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Wigan bin collection dates

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Christmas and New Year bin collections in Wigan

We had not found Wigan Borough 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 Wigan

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

  • Food waste

  • 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.

Put bins out by 6:30am

Applies to: Household kerbside collections; assisted collections have separate arrangements.

Put your bin at the property boundary by 6:30am, no earlier than 6pm the night before. Face the handles towards the road without blocking the pavement. Keep the lid closed and bring the bin back within your boundary after collection.

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

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.

  1. Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
  2. Report another bin collection problemAnything else about the collection or your bins.
  3. 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.

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