Waste & recycling
When your bins go out, and how Liverpool handles recycling and bulky waste. The council runs a three-bin kerbside service: a red-lid general-waste bin collected weekly, plus a yellow-lid recycling bin and a lime-green-lid FOGO (food and garden organics) bin that alternate fortnightly — so one of the two goes out every fortnight alongside the weekly red bin. Liverpool activated its FOGO service (food scraps now go in the green bin, not general waste) from July 2025. To find your exact collection day, use the council's waste and recycling page.
New to these terms? Read them in plain English
- FOGO
- The green bin that takes food scraps as well as garden waste.
- Bulky / hard waste collection
- Pickup or drop-off for large items that don't fit in your bins.
- Community Recycling Centre (CRC)
- A free drop-off for 'problem' waste like paint, batteries and oils.
- General waste (red lid)
- Weekly
- Recycling (yellow lid)
- FortnightlyAlternates with the FOGO bin, so one recycling/organics bin goes out each fortnight.
- Food & garden organics (green lid)
- Fortnightly (FOGO)FOGO activated from July 2025 — food scraps now go in the lime-green bin along with garden organics, alternating fortnightly with recycling.
- Bulky / hard waste
- 2 free household clean-up collections per calendar yearBook ahead via the council's online booking system.
- Problem waste & drop-off
- Free — Community Recycling Centre, 99 Rose Street, LiverpoolOpen 7am–3pm, Monday to Saturday; plus periodic Household Chemical CleanOut events for larger/hazardous items (up to 20L liquid / 20kg per item, up to 100L paint).
- Find your bin day
- Use the council's Waste and Recycling pageCollection zones vary by street — see the link below.
Liverpool's FOGO (food + garden organics) service is relatively new, activated from July 2025 — some councils run FOGO weekly rather than fortnightly. Bin frequencies and fees can change; confirm your collection day and current fees on the official sources below.
Sources — check it yourself
Figures are current as at the dates shown and may change — always confirm with the linked source. See the notice at the bottom of the page for full details and how to report a correction.