What goes in my bin

Your blue lidded bin is used for recycling glass, cans and plastic

Yes please

• Cans
• Food tins (bean tins, biscuit tins)
• Aluminium foil
• Foil trays
• Aerosols including deodorant cans and air fresheners
• Glass bottles of any colour
• Glass jars of any colour
• Plastic bottles
• Solid lids on pots tubs and trays
• Pots (yogurt, soup)
• Tubs (margarine, ice cream)
• Trays/punnets (raw meat or ham trays, take-away trays,fruit /veg trays) - please remove remove any plastic film
• Chocolate and biscuit tubs and trays
• Plant pots - please remove plants and soil

No thanks

• Broken glass
• Window glass
• Polystyrene
• Plastic toys
• Any other plastic

Extra recycling waste will be taken if left in an open bag next to your recycling bin or sack.

Green bin collections are by subscription only.

Find out more about Green and Go garden waste collection service.

Your green bin is for recycling garden waste

Yes please

• Grass, tree and hedge cuttings
• Twigs, bark and leaves
• Straw and hay
• Flowers and plants
• Small branches

No thanks

• Turf, soil, compost
• Bricks, stone or rubble
• Wood, including fence panels, supports and furniture
• Food waste, including fruit, vegetables and peelings

No side waste will be taken.

Your brown recycling bin or bag is for recycling paper and cardboard

Yes please

• Brochures and catalogues
• Cardboard packaging e.g. shoe boxes, egg boxes, appliance packaging - Large boxes need to be broken down and folded so we can collect them. Also please remove any polystyrene
• Directories e.g. Yellow Pages
• Envelopes-any colour and windowed
• Greeting cards
• Junk mail
• Newspapers and magazines
• Office paper

No thanks

• Wallpaper
• Books
• Tetra style packs
• Drinks cartons
• Fast food packaging such as pizza or burger boxes

Extra recycling waste will be taken if left in an open bag next to your recycling bin or sack. Please break-down and fold all cardboard boxes before presenting for collection

New/replacement brown bins/bags

If you have just moved to the area or if you have lost your brown bag, you can request a brown sack online.

Blackpool Council offers a textile recycling collection alongside your fortnightly recycling bin collections. The income generated is shared between local charities and also helps support the running of the service.

• Collections must be pre-booked
• You can request a collection using the online form
• Textile recycling is only available in bin recycling areas
• Textile sacks should be presented by 7.30am for collection on the next working day. They will be collected within 48 hours
• Collections operate Monday to Friday, between 7.30am and 4.00pm
• Textiles must be presented in a Blackpool Council textile sack, or, in a bag with a note stating “Textiles for Blackpool Council” attached
• On collection, we will leave you with a textile sack for any future bookings
• A different vehicle collects your textile sack from your recycling containers

Items accepted

The following items can be recycled in your textile sack:

• Clothes
• Belts
• Handbags
• Rucksacks
• Shoes
• Hats

Please do not put any bric-a-brac, curtains or bedding inside your sack.

Request textile sacks

To request textile sacks, complete the form and we'll deliver them within 3 working days.

The grey lidded bin is for your domestic waste which cannot be recycled.

Please do not put any electrical items, paint, asbestos, rubble, soil, plasterboard or any other hazardous waste inside your grey bin.

Bags of general waste left outside of your container will not be collected and they may be considered litter, and you could be issued with a fixed penalty notice.

If your property is not suitable for wheeled bins or our vehicles have difficulty in accessing your street to collect wheeled bins your waste will be collected by a weekly waste sack (red bag) collection.

You will be provided a number of sacks on a weekly basis. You should present your sacks for collection by 7.00am on your scheduled collection date.

Please do not place sacks out before the collection date as this will be considered as littering and you may be subject to a fine or prosecution.

Seagull sacks

We do provide seagull proof sacks to place your bin bags in for collection. If you would like to know more about these, please our seagull sack page

Properties that cannot accommodate wheeled bins or our vehicles are unable to access, will have a weekly collection of sacks.

In order to help us prevent litter and scavenging animals, if you do not have wheeled bins, please ensure that you always use a seagull-proof refuse sack when you put out your sacks for collection.

Reusable seagull-proof refuse sacks are available free of charge, to properties that aren't suitable for wheeled bins. To order one please contact us on 01253 477477.

You can help our collection crews by only placing bagged waste into the seagull-proof sacks and by ensuring that it will be easy to lift the bags out of the sack without needing to untie the handles.

Please bring your seagull-proof sack back inside as soon after your collection as possible. We would advise you to mark your property name or number on the bag to help you identify it.

Items not collected in a 'seagull sack'

Items that are not collected and should not be placed in your seagull proof bag include:

• Hardcore and rubble
• Waste from building/construction work
• Hazardous waste
• Electrical items

These items should be taken to the Household Waste and Recycling Centre on Bristol Avenue

A vast amount of single use batteries are often discarded in the general waste bin, which sees them end up in landfill or at an energy waste facility.

This can cause long-lasting, damaging effects to the climate, as chemicals including:

• Lead
• Cadmium
• Zinc
• Lithium
• Mercury

Residents are able to present household batteries for recycling along with their household waste collection.

How we will collect

Residents should put their dead batteries in a tied plastic bag and place this on top of their grey bin for the usual fortnightly collection date.

Along with all local authorities we will be introducing a weekly food waste collection from April 2026.

What we can collect

Your food waste collection will be for:

• All uneaten food and plate scrapings
• Baked goods like bread, cakes and pastries
• Dairy products
• Eggs and eggshells
• Fruit and vegetables including raw and cooked vegetables and peelings
• Out-of-date or mouldy food
• Pet food
• Raw and cooked meat or fish, including bones
• Tea bags and coffee grounds

Bin rollout

Early in 2026 we will begin to deliver your new food waste collection containers. You will receive:

• A 7 litre kitchen caddy to keep inside
• A 23 litre bin to keep outside
• A roll of recycled liners for your kitchen caddy

We'll let you know when we will start delivering the new containers and when collections will start nearer the time.