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Bin Replacements Autumn 2025

We're replacing 90% of our bins this autumn!

The new bins will be delivered between September and December 2025, with further detail in a letter from us about this that you should already have received.

See below for a list of the next roads upcoming for replacement.

The change will see the old type of 'diamond' type bins across Bromsgrove District replaced with UK standard 'comb' type bins, as shown below. The first image below illustrates the diamond type bins, which feature a large pocket on the outside. The second image illustrates the new comb type bins, which do not.

Old Diamond Type Bin

Old 'diamond' type, will be replaced, follow instructions below

UK Standard Comb Type Bin

UK standard 'comb' type, will stay, no action required

What will happen?

We will soon be unable to empty the old type bins, so it’s essential that your old bin is presented for collection and replacement. If you already have the comb style bin as shown above then your bins will not be swapped, and you can continue to use them as normal.

  • Your new comb type bin will arrive before or at the same time as your old bin is collected.
  • Collections will continue as normal during the rollout.
  • Please keep placing your bins out weekly, even if they’re only partially full.

If your new bin arrives before your next collection, use your old bin as usual, and after it’s emptied, leave it out. A separate crew will collect it. If your bin hasn’t been collected by the following day, then please return your bin to your property and repeat the process on your next collection.

Rolling schedule of upcoming bin replacements

For the weeks commencing September 15 and 22

Check back for the next update on Friday September 26

Here are the roads where we’ll be replacing bins next. That’s both types of bin, grey and green, on your usual bin day for each type of bin. Just keep using your old bin as normal, except leave it out until 5pm on bin day so it can be collected.

We’ll update this fortnightly, so you know where we’re coming to next.

! Important caveat !

Not every house on the roads listed below will necessarily receive a replacement bin in these two weeks. This is because these bin replacements are following what we call our ‘bin rounds’ (to prevent disruption to your collections).

Bin rounds are carefully-planned routes that our crews follow to collect waste efficiently. Each round covers a specific group of homes. We currently operate 10 rounds, each covering roughly 10% of the district.

Some roads, especially longer ones, span multiple rounds. This means your home might be on a road listed here for bin replacement, but if your section of that road falls into a different round, then your bin will be replaced at a later date.

What that means for you:

    • If your road seems to show the wrong bin day (e.g. it says Tuesday when you are on a Wednesday), then you are on a different bin round. You will be scheduled in the future. Stay tuned! Your bin will be replaced on a normal bin day for you.
    • If your bin wasn’t replaced even though your road was listed, then like above, you are on a different bin round. You will be scheduled in the future, so stay tuned.
    • If your neighbours got new bins but you didn’t, and you believe you’re in the same round as them, please get in touch so we can look into it.

Thank you for your patience while we work through this massive upgrade across the district.

Weeks commencing September 15 and 22 (Round 1)

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
ALVESTON ROAD ALCESTER ROAD AMPHLETT CLOSE (CYPRUS COURT)
BERRYMOUND VIEW BADGER WAY BEECHES MEWS ALDER WAY
CAMBRIA CLOSE BIRKDALE AVENUE BENNETT DRIVE BLACKWOOD ROAD
CHANTRY CLOSE BRIAR CLOSE BRAKE MILL BLENHEIM CRESCENT
CORBETT ROAD BROOKHOUSE ROAD BROADWATERS DRIVE BROOM CLOSE
CROPTHORNE DRIVE BUTTERCUP DRIVE BROOK CRESCENT CEDAR DRIVE
DOUGLAS ROAD CORNMILL GARDENS BROOKLAND ROAD CENTRAL ROAD
DRAWBRIDGE ROAD DALE HILL BROOME LANE CHAPEL STREET
DRAWBRIDGE ROAD DALE HILL BROOME LANE CHAPEL STREET
DYAS ROAD DALE LANE CREED CLOSE COLLEGE ROAD
EASTON GROVE DEANSCROFT DRIVE DUGDALE CLOSE DRAYTON COURT
FENTON ROAD FAIRWAYS DRIVE DURRANT MEWS EAST ROAD
FORDS ROAD FERNDALE GATE DYAS CLOSE FORDHOUSE ROAD
GREENWAY CLOSE FOXES CLOSE FERNDALE CLOSE HOPGARDENS AVENUE
HASLUCKS GREEN ROAD FOXGLOVE WAY FRITH CLOSE HOUSEMAN PARK
HEATH ROAD GLENEAGLES DRIVE JADE DRIVE MARLBOROUGH AVENUE
HOLLYWOOD DRIVE GREEN HILL CLOSE KIDDERMINSTER RD STH MARLBOROUGH COURT
HOLLYWOOD LANE GREENHILL KIDDERMINSTER ROAD MERIDIAN PLACE
KENWAY HAMILTON CLOSE KIDDERMINSTER ROAD NEW ROAD
LEE ROAD HILL RISE VIEW LUCKETT CLOSE NORTH ROAD
LINT MEADOW HILLVIEW CLOSE MAURICE CLOSE OAKALLS AVENUE
LITTLEMEAD ROAD HILLVIEW ROAD MILL POOL OAKHURST DRIVE
LYNBROOK CLOSE KIMBOLTON DRIVE NEWFIELD GARDENS PLANETREE CLOSE
MILL CLOSE LAUREL BANK MEWS NEWFIELD PLACE RUTLAND DRIVE
NURSERY GARDENS LINEHOUSE LANE NEWFIELD ROAD SCHOOL DRIVE
PETERBROOK ROAD LINTHURST NEWTOWN ORCHARD CLOSE SLIDESLOW AVENUE
RICHMOND CLOSE LINTHURST ROAD PEARMAIN GARDENS SPRINGFIELD AVENUE
ROLAN DRIVE LITTLEHEATH LANE PINEWOODS AVENUE STONEY HILL CLOSE
ROSEBRIARS LONG MEADOW ROAD PINEWOODS CLOSE STRATFORD GARDENS
ROWBROOK CLOSE LOWER SHEPLEY LANE PRICE CLOSE STRATFORD ROAD
RUSHLEIGH ROAD MEADOWVALE ROAD REITENBACH GROVE STRATFORD ROAD
SIMON ROAD PRIMROSE CLOSE RYEFIELD CLOSE SUNNYMEAD
THE FORDROUGH PUMPHOUSE LANE SOUTH GARDENS WENDRON CLOSE
THREE CORNER CLOSE RIVERSIDE CLOSE SOUTH ROAD WEST ROAD
TRUEMANS HEATH LANE SHEPLEY ROAD STAKENBRIDGE LANE WINDSOR GARDENS
WINDRUSH ROAD SPIREHOUSE LANE THICKNALL LANE WINDSOR STREET
- ST CATHERINES CLOSE TODD GARDENS -
- STATION ROAD WESTERN DRIVE -
- TANGLEWOOD CLOSE WESTERN ROAD -
- THE AVENUE WOODCHESTER -
- THE GLEN WORCESTER ROAD -
- WENTWORTH DRIVE WORCESTER ROAD -
- WOODCROFT CLOSE - -

Why is this happening?

Bromsgrove is the only district in the country that still uses the old style of wheelie bin. To collect them our trucks need a specialist attachment, and this has become an issue.

  • We cannot buy new vehicles or equipment that work with them.
  • We cannot hire backup trucks when breakdowns occur.
  • Our ageing trucks cannot be replaced without switching bin types.

Replacing your old type bin with the type used across the rest of the country helps us to continue your weekly collections and ensure long-term reliability.

All residents that currently have diamond type bins as shown above are going to be provided with 240l bins: one bin for refuse, one for recycling, and one for garden waste (if subscribed - brown bins will be replaced later, ahead of the 2026 garden waste season).

Use this link to request additional grey bins.

Use this link to request a replacement green bin owing to loss or damage. 

As we are swapping over the majority of bins in the district, we are also making some changes to standardise them:

  • Size: all new bins will be a standard 240 litre capacity
  • Lids: bin lids will be coloured according to the type of waste: grey for refuse, green for recycling, and brown for garden waste.
  • Bodies: all new bins will have a grey body, regardless of lid colour, as the below image shows.
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How to use your bin

The lid colours will show you what type of waste to put in each bin.

Green lid: your recycling bin, for recyclable items such as paper, card, tins and cans, glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles, pots tubs and trays and milk and juice cartons. Learn more about what can be recycled in your green-lid bin (or refer to our recycling leaflet)

Read our recycling top tips to get the most out of your recycling bin!

Grey lid: your refuse bin, for non-recyclable or compostable waste.

Brown lid: for subscribers to our Garden Waste service, this is for grass and hedge cuttings and plants. Remember, existing comb-style bins will not be swapped. Not subscribed yet? Take advantage of our excellent value for money garden waste service now!

 

Frequently Asked Questions

If you have questions about the different bins being provided, you can find answers to some frequently asked questions below. 

You can now check the next roads we are coming to on a rolling plan on our website. It shows the current streets we're coming to next, and we’ll update it fortnightly.

The current type of bin was introduced nearly 20 years ago, using funding from the Government. At the time there were two common types: diamond lift (what you currently have) and comb lift (what we’re introducing). Over the years, the comb lift has proven to be the more cost-effective option, so they have become industry standard. Until recently this was not a problem. Now we have no option but to replace them so we can continue to deliver a high-quality service for our residents.

Costs to maintain the current bins have risen over the years – maintenance, purchasing, associated equipment. We’re now at a point where our vehicles are due to be replaced and the attachments, we need to continue collecting the diamond bins are not available for the new trucks. The simplest and best long-term solution for our crews and residents is to roll out new comb lift bins for everyone.

Yes. The current standard capacity is 240 litres; the new standard bins are the same.

Your new grey bins will look the same: grey body and lid. Recycling bins will have a grey body and green lid and if you are subscribed to the garden waste service the new bin will be grey body and brown lid.

Please continue to put your bins out as normal. Once a new bin is delivered, please leave your old bin out for emptying and removal as part of the next scheduled collection. If your old bin hasn’t been removed by 5pm on your scheduled collection day, please return it to your property and repeat the same process for the following collection.

Your new bins will be delivered to wherever you usually place your bins for collection or within your property boundary where possible.

Yes, we will take care of everything. The collection crew will collect your bins from your property and empty them as normal, and the new bins will be returned to your normal bin storage area.

Our standard service is to provide one bin for residual waste, and one for recycling. If you require additional recycling capacity, please visit Request a green bin and complete the application form.

Additional grey bins are only issued in exceptional circumstances. Please ensure you are recycling as much as possible to create capacity in your grey bin. Further information on what can be recycled can be found in the leaflet included or at What to put in the green bin | Worcestershire County Council

If you wish to enquire about additional grey bin capacity, please visit our website www.bromsgrove.gov.uk/NewBins2025

You can start to use your new bins immediately and present them for collection on your next collection date. There are no changes to your existing collection schedule.

Our contractor, Jett, will be following our collection crews and removing your old stye bin once it is empty. Jett will only remove the emptied bin (grey or green depending on the week) and will return on your next scheduled collection day to remove the other bin.

To meet deadlines our contractor will, in some cases, be delivering bins ahead of removing your old bins. Your old bins will be removed on your collection day over a two weekly collection period. You can still use both new and old bins until the old bins have been collected.

A new fleet of vehicles will start arriving in November/December and will be brought into service on collection routes where the bins have been swapped.

If you have the old-style brown bin, then this will also be swapped before the 2026 collection season starts. We will prioritise replacement of grey and green bins initially and then look to replace Garden Waste bins once these have been completed.

No, if you already have comb lift style bins then you will retain these bins and use them as normal.

They will be recycled, with the plastic body of the bin ground down and used in the manufacture of new wheelie bins.

We're regularly updating the information on this web page, and posting about this on our social media channels too - check us out on Instagram and Facebook.

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