Milton Keynes: which bins go out tonight?
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What Milton Keynes collects
Paper and cardboard
red lid wheelie bin and red recycling sack
What goes in:
- cards
- cardboard
- catalogues
- clean pizza boxes
- envelopes, including window envelopes
- leaflets
- newspapers
- shredded paper (shred as little as possible, preferably just the bit of paper with the sensitive information on it)
What doesn't go in:
- laminated paper
- nappies (disposable or biodegradable)
- disposable or compostable coffee cups
- padded envelopes
- PPE disposable face masks
- tissues, kitchen roll or cotton wool
- clothes, fabric or rags
- broken glass or china
- clothes, fabric or rags
- broken glass or china
Milton Keynes says: Please note, recyclable items should be placed into the red lid wheelie bin loose.
Source: www.milton-keynes.gov.uk
Mixed recycling or cans
blue lid wheelie bin and blue recycling sack
What goes in:
- bottles - drinks and milk bottles. Wash, squash and lid back on
- cleaning product bottles, including those with pumps and triggers
- plastic pots, tubs and trays, including black plastic and ready meal containers
- lids - loose plastic lids from bottles and jars
- Tetrapak such as juice or milk cartons
- empty aerosol spray cans
- food and drink cans
- pet food tins
- sweet and biscuit tins
- clean tin foil or foil food trays
- lids - loose metal lids from bottles and jars
- glass bottles
- wine bottles
- glass jars
What doesn't go in:
- bubble wrap
- wet wipes
- crisp, biscuit, sweet packets or wrappers
- fruit nets
- hard plastics e.g. toys
- pet food pouches
- soft plastics e.g. plastic bags and cling film
- polystyrene
- items with food or drink still inside them
- metal pans or tools
- coffee capsules/pods
- drinking glasses or Pyrex (this melts at a different temperature to glass bottles and jars so can't be recycled by our plant)
- any other glass item such as perfume bottles, light bulbs or mirror
Milton Keynes says: Please note, recyclable items should be placed into the blue lid bin loose.
Source: www.milton-keynes.gov.uk
Rubbish
black wheelie bin, black bin bag and black communal bin
What goes in:
- animal waste*, including dog poo, cat litter, hamster/gerbil bedding, etc.
- biscuit wrappers
- broken glass or china - please wrap to avoid injury
- bubble wrap
- clothes – poor quality
- crisp packets
- disposable coffee cups
- disposable nappies - ensure they are double bagged
- fruit nets
- greasy pizza box
- laminated paper
- mixed materials, e.g. pill packets, padded envelopes, Pringles tubes
- pet food pouches
- plastic film, e.g. clingfilm
- polystyrene
- PPE disposable facemasks
- sanitary products
- sweet wrappers
- tissues and kitchen towel
- wet wipes and sanitising wipes
Milton Keynes says: Please note, waste should be bagged before placing in the black wheelie bin
Source: www.milton-keynes.gov.uk
Food and garden waste
green wheelie bin or 23l caddy
What goes in:
- bread, baked goods
- coffee grounds
- dairy products
- fruit and vegetables including peelings
- mouldy or out of date food
- pet food
- plate scrapings
- raw or cooked meat, fish or bones
- tea bags
- dead flowers
- grass
- leaves
- plants
- small branches up to 15 cm in diameter
- twigs
- weeds
- windfall fruit
- compostable cups and caddy liners that display the standard EN13432 or display the 'Seedling logo'
What doesn't go in:
- branches over 15 cm in diameter
- Japanese knotweed
- plant pots
- soil
- all animal waste, including dog poo, cat litter, hamster/gerbil bedding, etc.
- items labelled 'compostable' that do not display the standard EN13432 or display the 'Seedling logo'
- items labelled ‘biodegradable'
- nappies - disposable or biodegradable
Milton Keynes says: Put your green wheelie bin out for collection every week that it contains waste, no matter how small the amount
Source: www.milton-keynes.gov.uk
What Milton Keynes says about bin day
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Milton Keynes says clean pizza boxes go with paper and cardboard, and a greasy pizza box goes in the black bin.
From Milton Keynes's website (checked 2026-10-21)
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Milton Keynes says if in doubt, leave it out of your recycling.
From Milton Keynes's website (checked 2026-10-21)
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Milton Keynes says broken glass can go in the blue lid wheelie bin, but wrap it for a sack collection and use the black sack.
From Milton Keynes's website (checked 2026-10-21)
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Milton Keynes says bins should be out by 7am on the day of collection.
From Milton Keynes's website (checked 2026-10-21)
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