Milton Keynes Council Bin Collection
Use this Milton Keynes resident guide to check your waste collection day, download the 2026/27 MK bin calendar, understand black, blue, red and green bins , report a missed collection, book a recycling centre slot, arrange bulky waste and avoid the common mistakes that stop bins being emptied.
Milton Keynes City Council Blue Bins are being emptied along with council issued Black and Green bins this week. Helpful Tips Contacts Updated every Sunday for the following weeks waste and recycling collections.
Blue AND red bins will be collected this week in Milton Keynes
Blue, red and black bins will be collected in Milton Keynes this week - but not green bins . But green bin waste levels usually dip over winter, says the council. "So food and garden waste collections will pause this week to give crews enough time to pick up the additional recycling," said a spokesperson.
In Milton Keynes , each household's first green bin will remain free, and all green bins will continue to be collected weekly. Additional bins will cost £55 per year each, which will help ofset the costs of the additional waste collections.
Waste and recycling
Subscribe to additional green bin collections Residents who wish to have their second or third green bin for food and garden waste collected can opt in to the annual paid subscription service.
Milton Keynes run a rolling bin collection service for households across Milton Keynes . Black/grey bins typically take general waste, blue or green bins take recyclable paper, plastic and glass, and brown bins are usually for garden or food waste.
PDF Wheelie bins or sacks New waste collection starting in September
New waste collection starting in September Households across Milton Keynes have now started to receive their wheelie bins , which will be used for waste collection from September. Eligible properties will each use four bins : black (general waste), black with blue lid (plastic, metal and glass), black with red lid (paper and cardboard), and green (food and garden waste). The black and green bins ...
The green bin is for food and garden waste.Order a green bin or report a missed collection, litter or graffiti.Recycling and rubbish. Milton Keynes Council plans to introduce an annual charge for households for collection of their green bins .
Collection days
another for your recycling bin , either blue or red depending on the week (blue for glass, metal and plastic, red for paper and cardboard); a third for your green wheelie bin or 23l caddy (for food and garden waste).
The move applies only to green bins , which take food and garden waste. The collection of black, blue or red bins will remain free of charge. Residents can subscribe to have up to two additional green bins collected weekly and the first green bin will still be free for everyone.