How do I get a black/green bin?
The site manager should provide bins for you. Leeds City Council delivered a stack of bins to the estate for the builders to issue. If yours is missing or damaged, the site office usually has spares — it’s worth asking there first.
New homes can take a while to be added to the collection route - first check your bin day to see if your address is listed. If not, submit your address to be added to the council’s database. Leeds City Council will then confirm your address has been added, copying in Bin.Deliveries@leeds.gov.uk, who arrange for you to be added to the collection route.
- Write your house number on your bins, on the lid and on the body. It settles almost every dispute and makes it obvious when one has wandered.
Can I have an extra bin?#
- Extra green (recycling) bin — free, but conditional. The council considers your household size and your commitment to recycle more, and applications from here have been refused with “you don’t meet the criteria”. Request one by emailing bin.deliveries@leeds.gov.uk with your name and address.
- Extra black (general waste) bin — limited to two per qualifying household, and there’s the £30 admin charge. The online form asks how many people live in the house and whether anyone has additional needs that produce more waste. If you’re regularly overflowing, the council’s first answer will be to recycle more of it.
Order or replace a bin at leeds.gov.uk — order a new bin.