Fingal County Council provides a 3-bin waste and recycling service. The brown bin is for food and garden waste, the green bin is for paper, cans, tins and clean plastics and the black bin is for all other household waste. The black refuse bin is collected 3 weeks out of every 4. Your green and brown bins are collected every 2 weeks. A collection calendar is issued to every household for your black and brown bins. If you haven't received a calendar, please call us on 01-8905473 to get one.
For details of the charges involved, information on our waiver system and how to claim tax relief, please click on the waste charges link. Information on repairs to bins or new and replacement bins are set out on the new and replacement black bins link.
For details on the brown bin and green bin service please click on each link.
None of the bins can take hot ashes, builders rubble or corrosive materials. your black bin should not contain recyclable materials which should be placed in your green or brown bins.
Please put your bins on the kerbside outside your house on the collection day. You should have the handle at the back of the bin facing the road with the annual charge sticker visible.
NON COLLECTION OF BINS
If any of your bins were not collected it may be for any of the following reasons;-
- Is the bin overloaded or the lid not fully closed ?
- Are there extra bags or boxes beside the bin ?
- Is there anything in the bin which should not be there ?
- It is presented without the annual charge sticker and bin tag (black bin only) ?