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Marown bin collection days

Marown is the only Manx parish with no coastline, taking in Crosby, Glen Vine, Union Mills’ western edge and the Baldwin hills, and its Commissioners now collect refuse on Thursdays across the whole parish, having dropped the old Tuesday round. The parish page is unusually specific about what its recycling banks take.

Last checked against 3 sources (www.marown.im, www.gov.im).

What goes in each bin

Refuse collection, Thursdays for the whole parish · General waste

Bin · Varies by area, so check your address

Yes please

  • Household refuse for the Island’s Energy from Waste plant, which processes all of the Island’s 60,000 tonnes of municipal and commercial waste

Not in this one

  • Lead-acid batteries, which go to a civic amenity site
  • Dry-cell batteries from clocks, toys, hearing aids, phones and cameras, which go to Manx Co-op stores, Glen Mona Garage or a civic amenity site

Source: www.marown.im (opens in a new tab), read

Parish recycling banks on Old Church Road, Crosby · Mixed recycling

Container

Yes please

  • Aluminium and rinsed steel cans in the can banks
  • Paper, household telephone directories and thin white or grey card such as cereal packets in the paper banks

Not in this one

  • Brown card and brown cardboard, which the paper banks do not accept
  • Plastic bottles, which go to the Eastern Civic Amenity Site rinsed, squashed and with lids removed

Source: www.marown.im (opens in a new tab), read

Bulky waste and recycling at the Western Civic Amenity Site · Bulky waste

Container

Yes please

  • Bulky household waste that will not fit in the bin, such as washing machines and kitchen units
  • Fridges and freezers, televisions, computer monitors and fluorescent lamps, for a charge
  • Fluorescent tubes, batteries, scrap metal, garden waste, glass, cans, paper, clothing, oils, cardboard, paint, soil and small electrical items

Not in this one

  • Car and motorbike tyres, which the sites cannot store or handle; take them to a tyre fitter
  • Asbestos and wood containing elm

Source: www.gov.im (opens in a new tab), read

Check your bin day

Use Marown’s own page for your bin day

Isle of Man local authorities publish collection days as fixed weekdays, road lists, maps or PDF calendars rather than an address search BinWeek’s lookup service can query, so the page links to the authority’s own page and lets you set your own bin day.

Find my bin day on www.marown.im(opens in a new tab)

Set your own bin day

These dates are the ones you enter. BinWeek does not get them from Marown. Check them on the council’s site (opens in a new tab) (www.marown.im).

Refuse collection, Thursdays for the whole parish · General waste
Parish recycling banks on Old Church Road, Crosby · Mixed recycling
Bulky waste and recycling at the Western Civic Amenity Site · Bulky waste

Add to calendar

A private calendar link for the pattern you entered, with an alert at 6pm the evening before. The link contains those days. BinWeek does not keep a copy, and anyone with the link can see them.

Email me the night before

You can still add these days to your calendar.

How often each bin is collected

Collection frequency by bin for Marown
BinCollected
Refuse collection, Thursdays for the whole parish · General wasteVaries by area, so check your address

If your bin was missed

Marown Parish Commissioners are reached c/o Staarvey Farm, Staarvey Road, Peel, on (07624) 463024 or marown.comm@manx.net. The Government lists office hours as Tuesday and Thursday 10am to 2pm, with an answerphone when unavailable.

Source: www.marown.im (opens in a new tab), read

Your nearest tip

Good to know in Marown

  • All refuse collections now take place on a Thursday for the whole parish; there are no more Tuesday collections. The Thursday round covers Peel Road on both sides, Ballagarey Estate, Glen Vine Road and roads off, Crosby including Eyreton Lea and Reart ny Chrink, Trollaby Lane, Glen Darragh Road, south of the Peel Road including Braaid, Ellerslie and Eairy, West Baldwin and the Top Road from Glen Vine Road to Mount Rule.
  • The parish recycling banks are on Old Church Road in Crosby at the bottom of School Hill. Rinsed steel cans now go in with the aluminium cans, thin white and grey card such as cereal packets and food sleeves go in the paper banks, and telephone directories are accepted; brown card and cardboard are not.
  • Dry-cell batteries go to Manx Co-op stores, Glen Mona Garage or a civic amenity site, and lead-acid batteries to a civic amenity site. Plastic bottles are taken at the Eastern Civic Amenity Site on Pulrose Road, Douglas, rinsed, squashed and with the lids off.
  • Marown uses the Western Civic Amenity Site on Curragh Road, St John’s, on 801158 or 406333 or wcas@manx.net. The parish page lists it as open Monday to Saturday 8am to 4pm and Sunday 9am to 4pm, while the Government page lists a daily 11:45am to 1pm closure and Wednesday afternoons off, so check before a lunchtime trip. It does not take asbestos or wood containing elm.
  • The Energy from Waste plant processes all of the Island’s 60,000 tonnes of municipal and commercial waste a year. Marown had 2,220 residents at the 2021 Census and its rate for 2026/27 is 236 pence in the pound.

Bin questions in Marown

What day is bin day in Marown?

Thursday, for the whole parish. The Commissioners say there are no more Tuesday collections.

Can I put cardboard in the Marown paper banks?

Thin white and grey card such as cereal packets, yes. Brown card and brown cardboard, no; take those to a civic amenity site.

Where do plastic bottles go in Marown?

To the Eastern Civic Amenity Site on Pulrose Road, Douglas, rinsed, squashed and with the lids removed.

When can I reach Marown Parish Commissioners?

The Isle of Man Government lists Tuesday and Thursday 10am to 2pm, with an answerphone when unavailable and meetings by appointment, on +44 7624 463024.

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