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Pendle 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 Pendle
These are the containers used in Pendle. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Brown bin
Brown recycling bin
Blue Collection
Grey Collection
Container details
The container pictures and words are Pendle 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 19 September 2026; list of collections built from Pendle Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What goes in your recycling binPendle Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsPendle Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsPendle Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemPendle Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsLancashire County Council
- Get help putting your bins outPendle Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsPendle Borough Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Pendle Borough Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
Missed-bin guidance checked 20 September 2026.
- Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
- Make a complaint to Pendle 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 district councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my district councillors on Pendle 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 Pendle compares
- Recycled or composted
- 27%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 575 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £70per household a year. Similar councils: £56
- Value for money
- 1 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.
Pendle Council is warning of a shortage of food-waste bags and asks residents to use supermarket carrier bags, bread bags or pedal-bin liners instead. A June 2026 report described councillors questioning participation in the new food-waste service. Councillor Lola Whipp suggested fines might eventually be needed if take-up stayed low, while chief executive Dean Langton said participation was increasing after two months. No enforcement decision was confirmed. Councillor Zafar Ali called for stronger involvement from town councils. Langton praised staff for managing a difficult transition as around 40,000 food-waste bins were introduced.
- Pendle Borough Council Homepage — www.pendle.gov.uk
- Pendle Council Performance Report 2025/26 — pendleinsider.co.uk