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Wigan 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 Wigan
These are the containers used in Wigan. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Green Bin
Black bin
Blue bin
Brown bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are Wigan 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.
- Black bin: Homes using wheelie bins rather than sacks
- Blue bin: Homes using a blue bin rather than a white sack
- Brown bin: Homes using wheelie bins rather than sacks
Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Wigan Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Request a replacement bin/caddyWigan Borough Council
- Which bin do I use?Wigan Borough Council
- When and where to put your bins outWigan Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsWigan Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemWigan Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsWigan Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outWigan Borough Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Wigan 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.
- Report another bin collection problemAnything else about the collection or your bins.
- Make a complaint to Wigan 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 metropolitan district councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my metropolitan district councillors on Wigan 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 Wigan compares
- Recycled or composted
- 50%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 443 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £74per household a year. Similar councils: £75
- Value for money
- 9 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.
Wigan announced a wider range of brown-bin recycling from April 2026 after appointing a new recycling operator. Residents would be able to add plastic bags and wrapping, crisp packets, cartons and empty toothpaste or tomato-purée tubes alongside glass, cans and plastic bottles. Councillor Paul Prescott said the change would make recycling easier and reduce material sent for costly disposal. The council attributed the expansion to improved sorting technology and asked residents to keep items clean, dry, free of food and loose in the bin. H.W Martin Waste was appointed to handle the borough’s packaging recycling.
- New contractor appointed to help residents recycle more waste — www.wigan.gov.uk