Belfast: which bins go out tonight?
Find your bin collection schedule, what goes in each bin, and when it's collected in Belfast.
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What Belfast collects
Mixed recycling or cans
Recycling bin
What goes in:
- Aerosol cans
- Aluminium foil (clean)
- Biscuit tins
- Cardboard food boxes
- Cartons (including TetraPak)
- Dry, clean cardboard
- Empty plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays
- Food tins, drinks tins and cans (empty and clean)
- Magazine and catalogues
- Paper (no tissues)
- Soft back books
- Toilet roll tubes
- Clean aluminium foil
- Food and drink cans
- Food and drink cartons (for example, milk or juice)
- Plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays
- Cardboard
What doesn't go in:
- Batteries
- Hand tools
- Don’t put batteries, vapes or small electrical items in your bins or boxes as they can significantly increase the risk of fires in bins, lorries and at our sorting and recycling facilities.
- Sharps (needles, syringes and lancets) are clinical waste. You must not put this waste in any domestic bin or bring it to a recycling centre or civic amenity site. This waste could injure recycling and waste collection staff.
- Keep lids on bottles – we cannot take loose lids in recycling.
Belfast says: If you don’t put the right items in each bin or box, we cannot collect it.
Source: www.belfastcity.gov.uk
Glass
Glass recycling box
What goes in:
- Glass bottles and jars (you can leave lids and caps on the bottles and jars)
Source: www.belfastcity.gov.uk
Rubbish
General waste bin
What goes in:
- Tablet blister packs
- Broken glass
- Bubble wrap
- Cellophane wrapping
- Crisp bags and containers
- Nappies
- Period products
- Tissues
- Wipes
- Plastic cutlery
- Polystyrene foam
- Takeaway drinks containers
- Dog poo (in a plastic bag)
- Takeaway coffee cups
- Cling film
- Plastic bags and mixed rubbish
What doesn't go in:
- Don’t put batteries, vapes or small electrical items in your bins or boxes as they can significantly increase the risk of fires in bins, lorries and at our sorting and recycling facilities.
- Sharps (needles, syringes and lancets) are clinical waste. You must not put this waste in any domestic bin or bring it to a recycling centre or civic amenity site. This waste could injure recycling and waste collection staff.
Belfast says: If you’re not sure about something, check our recycling guide. If you’re still uncertain, put it in your general waste bin instead.
Source: www.belfastcity.gov.uk
Food and garden waste
Green food waste bin
What goes in:
- Bread, cake and pastries
- Fruit and vegetables
- Meat, fish and cheese
- Potato and vegetable peelings
- Rice, beans and pasta
- Teabags and coffee grounds
- Vegetables and vegetable peelings
- Any other leftover food
- Bones
- Bottle corks
- Cold ashes
- Eggshells
- Food waste
- Fruit and vegetable peelings
- Grass cuttings
- Hedge trimmings
- Leaves, twigs and small branches
- Paper napkins
- Plants and flowers
- Shredded paper
- Takeaway pizza boxes (torn up)
- Weeds
- Wet paper and wet cardboard
Belfast says: Collect food waste in food waste bags and put these in your food waste or compost bin.
Source: www.belfastcity.gov.uk
What Belfast says about bin day
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Belfast says don't put batteries, vapes or small electrical items in your bins or boxes, as they raise the risk of fires.
From Belfast's website (checked 2026-10-23)
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