Get a friendly text reminder the evening before every bin collection. Any bin, any schedule — don't worry, we've got you. Bank holiday or Christmas disruption? We check, we text, you never miss a thing.
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Middlesbrough splits recycling across two bins that come on opposite weeks — a red-lid bin for paper and card, and a blue-lid bin for plastics, glass and cans. With food waste weekly and rubbish fortnightly on top, knowing whether it's a red week or a blue week is the thing that trips people up.
Middlesbrough Council collects the black-lid bin (general rubbish) fortnightly and food waste weekly. Recycling is split between the red-lid bin (paper and cardboard) and the blue-lid bin (plastics, glass and cans), which are emptied on opposite weeks. Garden waste is a paid brown-bin subscription, collected fortnightly between April and November. Bins out by the morning of your collection day.
Bin setup and collection days come straight from Middlesbrough. You can also check the council's own page at middlesbrough.gov.uk.
Middlesbrough collects the black-lid bin (general rubbish) fortnightly and food waste weekly, and splits recycling between the red-lid (paper/card) and blue-lid (plastics/glass/cans) bins on opposite weeks. Your exact day depends on your address — My Bin Day reads your council schedule and texts you the evening before each collection so you never lose track of which recycling bin is due.
My Bin Day is 99p a month — less than a coffee a year. Cancel any time by replying STOP to a reminder and you won't be charged again.
Yes. We track Middlesbrough's published schedule, including the shifts that bank holidays and seasonal changes cause, so your reminder always reflects the real collection date.
No — My Bin Day is an independent service and is not affiliated with Middlesbrough or any council. We simply read the council's published collection schedule and send you a friendly reminder.
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