Find your bin day in the Loci app
Pop in your postcode to check Loci works where you live. Then download the free app to see your bin days and get a reminder the night before.
Where to find your bin collection dates
Your council's website
Most councils have a postcode lookup on their bins page. Enter your postcode and pick your address to see your next collections.
gov.uk
Not sure who your council is? gov.uk can point you to your council's bin collection page from your postcode.
A printable calendar
Many councils let you download or print a calendar for the year. It's handy on the fridge, but check for changes around bank holidays.
Your neighbours
When in doubt, see what's out on your street. Or ask in Ask Locally, Loci's neighbourhood noticeboard.
Council Search in Loci
Council Search shows the most relevant pages from your council's website for your postcode, so you go straight to the right bin page.
Bin day reminders
Loci gets your collection days from your council's published schedule and reminds you the night before.
Why it changes
Why your bin collection dates change
Your bin calendar isn't fixed for good. These are the most common reasons your dates move, and how to keep up.
Collections often shift around bank holidays.
What changes
- Collections move a day later
- Christmas and New Year can move by more
- Some councils add catch-up days
How to keep up
- Check your council's website before each bank holiday
- Read our bank holiday bin guide
- Let Loci update your reminders
Councils sometimes redraw their collection rounds.
What changes
- Your collection day moves
- Your bin week swaps
- Collection times change
How to keep up
- Look out for a letter or leaflet from your council
- Check your council's website
- Keep your reminders on Loci, which follows your council's published schedule.
New bins usually mean new dates.
What changes
- A food waste caddy is added
- Garden waste starts or pauses for winter
- Recycling is split into separate boxes
How to keep up
- Check what goes in each new bin
- Look for an updated calendar
- Ask AI search in Loci about the change for your postcode
Sometimes the whole round runs late.
What changes
- Rounds run late or are cancelled
- Catch-up collections are added
How to keep up
- Check your council's service updates
- Leave your bin out if your council asks you to
- Keep an eye on local updates in Loci
Your bin day belongs to your address.
What changes
- New council, new calendar
- Different bin colours
- Different rules on what goes where.
How to keep up
- Look up your new council's calendar
- Check what goes in each bin
- Add your new postcode in Loci to automatically sync to your new council and schedule
Keep your bin calendar on your phone
Your bin collection calendar, sorted
Loci gets your collection days from your council's published schedule, so there's no calendar to print or lose. You'll get a reminder the night before, and when your council changes collection days for a bank holiday, Loci updates your reminders. See how Loci compares with other bin apps.
Residents guides
More bin guides
Answers to the bin questions residents ask most.
Which bin goes out this week?
Alternate weeks, colour weeks and week A or B, explained.
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Missed bin collection?
What to do if your bin wasn't emptied, and how to report it to your council.
Read the guide
Bin collections on bank holidays
How bank holidays move your collection day and how to check yours.
Read the guide ![]()
What can go in your recycling bin?
What goes in, what stays out and why the rules change between councils.
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Garden waste collections
How garden waste subscriptions work and when collections run.
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All bin guides
Every bin and recycling guide in one place, plus your council's page.
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