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Plymouth swaps the usual colours around: the brown bin is your general rubbish (not garden waste), the green bin is mixed recycling, and garden waste goes in a grey bin. A new weekly food caddy is rolling out across the city from 2026.
Plymouth City Council collects the brown bin (general, non-recyclable domestic waste) and the green bin (mixed dry recycling — paper, card, glass bottles and jars of any colour, plastics, metal and cartons, loose) on alternating fortnightly weeks. Garden waste goes in a grey bin on a paid subscription. A weekly kerbside food waste caddy is being introduced city-wide from Spring 2026. Note the local quirks: brown is your general rubbish here, not garden waste, and grey is the garden bin. Some areas use community collection points with shared bins. Present bins from 6:30pm the night before, or by collection time on the day.
Bin setup and collection days come straight from Plymouth. You can also check the council's own page at plymouth.gov.uk.
Plymouth collects the brown (general waste) and green (mixed recycling) bins on alternating fortnights, with a paid grey garden bin and a new weekly food caddy rolling out in 2026. Note the quirks — brown is general rubbish here, and grey is garden waste. My Bin Day reads your council schedule and texts you the evening before each collection so you always put the right bin out.
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 Plymouth'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 Plymouth or any council. We simply read the council's published collection schedule and send you a friendly reminder.
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