Wokingham Bin Collection is owned and operated by Wokingham Town Council. bins are collected on different days depending on where you are located in the Wokingham area. You can easily find your bin collection day by using the link below.
🗑️ Wokingham Household Waste Collection
Non-Recyclable Rubbish Service⬛ Black Bin Collections (Fortnightly)
- 180-litre wheelie bin (holds approx. 2 full bin bags).
- Lid must be fully closed; no extra side waste unless in an authorised WBC bag.
- Bins belong to the council (stay with property if you move). Clearly display your house name/number.
📦 Alternative Collections & Annexes
- Blue Bags: Weekly/fortnightly bag collections receive an annual allocation of 54 bags in February/March.
- Annexes: Registered council-tax annexes require a special sticker. Holiday lets, self-catering, and Airbnbs are prohibited from council waste and must use commercial collections.
- Communal Bins: Shared based on property counts; do not leave waste outside bins.
🤝 Help with Waste (Assisted Collections)
Available for residents unable to move bins due to illness, disability, or frailty with no one else to help. Crews will collect, empty, and return containers from an agreed location. (Flats with communal bins should contact their managing agent).
📋 What Goes in Your Household Waste Bin?
Acceptance & Disposal Guide| Item / Material | Can it go in household waste? |
|---|---|
| General non-recyclable/non-compostable waste | ✅ Yes please |
| Hygiene waste (nappies, sanitary waste, incontinence articles, catheters) | ✅ Yes please (Double-wrap securely) |
| Pet bedding and bagged animal waste | ✅ Yes please (Or take to re3 recycling centres) |
| Plastic film, bags, bubble wrap, & food wrappers/black trays | ✅ Yes please (Or recycle at select supermarkets) |
| Vacuum cleaner/floor sweepings & kitchen wipes/paper towels | ✅ Yes please |
| Food waste | ❌ No, thank you (Use food waste bin) |
| Garden waste | ❌ No, thank you (Use brown bin) |
| Recyclable items (paper, cans, plastic bottles, etc.) | ❌ No, thank you (Use green bags/recycling bins) |
| Batteries, vapes, & small electrical items (WEEE) | ❌ No, thank you (Use recycling centre points) |
| Hazardous clinical waste (sharps, blood products) | ❌ No, thank you |
| Asbestos, rubble, soil, wood, & hot ashes | ❌ No, thank you |
| Pesticides, paint, oils, petrol, & diesel | ❌ No, thank you (Requires specialist disposal) |
👶 Disposable & Re-usable Nappies
Council advice and a one-off cashback scheme are available if you want to switch to re-usable nappies. If using disposables, double-wrap them securely in plastic bags inside your black bin.
⚠️ Fuel, Oil & Pet Waste Tips
Petrol, diesel, and oil require a specialized hazardous waste service or local car parts shop. Excess pet waste can be bagged and brought directly to re3 recycling centres.
🗑️ Broken or Missing Black-Wheeled Bin
Order Replacement Bin ↗📌 When to Order (£38.50 Fee)
Order a replacement black bin if your bin is damaged and unusable or missing/stolen. (Do not use this form for extra bins, communal bins, or outdoor food waste bins).
🚚 Delivery & Old Bin Collection
- Delivered within 10 working days.
- Leave your damaged bin empty, at the edge of your property, and visible from the highway.
- If not out when we deliver, we will not return, and you become responsible for its disposal.
🏢 Communal Bins Note
If your communal bin is broken or missing, please report this directly to your managing agent to organise a replacement.
Tip: Put your house name or number on your replacement bin once received!
🛍️ Blue Bag Collection Poole
Annual Allowance & Guidelines📌 How It Works
The council provides an annual allowance of 54 x 90-litre blue bags for properties without space for a 180-litre bin or where refuse lorries cannot access the road (matching the volume of a fortnightly black bin). Check your eligibility on the find my collection page.
🚚 Usage & Limits
- Place 1 blue bag out each week alongside recycling bags and food waste bins to avoid running out.
- Crews will not collect more than 2 blue bags per property on collection day.
- If you move home, please leave your blue bags behind for the new resident.
💷 Costs & Additional Rolls
Additional rolls cost £20 for a roll of 10 bags.
Limit: A maximum of 2 additional purchases are allowed per year.
♻️ What to Do With Excess Waste
Recycling & Capacity Guide📌 Free Up Bin Space
Struggling to fit everything in your bin? More than half of the waste in black bins can typically be recycled (such as paper, cardboard, plastics, tins, cans, and food waste). Maximising your recycling services makes a big difference.
🌿 Maximise Your Recycling
- Put out as many green recycling bags as you need on collection week.
- Use the weekly food waste collection for all food waste.
- Take glass bottles and textiles to your nearest bring banks.
- Sign up for the garden waste collection scheme.
📋 Extra Capacity Assessment
If you consistently generate more waste than your black bin can accommodate due to specific circumstances, you may be eligible for additional waste capacity.
Note: A site visit may be conducted to assess recycling practices. Applications are typically processed within 4 weeks.
🌿 Garden Waste Collection & Disposal Guide
Composting & Acceptance Guide🌱 What Happens to Your Garden Waste
Garden waste includes garden clippings, grass cuttings, leaves, and weeds. Collected green materials are sent to a composting facility to be processed into high-quality, peat-free compost.
🚚 How to Dispose of Garden Waste
- Home Composting: Learn more via the Get Composting website.
- Recycling Centres: Take it directly to household waste and recycling centres.
- Kerbside Collection: Available on an optional, paid-for fortnightly service.
- Brown Sacks: Collected in compostable brown sacks purchased from the council on fortnightly collection days.
📋 Quick Acceptance Overview
Accepted: Grass cuttings, leaves, hedge clippings, flowers, weeds, and small branches.
Excluded: Food waste, soil, stones, large branches, pet bedding, animal waste, Japanese Knotweed, treated wood, and plant pots.
| Item / Material | Can it go in garden waste bin or bag? |
|---|---|
| Grass cuttings and leaves | ✅ Yes please |
| Hedge clippings | ✅ Yes please |
| Flowers and weeds | ✅ Yes please |
| Small branches | ✅ Yes please |
| Large branches | ❌ No, thank you |
| Food and kitchen waste | ❌ No, thank you |
| Animal waste & Pet/animal bedding | ❌ No, thank you |
| General waste | ❌ No, thank you |
| Soil and stones | ❌ No, thank you |
| Japanese Knotweed | ❌ No, thank you |
| Treated wood | ❌ No, thank you |
| Plant pots | ❌ No, thank you |
🍱 Food Waste Collection & Caddy Guide
Indoor Caddy & Outdoor Bin Service📌 Service Equipment & Processing
We provide a 5-litre indoor silver caddy and a 23-litre lockable black outdoor bin (residents in flats use the larger red wheeled bin in the bin store). Food waste is sent to an anaerobic digestion plant to be recycled into electricity and fertiliser. Leave out by 6:30 am on collection day.
🏠 Indoor Food Caddy (5L)
- Kept in your kitchen to collect daily food waste.
- Optional lining: bread/carrier bags, newspaper, or paper bags.
- Empty contents into your larger outdoor food waste bin when full.
🗑️ Outdoor Food Waste Bin (23L)
- Black, lockable bin placed at the edge of your property by 6:30 am on collection day.
- Accepts food waste and cooking oil sealed in a plastic bottle.
- Liner materials (plastic bags/newspaper) are stripped out during processing.
| Item / Material | Can it go in food waste caddy or bin? |
|---|---|
| Raw and cooked fruit and vegetables and peelings | ✅ Yes please |
| Meat, fish, and bones (raw and cooked) | ✅ Yes please |
| Dairy products and eggshells | ✅ Yes please |
| Bread, cakes, pasta, and rice | ✅ Yes please |
| Uneaten food and out-of-date foods | ✅ Yes please |
| Tea and coffee bags and grounds | ✅ Yes please |
| Cooking oil sealed in a plastic bottle | ✅ Yes please (Outdoor bin only) |
| Food packaging | ❌ No, thank you |
| Large amounts of liquids such as milk | ❌ No, thank you |
| Pet waste, litter, or bedding & Pet foods | ❌ No, thank you |
| Garden waste | ❌ No, thank you |
| Any material that is not food | ❌ No, thank you |
