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Blackpool bin collection dates
- Add your dates to Google, Apple or Outlook calendar
- Get an email the evening before
- Print an A4 sheet for the fridge
Bins in Blackpool
These are the containers used in Blackpool. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Garden waste
Green bin
Paper and cardboard
Blue lid bin
Brown lid bin
Grey lid bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are Blackpool Borough Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
Greyed-out bin icons are placeholders where the container type or colour is not confirmed.
Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Blackpool Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Seagull-proof sacks: eligibility and suppliesBlackpool Borough Council
- What goes in my binBlackpool Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsBlackpool Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemBlackpool Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outBlackpool Borough Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Blackpool Borough Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
- Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
- Report another bin collection problemAnything else about the collection or your bins.
- Make a complaint to Blackpool Borough CouncilIf reporting it didn't fix it.
Complaint didn't work either? Ask your councillors
If you've already reported the problem and used the council's complaints process, your unitary authority councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my unitary authority councillors on Blackpool Borough Council.
WriteToThem is an independent mySociety service. You'll enter your postcode there before choosing who to contact.
Complaint routes verified 6 September 2026.
How Blackpool compares
- Recycled or composted
- 41%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 519 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £36per household a year. Similar councils: £74
- Value for money
- 10 out of 10 An independently constructed WhenIsBins rating, not an official government rating.
Official figures for England, 2024 to 2025.
Local bins and recycling news
AI-generated summary, reviewed before publication. Checked 18 September 2026.
Blackpool’s switch to three-weekly grey-bin collections and weekly food-waste collections drew complaints about flies and smells during the summer 2026 heatwaves. In August, the BBC reported one resident with dogs describing food caddies as attracting maggots and the three-week wait as unhygienic.
The council said early results showed increased recycling. It said households needing extra capacity or help putting bins out could discuss support, including assisted collections. Opposition councillor Paul Galley had called for fortnightly general rubbish collections to stay in December 2025, warning that overflowing bins could encourage fly-tipping.
- New recycling food caddies a 'magnet for maggots' - BBC — www.bbc.com
- Council refutes claim new bin scheme is 'unhygienic' mistake — www.coastalradiodab.co.uk