Blackpool: which bins go out tonight?
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What Blackpool collects
Mixed recycling or cans
Blue lid bin
What goes in:
- 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
- Tetra style cartons including milk, juice, soups and plant-based drinks - Caps can be left on
What doesn't go in:
- Broken glass
- Window glass
- Polystyrene
- Plastic toys
- Any other plastic
Blackpool says: Extra recycling waste will be taken if left in an open bag next to your recycling bin or sack.
Source: www.blackpool.gov.uk
Garden waste
Green lid bin
What goes in:
- Grass, tree and hedge cuttings
- Twigs, bark and leaves
- Straw and hay
- Flowers and plants
- Small branches
What doesn't go in:
- Turf, soil, compost
- Bricks, stone or rubble
- Wood, including fence panels, supports and furniture
- Food waste, including fruit, vegetables and peelings
Blackpool says: No side waste will be taken.
Source: www.blackpool.gov.uk
Paper and cardboard
Brown lid bin
What goes in:
- 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
What doesn't go in:
- Wallpaper
- Books
- Tetra style packs (you can place these in your blue-lidded bin)
- Drinks cartons (you can place these in your blue-lidded bin)
- Fast food packaging such as pizza or burger boxes
Blackpool says: 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
Source: www.blackpool.gov.uk
Food waste
Food waste bin
What goes in:
- 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- Out-of-date or mouldy food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
Blackpool says: Food waste caddies will be collected from the front of your property, even if the rest of your bins are collected from the back of your property or you are on an end of alley collection. Please leave it in a prominent position so it can be seen
Source: www.blackpool.gov.uk
Rubbish
Grey lid bin
What goes in:
- The grey lidded bin is for your domestic waste which cannot be recycled.
What doesn't go in:
- Please do not put any electrical items, paint, asbestos, rubble, soil, plasterboard or any other hazardous waste inside your grey bin.
Blackpool says: 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.
Source: www.blackpool.gov.uk
What Blackpool says about bin day
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Blackpool says not to mix your waste, and to make sure you put the right things in the right bin.
From Blackpool's website (checked 2026-10-21)
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Blackpool says it can't collect a bin if it has the wrong material in it.
From Blackpool's website (checked 2026-10-21)
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Blackpool says to put dead batteries in a tied plastic bag on top of your grey bin for the usual collection.
From Blackpool's website (checked 2026-10-21)
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Blackpool says to break down and fold all cardboard boxes before presenting them for collection.
From Blackpool's website (checked 2026-10-21)
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