General rubbish
Blue bags
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Westmorland and Furness 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 Westmorland and Furness
These are the containers used in Westmorland and Furness. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Mixed recycling
Red wheelie bin
or Glass
Red recycling box, or blue recycling box
Glass, cans and foil
Green plastic box
or Paper and card
Green canvas bag, or blue recycling box
Plastic packaging and cartons
Green canvas bag
Plastic and metal packaging and cartons
Blue recycling bag
Container details
The container pictures and words are Westmorland and Furness Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
- General rubbish: Eden area
- Mixed recycling: Barrow area
- Glass: Barrow area
- Glass: South Lakeland area
- Glass, cans and foil: Eden area
- Paper and card: Eden area
- Paper and card: South Lakeland area
- Plastic packaging and cartons: Eden area
- Plastic and metal packaging and cartons: South Lakeland area
- Types of rubbish and recycling bins | Westmorland and Furness Council
- Recycling bins and bags | Westmorland and Furness Council
Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Westmorland and Furness Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Order a new bin, bag or boxWestmorland and Furness Council
- Recycling bins and bags: Barrow, Eden and South LakelandWestmorland and Furness Council
- When and where to put your bins outWestmorland and Furness Council
- Garden waste collectionsWestmorland and Furness Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemWestmorland and Furness Council
- Recycling centres and tipsWestmorland and Furness Council
- Get help putting your bins outWestmorland and Furness Council
- Contact the waste serviceWestmorland and Furness Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Westmorland and Furness 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 Westmorland and Furness 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 Westmorland and Furness 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 Westmorland and Furness compares
- Recycled or composted
- 50%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 449 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £111per household a year. Similar councils: £87
- Value for money
- 4 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.
Westmorland and Furness agreed a £60 annual garden-waste subscription per bin in its February 2026 budget. The announced scheme opened subscriptions in April, with valid stickers required for collections from 29 June. General rubbish and recycling collections were unaffected by this change.
Councillor Giles Archibald acknowledged that charging would be unpopular, but said financial pressures and reduced government funding required difficult choices. The council argued that users should contribute to the optional service’s costs. It described the subscription as the first phase of a wider programme to align waste services across the area.
- Council introducing garden waste service subscription — www.westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk