Chelmsford bin collection dates

Enter your postcode and pick your address to see the next date for each bin Chelmsford City Council collects from you.

Check your bin day in Chelmsford

Dates come from Chelmsford City Council's own system. Binmap is not the council.

Bins Chelmsford City Council collects

The council's system returned these bin names in 10 successful lookups. Your address may not have all of them.

The names are the council's own. Its website says what goes in each bin.

• Food waste
• Black bin
• Green box
• Card sack
• Brown bin
• Plastics and cartons

Large items collection from Chelmsford City Council

The council collects large household items, such as furniture and appliances, from homes.

Price: £31 for the first item, £13.60 for each additional item. Corner sofas count as two items. Checked 3 October 2026.

• Book a large items collection on Chelmsford City Council's website

Missed bins and new bins: contact Chelmsford City Council

Report a missed bin, ask for a new bin, or ask about garden waste on the council's website. Binmap cannot do these for you.

Chelmsford City Council's website

• Chelmsford City Council bin day page

Tips in Chelmsford City Council's area

Binmap lists 2 tips in Chelmsford City Council's area.

Many tips take only residents of the area that runs them, and some need a booking. Each tip's page says what it needs.

Tips by distance from the middle of Chelmsford

Recycling and reuse nearby

Besides tips, Binmap lists these places in Chelmsford City Council's area for things your bins do not take.

• 1 clothes bank
• 11 charity donation points
• 1 reuse shop

Guides for Chelmsford

• Recycling and reuse in Chelmsford
• Tips in Chelmsford
• Furniture donation and reuse in Chelmsford
• Bottle banks in Chelmsford
• Clothes banks in Chelmsford

Areas Chelmsford City Council covers

Chelmsford City Council collects in 6 postcode districts.

These 5 are shared with a neighbouring council. If you live in one, check which council collects from your address.

• CM1
• CM3
• CM4
• CM11
• SS11

Postcode districts in Chelmsford City Council's area

• CM1 bin collection dates
• CM3 bin collection dates
• CM4 bin collection dates

Towns in Chelmsford City Council's area

• Recycling in Runwell
• Recycling in Chelmsford

Neighbouring councils

• Maldon bin collection dates
• Braintree bin collection dates
• Basildon bin collection dates
• Rochford bin collection dates
• Epping Forest bin collection dates
• Uttlesford bin collection dates

About these dates

The latest successful Chelmsford lookup in Binmap's records was on 4 September 2026.

Binmap asks the council again once a result is a week old.

If a date looks wrong, check it on Chelmsford City Council's website.

Last updated: 15 October 2026