Wigan: which bins go out tonight?
Find your bin collection schedule, what goes in each bin, and when it's collected in Wigan.
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What Wigan collects
Paper and cardboard
Blue bin / white sack
What goes in:
- Office paper
- Junk mail
- Catalogues, brochures and directories
- Newspapers and magazines
- Envelopes
- Greeting cards (without glitter)
- Cardboard (including printed or plain)
- Kitchen and toilet roll inner tubes
What doesn't go in:
- Nappies / Incontinence pads
- Food
- Plastic bags
- Plastic wrappers
- Plastic trays
- Polystyrene
- Hard back and paper back books
- Crisp packets
- Wallpaper
- Empty Food and drink cartons - inc Tetra pak
Source: www.wigan.gov.uk
Mixed recycling or cans
Brown bin
What goes in:
- Cans, tins and aerosols
- Aluminium foil
- Aluminium tubes (e.g. tomato puree)
- Glass bottles
- Glass jars
- Plastic bottles - pop/juice, milk bottles, shampoo, disinfectant, detergents (Note lids and triggers left on)
- Pot tubs and trays - yoghurt pots, margarine tubs, peanut butter jars, salad dressing, trays, medicine jars
- Plastic bags and wrapping – carrier bags, bread bags, cereal bags, frozen food, confectionary, cake and biscuit wrappers. Aluminium foil lined packaging. Outer layer bags (e.g. toilet roll wrapping, magazine wrapping), plastic films, bubble wrap, film lids
- Crisp packets
- Toothpaste tubes (empty please)
- Milk/juice cartons, Tetra Pak
- Plant pots (not black)
What doesn't go in:
- Scrap metal, kitchenware, chemical containers
- Batteries, vapes or electrical items
- Pyrex, eye glass, drinking glasses, flat glass
- Engine oil bottles, antifreeze bottles
- Coat hangers, toys, furniture, food, electrical items
- Nappies/incontinence pads
- Cling film
- Pouches (dog/cat, drinks, cosmetics)
- Hosepipes, wires, sealant tubes
- Black plant pots
Source: www.wigan.gov.uk
Rubbish
Black bin
What goes in:
- Anything that is not allowed in the above bins
- Nappies / Incontinence pads
- Dog foul
- Cat litter
What doesn't go in:
- Soil
- Rubble
- Building materials
- Liquid waste (including paints and oils)
- Hazardous waste
- Prohibited items
Source: www.wigan.gov.uk
What Wigan says about bin day
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Wigan says plastic bags and wrapping, like carrier bags and bread bags, are allowed in the brown bin but not the blue bin.
From Wigan's website (checked 2026-10-18)
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Wigan says plastic bottles go in the brown bin with their lids and triggers left on.
From Wigan's website (checked 2026-10-18)
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Wigan says batteries, and anything containing one such as vapes, should not go in any of the kerbside bins.
From Wigan's website (checked 2026-10-18)
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