County Durham bin collection dates

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

Check your bin day in County Durham

Dates come from Durham County Council's own system. Binmap is not the council.

Large items collection from Durham County Council

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

Price: £24 for up to 6 small items or up to 3 large or DIY items, extra items £3 (small) or £6 (large). Boilers and water tanks £34. Checked 3 October 2026.

• Book a large items collection on Durham County Council's website

Missed bins and new bins: contact Durham County 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.

Durham County Council's website

• Durham County Council bin day page

Tips in Durham County Council's area

Binmap lists 12 tips in Durham County 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 County Durham

Recycling and reuse nearby

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

• 2 clothes banks
• 21 charity donation points
• 1 reuse shop

Guides for County Durham

• Recycling and reuse in Durham
• Tips in Durham
• Furniture donation and reuse in Durham
• Bottle banks in Durham
• Clothes banks in Durham
• Electrical recycling in Durham

Areas Durham County Council covers

Durham County Council collects in 25 postcode districts.

These 9 are shared with a neighbouring council. If you live in one, check which council collects from your address.

• DH3
• DH4
• DH8
• DL2
• DL5
• DL11
• NE16
• TS21
• TS27

Postcode districts in Durham County Council's area

• DH1 bin collection dates
• DH2 bin collection dates
• DH3 bin collection dates
• DH7 bin collection dates
• DH8 bin collection dates
• DL16 bin collection dates
• DL17 bin collection dates
• SR8 bin collection dates
• TS27 bin collection dates

Towns in Durham County Council's area

• Recycling in Peterlee
• Recycling in Durham
• Recycling in Chester-le-Street
• Recycling in Bishop Auckland
• Recycling in Newton Aycliffe
• Recycling in Consett
• Recycling in Spennymoor
• Recycling in Crook
• Recycling in Seaham
• Recycling in Barnard Castle

Neighbouring councils

• Sunderland bin collection dates
• Hartlepool bin collection dates
• Darlington bin collection dates
• Eden bin collection dates
• North Yorkshire bin collection dates

About these dates

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

If a date looks wrong, check it on Durham County Council's website.

Last updated: 15 October 2026