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Cheshire West and Chester: which bins go out tonight?

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What Cheshire West and Chester collects

Food waste

brown food bin

What goes in:

  • bread, cakes and pastries
  • dairy products (e.g. cheese and butter)
  • eggs and their shells
  • fruit and vegetables (raw and cooked)
  • meat and fish (raw and cooked including bones)
  • raw and cooked waste food
  • rice, pasta and beans
  • tea bags and coffee grounds
  • uneaten pet food

Cheshire West and Chester says: cooking oil (please ensure that you leave this out in a sealed container next to your food bin)

Source: www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

Garden waste

green bin

What goes in:

  • cut flowers
  • grass and hedge clippings
  • leaves
  • small branches (under 10cm) and twigs

Cheshire West and Chester says: Garden waste collections are now a chargeable service so you need to subscribe and pay for all your garden bins to be emptied by us.

Source: www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

Paper and cardboard

blue lidded bin

What goes in:

  • corrugated card (large amounts should be flat and folded)
  • cardboard (e.g cereal boxes, tea bag boxes)
  • cartons (tetrapaks)
  • envelopes with windows
  • paper
  • shredded paper

Cheshire West and Chester says: large amounts should be flat and folded

Source: www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

Mixed recycling or cans

red lidded bin

What goes in:

  • clean plastic bottles, lids, pots tubs, trays
  • glass bottles and jars (no broken glass, panes of glass or pyrex)
  • cans and tins (paint cans should be recycled at the recycling centres)
  • tin foil, foil trays
  • empty aerosols
  • black plastic packaging

Cheshire West and Chester says: paint cans should be recycled at the recycling centres

Source: www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

Rubbish

black bin

What goes in:

  • general waste (no construction or recycling waste)
  • polystyrene
  • pet waste

Cheshire West and Chester says: no construction or recycling waste

Source: www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

What Cheshire West and Chester says about bin day

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Cheshire West and Chester Council information last verified on 2026-10-21. This page is built from verified facts on Cheshire West and Chester's official website. Report if outdated