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Recycling, rubbish and wasteHousehold waste collection

The household waste collection service provides a kerbside collection of household waste and recycling from domestic properties.

99% of households in Barnsley receive a segregated weekly collection with garden waste, cardboard, glass, cans and paper collected one week for recycling and the grey bin containing the rest of the household waste, mainly for landfill, is collected the following week. We have recently introduced a plastic bottle recycling and these can be placed into your brown bin.

All properties should have a wheeled bin or refuse sacks for household waste and variety of bins are available for recycling.  Flats and houses of multiple occupancy are usually supplied with communal waste and recycling containers.

Collection takes place on a four-day-week from Tuesday to Friday (some new properties and flats are collected on a Saturday) and you will have received stickers with details of collection dates for your property. The stickers include information regarding collections over Bank Holidays, Christmas and New Year. In addition, we have introduced a new service that enables residents to view their collection details online, by using the 'When will my bins be emptied' webpage.

For further information visit Barnsley Councils Household Waste Collection page.

Household waste – domestic bin provision

Barnsley Council operate an alternative weekly collection with general waste for landfill collected one week and recycling collected on the alternative week.

Each household should have the following:

  • A grey 240 litre bin for general waste. 
  • A green bin for garden waste and cardboard.  The green bin is available in two sizes. The standard issue bin is 240 litres and there is a smaller 140 litre bin for those properties without gardens or with limited storage space. For more information please see the related content section.
  • A blue bin or bag: for recycling paper, magazines etc
  • A brown bin or green box: for recycling cans and glass bottles/jars.

For further information please visit Barnsley Councils Household waste – domestic bin provision page.

Household waste special collections for large items

Special arrangements can be made to collect items that are too large for normal waste collections from any domestic premise in Barnsley. This would include items such as household furniture, beds, mattresses and large electrical items.

The bulky items collection service costs are as follows:

  • £5 per item (includes fridges or freezers) 
  • £10 for up to four items 
  • £15 for five items 
  • £20 for six to eight items 
  • £25 for nine items 
  • £30 for ten to 12 items (maximum 12 items in one collection).

For further information visit Barnsley Councils Household waste special collections for large items page.

Household waste recycling centres

Barnsley Council provides four household waste recycling centres to enable local residents to recycle / dispose of unwanted household waste free of charge.  These are located as follows:

  • West St, Worsbrough Dale, S70 5DJ
  • Smithies Lane, Barnsley S71 1NL
  • Nicholas Lane, Highgate, Goldthorpe S63 9AT
  • Springvale, Penistone   S36 6HH

Commercial waste is not accepted at these sites. 

For further information and opening hours please visit the Barnsley Council Household waste recycling centres webpage.

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