What goes in the black bin?
Short answer
It depends on your council. In many areas a black bin is for general rubbish, but each council chooses its own colours, so yours may be different. Check yours below.
Check your black bin
Your result names the council that collects at your postcode and links to its own page. We don’t hold each council’s rules for this yet, so check that page before anything goes in a bin.
Why the colours are different
Each council chooses its own bins and colours, and collects different materials in them. The colour on your bin only tells you what it holds where you live. The written label from your council is what counts.
Before the rubbish bin: could it be used again, mended, or recycled in another bin?
For children: Buddy and the colour puzzleWhy Gullbrae’s bins can’t tell you about yours. A story for school and home.
Other bin colours
What goes in the green bin?Coming soon
What goes in the brown bin?Coming soon
What goes in the blue bin?Coming soon