Flintshire's kerbside service is a closed wheelie bin for refuse, recycling bags, and a weekly food caddy. Bags and bins go out by 7am. Side waste is not taken, and a lid that will not shut means the bin stays. The food page is the place that puts a time on the black bin: it talks about food otherwise sitting for two weeks in that bin. Garden waste is a separate £38.00 subscription.
Last checked against 4 sources (www.flintshire.gov.uk).
Bin · Every two weeks
Yes please
Not in this one
Source: www.flintshire.gov.uk (opens in a new tab), read
Bag · Every week
Yes please
Not in this one
Source: www.flintshire.gov.uk (opens in a new tab), read
Caddy · Every week
Yes please
Not in this one
Source: www.flintshire.gov.uk (opens in a new tab), read
Live bin day lookups for Flintshire are planned. Until then, Flintshire’s own page will show your collection day.
These dates are the ones you enter. BinWeek does not get them from Flintshire. Check them on the council’s site (opens in a new tab) (www.flintshire.gov.uk).
| Bin | Collected |
|---|---|
| Closed black wheelie bin for refuse · General waste | Every two weeks |
| Weekly kerbside recycling, described by the missed-collection page as tins, plastics, glass, cardboard and paper · Mixed recycling | Every week |
| Food caddy with a council compostable liner · Food waste | Every week |
Garden waste is a paid-for service. The garden waste charge is £38.00 whether you pay online, by phone, or at a Flintshire Connects office. Subscribers get a new yellow sticker. The old RFID sticker is not used for the new service period. Collections stay fortnightly for nine months, and the council has added monthly collections in December 2026, January 2027 and February 2027. The sticker pack is described as arriving within 10 days, and the same page asks you to allow up to 14 working days because of mail delays. A brown bin appears on the bin-day checker only after you have paid. The page does not list grass, leaves, soil or food.
Source: www.flintshire.gov.uk (opens in a new tab), read
Flintshire asks you to report a missed collection from the next day, because of a technical issue, and because a vehicle may come back later. Before reporting, the bin should have been out by 7am at the point where the drive meets the road, the right container on the right day, with the lid closed and no side waste. Food caddies must not be lined with plastic or a non-Flintshire biobag. Assisted collections are exempt from the 7am and correct-day checks. Recycling is weekly, so the crew does not come back for a missed recycling collection. Black bin, food, garden and absorbent hygiene crews aim to return within 3 working days. A Friday collection starts that count on Monday. From the next day. Black bin, food, garden and hygiene returns are aimed at within 3 working days, subject to resources. Recycling is not returned.
Source: www.flintshire.gov.uk (opens in a new tab), read
No. Recycling is weekly, so a missed recycling collection is noted and not re-run. Black bins, food caddies, garden bins and absorbent hygiene collections are different: crews aim to return within 3 working days, and a Friday starts that count on Monday.
£38.00 online, by phone, or at Flintshire Connects. You need the new yellow sticker. Fortnightly collections run for nine months, with monthly collections added in December 2026, January 2027 and February 2027.
Peelings, meat and fish with bones and shells, dairy, bread, pasta, rice, eggshells, tea, coffee, plate scrapings and food past eating. Not liquids, oils, hot food, packaging, plastic liners, napkins, wipes or cutlery. The same page says leaving food in the black bin means it sits for two weeks.
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