Newcastle: which bins go out tonight?

Find your bin collection schedule, what goes in each bin, and when it's collected in Newcastle.

Use the app to enter your postcode and check the collection dates available for your address.

What Newcastle collects

Rubbish

Green bin: household waste

What doesn't go in:

Recyclable materials
Batteries
Small electrical items
Vehicle parts
Rubble, bricks, building materials, and building waste
Liquids
Carpets or furniture
Items that may make the bin too heavy
Commercial or trade waste

Newcastle says: Your green wheelie bin is for household and non-recyclable items.

Mixed recycling or cans

Blue bin: recycling

What goes in:

glass bottles and jars (lids on)
plastic bottles with lids
plastic pots, tubs and trays (includes margarine tubs, yogurt pots and meat trays)
flattened cardboard
newspapers, magazines, and paper
empty aerosol cans
beverage cartons
food and drink tins and cans
foil (scrunched into a ball)
rinsed foil trays
white and brown envelopes (with or without windows)
biscuit tins and plastic chocolate tubs

What doesn't go in:

compostable films or plastics (for example compostable cutlery and plates)
small electrical items such as toasters, kettles, irons

Newcastle says: All the materials in your recycling bin should be clean, loose and dry.

Garden waste

Brown bin: garden waste

What doesn't go in:

Branches, logs, or roots more than 10cm (4 inches) in diameter
Japanese Knotweed (please see the Government's advice)
Turf
Soil
Clay
Stones
Rubble
Plant pots
Dog and cat faeces
Straw and hay bedding used for pets
Food waste or refuse
Compostable films, plastics or items like cutlery and plates
Anything in black bags or plastic bags

Newcastle says: Your brown bin is for all garden trimmings, cuttings, prunings, leaves, and weeds.

Food waste

Food waste bin

What goes in:

all cooked and uncooked food
mouldy and out-of-date food

What doesn't go in:

Packaging
Animal Waste
Large quantities of liquid, for example cooking oil or milk

Newcastle says: For those involved in the scheme, you can recycle all cooked and uncooked food in your food waste bin.

What Newcastle says about bin day

Newcastle says we have introduced a food waste recycling service to around 5,000 households in the city.

From Newcastle's website (checked 2026-10-23)
Newcastle says your blue, green and brown bins must be on the nearest kerb outside your property by 6:30am on your bin collection day.

From Newcastle's website (checked 2026-10-23)
Newcastle says our bin crews can attend at any time between 6:30am and 4:30pm.

From Newcastle's website (checked 2026-10-23)
Newcastle says we make collections every week, alternating weekly between recycling and general waste.

From Newcastle's website (checked 2026-10-23)
Newcastle says make sure to wash and squash items for the recycling bin and leave lids, caps and trigger sprays on.

From Newcastle's website (checked 2026-10-23)
Newcastle says bag all waste in black bags, carrier bags, or bin liner bags.

From Newcastle's website (checked 2026-10-23)
Newcastle says waste from your brown bin is composted to produce a quality PAS100 soil conditioner used on gardens, allotments and farms.

From Newcastle's website (checked 2026-10-23)
Newcastle says it will contact households in the trial area directly and provide a kitchen caddy, caddy bags, and an outdoor food waste bin.

From Newcastle's website (checked 2026-10-23)
Newcastle says remember to lock your outdoor food waste bin to prevent pets, animals and pests getting in.

From Newcastle's website (checked 2026-10-23)

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Newcastle City Council information last verified on 2026-10-23. Is It Bin Day? is independent and not affiliated with the council. This page is built from verified facts on Newcastle's official website.