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Brown bin

Brown bin Garden waste Kitchen waste

Most households in North Lincolnshire have a brown bin for the collection of garden and kitchen waste.

Collection dates of your wheeled bins, can be found on your calendar. If you do not have a calendar, why not check out our waste and recycling collection dates page to find out when your wheeled bins will be collected over the next four weeks? If you'd like a sticker of your collection dates, please telephone our customer helpline on 01724 297000.

Yes please...

  • Uncooked fruit and vegetable waste
  • Grass clippings, leaves, flowers and pot plants
  • Light garden prunings.

No thanks...

  • Cardboard
  • Any food waste including meat, fish and bones, cooked or uncooked
  • Eggshells
  • Bin liners and plastic bags including biodegradable bags
  • Polystyrene and plastic plant pots
  • Pet litter
  • Disposable nappies
  • Vacuum cleaner contents
  • Ash, metal, glass, plastic, newspapers and magazines
  • Anything which will not rot.

Please ensure that your brown bin does not contain any of the above materials. If it does, its contents cannot be composted, your bin willl not be collected and you will have to make your own arrangements to empty it.

Household recycling centres

Garden waste can also be taken to your local household recycling centre.

Note: To ensure a collection, please place your bin at the edge of your property closest to the road by 7am on your day of collection.

New and replacement bins

New residents are provided with a brown bin free of charge.

You may also be eligible for a free replacement bin if yours has been lost, damaged or stolen. For more details and to apply for a new or replacement brown bin please fill in our online wheeled bin form.

If you need further information, please contact waste management by:

Useful links:



recycle logo

For information about other containers please click on the pictures below.

Household waste collections

Plastic and cardboard recycling

Paper recycling

Glass, can and foil recycling 

 Textile recycling

Home composting
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