Green bin for non-recyclable waste
Green bin for household waste that cannot be recycled
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Wirral bin collection dates
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- Get an email the evening before
- Print an A4 sheet for the fridge
Bins in Wirral
These are the containers used in Wirral. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Grey recycling bin
Grey food waste
Garden waste
Brown garden waste bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are Wirral 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.
- Report a damaged bin | wirral.gov.uk
- Green bin for non-recyclable waste | wirral.gov.uk
- Grey recycling bin | wirral.gov.uk
Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Wirral Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Request a new or additional binWirral Borough Council
- When and where to put your bins outWirral Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsWirral Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outWirral Borough Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Wirral Borough Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
Missed-bin guidance checked 20 September 2026.
- Make a complaint to Wirral 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 Wirral 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 Wirral compares
- Recycled or composted
- 31%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 542 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £55per household a year. Similar councils: £66
- Value for money
- 7 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.
Wirral awarded Biffa a new waste contract in July 2026, initially lasting eight years with an option for another eight. The reported £348.6 million value covers the full sixteen years if that extension is used.
Four companies initially expressed interest, but the other shortlisted bidder withdrew, leaving Biffa. Councillor Jo Bird asked how an extension would be assessed; officers said performance and value for money would be considered. The committee also authorised negotiations to buy the Dock Road South depot, with Biffa continuing there under a lease. The existing waste contract ends in August 2027.
- Wirral Council gives Biffa £350m bin collector contract — www.wirralglobe.co.uk