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Liverpool bin collection dates

Then choose your address. Dates come from Liverpool City Council's own bin checker. We are not the council.

  • Add your dates to Google, Apple or Outlook calendar
  • Get an email the evening before
  • Print an A4 sheet for the fridge

Christmas and New Year bin collections in Liverpool

We had not found Liverpool City Council’s arrangements for Christmas 2026 and New Year 2027 when we checked on 10 November 2026. We check every week until Christmas; councils often publish in late November or December.

Check the council’s bins information.

Look up your address above for its dates. Christmas and New Year collections across the UK.

Missed bin or a problem

Bins in Liverpool

These are the containers used in Liverpool. Which ones a home has depends on its address.

  • Household waste

    Purple bin

  • Recycling

    Blue bin or bag

  • Food waste

    Grey bin

  • Garden waste

    Green bin

Container details

The container pictures and words are Liverpool City 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 14 September 2026; list of collections built from Liverpool City Council's own service names 22 September 2026.

Renew 12 months after payment

Applies to: Garden waste subscribers.

Liverpool charges annually for each garden-waste bin. Existing subscribers renew 12 months after their last payment. Check the council’s instructions about activating an existing sticker or waiting for a new one before expecting a collection.

Read the council’s full instructions. Checked 30 September 2026.

Links checked 14 September 2026.

Missed bin or a problem

Tell Liverpool City Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.

  1. Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
  2. Make a complaint to Liverpool City 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 metropolitan district councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my metropolitan district councillors on Liverpool City 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 Liverpool compares

Recycled or composted
18%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
Rubbish not recycled
594 kgper household a year
Cost of collections
£57per household a year. Similar councils: £69
Value for money
6 out of 10 Limited confidence. 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.

Liverpool reported encouraging early results from its food-waste rollout in January 2026, with nearly thirty thousand properties already receiving weekly collections. Responding to a written question, the council said participation was 55%, with an average of 36.1 tonnes collected each week and little contamination.

It announced another fifteen thousand properties would join from 23 February, with further phases continuing through the year. The council said separating food was diverting material from incineration to anaerobic digestion, producing fuel and fertiliser. The early rollout was being used to test communications, caddy and liner deliveries, and collection arrangements.

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