Put these items in your Green bin

We can collect these:

Flowers

Grass cuttings

Hedge clippings

Leaves

Plants

Indoor and outdoor

Twigs, small branches and bark

Weeds

Green Bin Collections

You will need a garden waste subscription for your green bin to be collected. You find out more and how to subscribe by visiting our Green Waste Collection Service page.

Green bin with green tick

Putting garden waste in the bin

Put your garden waste straight into the bin do not put it in plastic bags.

 

 

 

Do not put these items in your Green bin

Here are some examples of items you cannot put in your green bin.

Turf

Large branches

Soil

Stone or rubble

Pet poo, bedding or straw

It's important you only put items in the bin which we have said can go in the bin. If you put anything in the bin which is not allowed, the bin will have 'wrong items' in it and will not be emptied.

 

Green bin with red cross

Sharps bin

Please contact your GP or Pharmacy to dispose of your sharps bin.

Do not put them in a black, green or blue bin.

Batteries

Please take batteries to a Community Recycling Centre or see if your local supermarket has a recycling point.

Do not put them in a black, green or blue bin.

Blue Bin

We can recycle these

Aerosols (empty)

Cardboard

Envelopes (with windows) and junk mail

Glass bottles and jars

Plastic bottles

drinks bottles, household cleaner bottles, shampoo bottles etc

Plastic food trays/tubs/pots

eg. margarine tubs, yoghurt pots

 

Newspapers and magazines

Tetra pak drink cartons

Food and drink tins and cans

Kitchen foil, and clean foil trays

Yellow Pages and phone directories

Shredded paper (small amounts)

Please place in paper bags or small cardboard boxes to keep it contained.

Black Bin

You can put these items in your black bin

Blister packs

Bubble wrap

Cling film

Crisp packets

Dust from hoover

Food

Hard plastic

(Toys / coat hangers / plant pots / buckets / tupperware)

Nappies

Pet food pouches

Pet waste

Plastic bags

(including compostable bags)

Plates, dishes and pyrex

Polystyrene

PPE

(including gloves and face masks)

Used tissues, kitchen roll / paper towels

Wallpaper

Wrapping paper

(Foil or with glitter)

Community Recycling centre

Take these items to the CRC

 

Batteries

Blister packs

Carpets / rugs

Clothing and shoes

Cushions, duvets and bedding items

Electrical items

Furniture

Garden waste

Glass from windows

Hard plastic

(Toys / coat hangers / plant pots / buckets / tupperware)

Hardcore and rubble

Hose pipes

Light bulbs

Paint, trays and brushes

Pet waste

Plastic bags

(including compostable bags)

Plates, dishes and pyrex

Polystyrene

Scrap metal

Soil

Used tissues, kitchen roll / paper towels

Wallpaper

Wood

Wrapping paper

(Foil or with glitter)

Putting your bin out for collection

With more than 85,000 households in Warrington we have a lot of bins to empty!  To help us do this as quickly and safely as possible, make sure:

  1. Place your wheelie bin out on your normal collection day, but not before 5pm the day before
  2. All rubbish must be inside the correct wheelie bin with the lid closed
  3. Don’t leave your wheelie bin in a position that will block the way for others
  4. Return your wheelie bin to your property as soon as possible after collection, but no later than midnight the same day
  5. Glass, plastic bottles, cans, paper and cardboard must be placed loosely in the correct recycling wheelie bin provided for this purpose, for collection
  6. Label your bins with your house number

You’re responsible for returning and storing your wheelie bins.

9 June 2025