Fylde: which bins go out tonight?
Find your bin collection schedule, what goes in each bin, and when it's collected in Fylde.
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What Fylde collects
Mixed recycling or cans
Blue Bin / Green Box
What goes in:
- Plastic bottles – drinks, cosmetic, toiletry and detergent (including lids)
- Plastic pots - yoghurt, soup, dairy, snack (including lids)
- Plastic tubs - margarine, ice cream, chocolate/biscuit, detergent (including lids)
- Plastic trays – meat, dairy, fruit and vegetables (including lids, remove film lids and absorbent pads from meat trays)
- Plastic plant pots (without plant/soil)
- Glass bottles and jars (including lids)
- Empty aerosols
- Clean aluminium foil and foil trays
- Drink cans and food tins
- Toothpaste tubes
- Waxed food and drink cartons (such as juice, milk and soup)
What doesn't go in:
- Plastic carrier bags – place items loose in the bin/box
- Plastic film, wrappings, bags, bubble wrap
- Polystyrene
- Food, nappies, wet wipes, tissues
- Paper /cardboard – place in the brown bin/blue bag
- Crockery, pans, cutlery
- Glass panes, Pyrex glass, drinking glass
Fylde says: Please ensure all items are rinsed before placing in the recycling bin / box
Source: new.fylde.gov.uk
Paper and cardboard
Brown Bin / Blue Bag
What goes in:
- All cardboard (food packaging boxes, toiletry and cosmetic boxes, detergent boxes, delivery boxes and toilet/kitchen roll tubes
- Newspapers and magazines
- Shredded paper
- Envelopes – plain and window
- Junk Mail
- Brochures and catalogues
- Greeting cards and wrapping paper (no foil)
- New cardboard based Pringles tubs (please remove foil and lid)
What doesn't go in:
- Plastic carrier bags – place items loose in the bin/bag
- Plastic film, wrappings, bags, bubble wrap
- Polystyrene
- Food, nappies, wet wipes, tissues
- Waxed food and drinks cartons including milk, juice and soup - please place in the blue bin/green box
- Glass bottle/jars, cans, plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays – please place in the blue bin/green box
- Wallpaper
Fylde says: Please place all items loose in the blue, brown and green bins
Source: new.fylde.gov.uk
Garden waste
Green Bin
What goes in:
- Grass cuttings, hedge trimmings and garden waste
- Leaves, flowers, plants and weeds please remove soil from roots before placing in bin)
- Garden prunings
- Wood shavings and bark
- Twigs and small branches
- Real Christmas trees (chopped up)
- Straw animal bedding
What doesn't go in:
- Plastic carrier bags – please place all items loose in bin
- Plastic containers (including plant pots)
- Food, oils and liquids
- Soil, rubble and sand
- General waste including food
- Large branches & pieces of wood (including trees and tree roots)
- Cardboard
- Cat litter and dog faeces
- Artificial Christmas trees and decorations
Fylde says: This is an optional chargeable service
Source: new.fylde.gov.uk
Rubbish
Grey Bin
What goes in:
- Food waste
- Nappies, wet wipes, tissues
- Plastic film, wrappings, bags, bubble wrap
- Polystyrene
- Cat litter and dog faeces (bagged)
What doesn't go in:
- Hardcore, rubble
- Plasterboard
- Asbestos
- Electrical items
- Paint cans
- Oil drums
- Soil
Fylde says: The grey bin should only be used for household waste that cannot be recycled. Extra bags left at the side of the grey bin will not be collected.
Source: new.fylde.gov.uk
Food waste
Grey Bin
What doesn't go in:
- Hardcore, rubble
- Plasterboard
- Asbestos
- Electrical items
- Paint cans
- Oil drums
- Soil
Fylde says: The grey bin should only be used for household waste that cannot be recycled.
Source: new.fylde.gov.uk
What Fylde says about bin day
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Fylde says all items should be rinsed before they go in the recycling bin or box.
From Fylde's website (checked 2026-10-21)
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Fylde says the grey bin is emptied one week and the blue, brown and green bins the next.
From Fylde's website (checked 2026-10-21)
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Fylde says to put your containers out at the edge of your property by 7.00am on collection day.
From Fylde's website (checked 2026-10-21)
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