Cleaning and routines · CR-08

Bin and Recycling Collection Chart

A free printable bin and recycling collection chart — a year of collection days on one page, with a key for your own bins and their colours.

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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.

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A4 44 kB US Letter 44 kB

Fill it in type and save

A4 118 kB US Letter 118 kB

The fillable versions have real form fields — open them in any PDF reader, type into them and save. Printing help.

What this sheet is for

Get a year of collection days onto one page, so the right bin goes out on the right night. Nobody should have to check a website in the dark in a dressing gown.

Who it is for

Households, house shares, landlords briefing new tenants and anyone who has just moved to an area with a different collection scheme.

How to use it

Fill in the key first — one line per bin, with its colour, contents and day.
Copy your collection dates across from your council or contractor's calendar.
Write the bin in the week it goes out; mark the weeks it does not.
Pin it inside a cupboard door near the bins, not in a drawer.

What is on the sheet

One page, top to bottom:

Printed under the title: Fill the key in once from your own collection calendar, then write the bin in the week it goes out.

Write-on lines: Address · Year

Your bins, then the year — one row per month · colours and frequency differ by area — use your own calendar

Table, 4 rows: Bin · Colour or label · What goes in it · Collection day · How often

Table, 12 rows: Month · Week 1 · Week 2 · Week 3 · Week 4 · Week 5

Questions

Which bin does which waste go in?

Nothing on this sheet says, because collection schemes differ enormously between countries, councils and contractors — the colours, the contents and the frequency. Take yours from your own collection calendar and write it in the key.

What about weeks with a public holiday?

Collections often move, and the chart has a column for each week so you can write the changed day in rather than remember it. Check your own calendar for the dates.