Huge shake up for Birmingham bin collections - here's when each ward is due to see collections reduced

Huge changes to Birmingham bin collections are on their way and could be introduced for some residents as early as this April.

Crisis-hit Birmingham City Council plans to transform waste collection has been described as a key part of its recovery plan and aim to significantly reduce costs.

Last year, the authority proposed moving from a weekly to a fortnightly collection of residual waste as part of an unprecedented budget which sparked dismay for many Brummies.

A recently-published council report has confirmed the change will be introduced on a ‘phased basis’ from April 2025.

A weekly food waste collection service will also be brought in as well as a second recycling bin which would be used by residents specifically for paper and card.

“The introduction of these new services and containers will be on a phased roll

out across the 69 wards commencing in April 2025,” it said.

“The current schedule plans to be completed by the end of November and will be done on a ward-by-ward basis.”

The schedule, found below, shows areas served by the Perry Barr depot are set to be the first to see the new changes introduced between April and June.

It means the collection of residual waste could become fortnightly in the Sutton Mere Green and Sutton Four Oaks wards in around three months’ time.

Areas served by the Lifford depot, such as Longbridge and West Heath, Northfield, Allens Cross and Frankley Great Park, may not see these changes until later this year in November.

Coun Majid Mahmood, cabinet member for environment and transport, previously said the changes would provide Brummies “with a better waste collection service that is in line with other councils”.

“I know some residents are concerned about moving to a fortnightly residual waste service, but this will not be introduced until we have the food waste collections, meaning people will have less general waste,” he said.

”There will be a phased introduction and we will be communicating all the changes to residents.”

He said during a cabinet meeting last year that residents who could not accommodate an extra recycling bin would be offered a reusable sack.

The council agreed to a wave of proposed cuts, and the move to a fortnightly residual waste service, last year after facing Birmingham-specific issues, such as an equal pay fiasco and the disastrous implementation of a new IT and finance system, as well as other factors such as the rising demand for services and funding cuts.

The council’s planned schedule for when these changes to bin collections are set to be introduced can be found below.

Depot // Ward

April

Perry Barr // Sutton Mere Green

Perry Barr // Sutton Four Oaks

May

Perry Barr // Sutton Roughley

Perry Barr // Sutton Trinity

Perry Barr // Sutton Reddicap

Perry Barr // Sutton Vesey

Perry Barr // Sutton Wylde Green

Perry Barr // Sutton Walmley & Minworth

Perry Barr // Castle Vale

Perry Barr // Pype Hayes

Perry Barr // Gravelly Hill

Perry Barr // Erdington

Perry Barr // Stockland Green

Perry Barr // Perry Common

June

Perry Barr // Kingstanding

Perry Barr // Oscott

Perry Barr // Perry Barr

Perry Barr // Handsworth Wood

Perry Barr // Birchfield

Perry Barr // Handsworth

Atlas/Perry Barr // Holyhead

Atlas/Perry Barr // Lozells

Atlas/Perry Barr // Aston

Atlas // Soho & Jewellery Quarter

Atlas // Newtown

July

Atlas // Ladywood

Atlas // Nechells

Atlas // Alum Rock

Atlas // Ward End

Atlas // Bromford & Hodge Hill

Atlas // Shard End

Atlas // Glebe Farm & Tile Cross

Atlas // Garretts Green

Atlas // Yardley East

August

Atlas // Yardley West & Stechford

Atlas // Heartlands

Atlas // Bordesley & Highgate

Atlas // Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East

Atlas // Bordesley Green

Atlas // Small Heath

Atlas // Tyseley & Hay Mills

Atlas // South Yardley

Atlas // Sheldon

Atlas // Acocks Green

Atlas // Hall Green North

September

Atlas // Hall Green South

Atlas // Sparkhill

Atlas // Moseley

Atlas/Lifford // Balsall Heath West

Atlas/Lifford // Brandwood & King’s Heath

Atlas/Lifford // North Edgbaston

Lifford // Billesley

Lifford // Bournbrook & Selly Park

October

Lifford // Druids Heath & Monyhull

Lifford // Edgbaston

Lifford // Highter’s Heath

Lifford // Stirchley

Lifford // Quinton

Lifford // Harborne

Lifford // Bartley Green

Lifford // Weoley & Selly Oak

Lifford // Bournville & Cotteridge

November

Lifford // King’s Norton North

Lifford // King’s Norton South

Lifford // Longbridge & West Heath

Lifford // Northfield

Lifford // Allens Cross

Lifford // Frankley Great Park

Lifford // Rubery & Rednal