No change to Rugby’s existing bin collections, only food waste

The one change going ahead is the introduction of food waste collections, starting Monday 6 July 2026. These will be collected on the day specified on the envelopes residents received with their caddies. 

Originally, from 6 July onwards the council intended that residents’ bins would be collected on a revised timetable that planned to collect each resident’s bins on the same day each week, providing consistency and regularity.

This reorganisation has been paused because changes needed at the Hunters Lane waste collection depot will take more time to complete.

The council will write to residents again before any future changes to collection days are introduced. 

The food waste collection service is being introduced as advertised, and the collection day was specified in the collection calendar delivered to residents with their food waste caddies. 

Councillor Sam Edwards, Portfolio holder for Environment and Climate, said: "We would rather be straight with residents: the work we needed to complete at the depot in order to reorganise the borough’s waste collections is not finished. As a result, we will not be changing anyone’s collections at this time.  

"Blue-lid, black-lid, and green garden waste bins will be collected as they currently are, and we will introduce the food waste caddy collections from Monday 6 July as planned."

Residents can find the most up-to-date information on their bin collections by downloading the free council app at rugby.gov.uk/app.