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Bins and recycling

Bins and recycling: every bin guide in one place

Bin days, missed collections, what goes in which bin and the new bin rules, answered in plain English. Your council collection rules change from area to area, so each guide shows you what to check where you live.

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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.

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Bin days 

Bin collections and bin days 

When your bins go out, which one is due and what to do when things change. 

Which bin goes out this week?
Which bin goes out this week?

Alternate weeks, colour weeks and week A or B, explained.

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Find your bin collection calendar
Find your bin collection calendar

Where to find your collection dates and how to keep up with changes.

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Missed bin collection?
Missed bin collection?

What to do if your bin wasn't emptied, and how to report it to your council.

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Bin collections on bank holidays
Bin collections on bank holidays

How bank holidays move your collection day and how to check yours.

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Christmas bin collections
Christmas bin collections

How Christmas changes your bin days, and how to recycle your tree.

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Compare bin reminder apps
Compare bin reminder apps

How Loci compares with other bin day apps.

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Everything bins, in one free app

Loci gets your collection days from your council's published schedule and reminds you the night before. When your council changes collection days for a bank holiday, Loci updates your reminders. Council Search takes you straight to the right page on your council's website, and AI search answers your bin questions using your council's own information. Looking for your council? Find it in our list of council areas.  

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What goes where

Your recycling guide, bin by bin 

What goes in each bin, the new rules, and what to do with things that don't fit. 

Bin colours explained
Bin colours explained

What each bin colour usually means, and why it changes between councils.

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What can go in your recycling bin?
What can go in your recycling bin?

What goes in, and the tricky items people get wrong.

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Food waste collections
Food waste collections

How your food caddy works, what goes in and which liners to use.

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Garden waste collections
Garden waste collections

How garden waste subscriptions work, what they cost and what goes in.

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New bin rules explained
New bin rules explained

What Simpler Recycling means for your bins, caddies and collection days.

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Bulky waste collection
Bulky waste collection

How to book your council's service, and other ways to get rid of large items.

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Are you a council? Help your residents recycle better 

Put your council in residents' pockets. Loci is free for councils, and brings bin days, recycling rules and council services together in one app your residents already use.

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Bins and recycling: your questions answered

Your local council collects your bins. In areas with a district and a county council, the district usually collects your bins and the county usually runs the recycling centres.

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Bin days, recycling rules and council services for your area, free in one app.

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