North Warwickshire collects three main household bins: black for rubbish, red-lidded for recycling, and green for food and garden waste. The black and red bins are emptied fortnightly, and the green bin also has its own collection service and needs a valid permit sticker.
| Bin | What goes in it | Collection frequency | When to put it out |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black bin | Rubbish that can’t go in the red-lidded or green bins, such as nappies, polystyrene, animal waste, vacuum cleaner contents, and ash | Fortnightly | By 6:30am on your collection day, at the edge of your property |
| Red-lidded bin | Dry recycling | Fortnightly | By 6:30am on your collection day, at the edge of your property |
| Green bin | Grass cuttings, leaves, weeds and flowers, twigs and small branches, food waste, compostable bags, herbivorous pet bedding, and cut-up Christmas trees | Collection service available with permit sticker | By 6:30am on your collection day, at the edge of your property with handles facing the road |
A couple of limits matter: North Warwickshire says it has a no side waste policy, so extra bags or loose waste beside the bin won’t be collected. For the exact day of collection, use the council’s bin collection search on its website.