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Use our bin day checker to find out your collection days for refuse, recycling and garden waste.

Check bin collection dates.

You can report a missed bin collection online.

See our missed bin collection page for details on when and when not to report it as a missed collection.

You can book a bulky item collection online.

This service is for Liverpool City Council residents only.

Request a bulky item collection.

Change or cancel a booking by clicking on the link in the email confirmation we sent you when you made the booking.

However, if your collection is due within 24 hours, please contact us.

You can request a new or replacement purple, blue or green bin. 

Depending on the reason for a replacement, there may be a charge.

Request a bin.

All green bin collections in Liverpool must be paid for. Collections are once per fortnight between the last week in February and the last week in November each year.

Find out more and pay your annual collection fee

You must contact your GP to set up a regular sharps collection.  Your GP will contact us and you will receive a letter with your collection dates.

Find out more about sharps collections and what to do if you have lost the details of your collection dates.

We won't collect bins if they are too heavy or contain incorrect materials.

Check what goes in your purple, blue and green bins.

Businesses have a duty to organise their own commercial waste removal and recycling.

Find out more about commercial waste.