Check your bin collection day

You can use our calendar to find out when we’ll collect your: 

• general household waste 
• recycling 
• garden waste (if you have subscribed to our garden waste collection service)

Find your bin collection day

Our calendar covers the whole of the Westmorland and Furness area. 

It has options for you to: 

• download the information as a document that you can print off 
• add the details to your calendar (such as Google Calendar or Apple iCalendar) on your mobile phone, computer or other device 

Garden waste collections on the bin calendar

We run our garden waste collections as an opt-in subscription service. 

If you have subscribed, the calendar will show:

• recyclable waste 
• general waste 
• garden waste 

If you have not subscribed, the calendar will only show: 

• recyclable waste 
• general waste

Find out how to subscribe to our garden waste collection service.

If you’ve subscribed, we’ll usually collect your garden waste on the day we collected it before we introduced the service on 1 April 2026. However, you should still check your bin collection day, in case this has changed it.  

Putting your bins out 

You should put your bins, bags or boxes out by 6am.  

Find out how to prepare your waste for collection.

Read about what you can, and cannot, put in your waste and recycling.

Blue bags in Penrith for general waste

Households in the Penrith area currently have blue bags for their general waste. We provide properties with six months of bags in advance, rather than leaving one bag each time we collect their waste. 

If you live in the Penrith area we’ll leave your bags at your property twice per year, during: 

• late February to early March 
• late August to early September