West Lindsey bin collections

By Mark Andrews. Checked against West Lindsey District Council pages on 26 October 2026.

Paper and cardboard get a bin of their own in West Lindsey, the purple-lidded one, and they have to be clean with no food on them. The blue bin takes the rest of the recycling, and food has gone weekly in the orange-lidded bin since March 2026.

Which bin is which in West Lindsey

Black is general waste. The blue bin takes glass, plastic bottles, cans, foil, aerosols, and plastic pots and tubs. Bins at the property boundary by 7am, and side waste (including big bits of cardboard beside the bin) isn't collected. A new black, blue or purple-lidded bin costs £38.

Black General waste Black bin (general household waste)
Orange Food waste Orange-lidded bin (food waste - weekly collection from March 2026)
Green Garden waste Green bin (garden waste - grass, hedge clippings, leaves, bark, flowers)Fortnightly
Purple Paper & card Purple-lidded bin (paper and cardboard - clean, no food residue)
Blue Recycling Blue bin (mixed recycling - glass, plastic bottles, metal cans, foil, aerosols, plastic pots and tubs)

Christmas and New Year collections 2026

Christmas week comes early: Monday 21 December is collected on Saturday 19 December, and Tuesday to Friday each move a day earlier. 28 to 31 December run as normal, and New Year's Day's round moves to Saturday 2 January.

Usual dayCollected on
Monday 21 DecemberSaturday 19 December
Tuesday 22 DecemberMonday 21 December
Wednesday 23 DecemberTuesday 22 December
Thursday 24 DecemberWednesday 23 December
Friday 25 DecemberThursday 24 December
Monday 28 DecemberMonday 28 December
Tuesday 29 DecemberTuesday 29 December
Wednesday 30 DecemberWednesday 30 December
Thursday 31 DecemberThursday 31 December
Friday 1 JanuarySaturday 2 January

Garden waste: £48 a year

Sign-ups for 2026 have closed and the last collection is 20 November, so until 2027 garden waste has to go to a recycling centre. The 2026 price was £48 per bin for a March to November season, and a new bin is £38 on top.

Bulky waste collection from £35.50

£35.50 covers articles worth up to six points, then it's £4.65 for each extra point. A fridge or freezer collection is £35.50.

Get told the night before

Binformation is a free Android app. Put your postcode in once and it sends a notification the evening before each collection, saying which bins are going. If the council moves your day for a bank holiday, the reminder moves with it.

Binformation on Google Play

Where this comes from

Every fact on this page was read from the council's own website, last checked on 26 October 2026. Councils change prices each April, so check the link before you pay for anything.

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