolitan district
- North Tyneside Metropolitan district
- Northumberland Unitary authority
- Redcar and Cleveland Unitary authority
- South Tyneside Metropolitan district
- Stockton-on-Tees Unitary authority
- Sunderland Metropolitan district
How bins work in North East
Every council in North East is single-tier, so the same council collects your bins and runs the local recycling centres, sometimes through a joint waste authority shared with neighbouring councils.
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