Bins Near Me

How we source public bin data

Bins Near Me uses public open data and official provider pages. We keep the source and licence with each imported dataset so changes can be checked and rebuilt.

Public datasets

OpenStreetMap United Kingdom features

Published by OpenStreetMap contributors

Community-maintained data. A record can be incomplete or out of date. Keep the required OpenStreetMap attribution on maps and pages that use this data.

Refresh plan
monthly

Data we use

  • recycling centres and recycling containers
  • public waste baskets
  • public waste disposal points
  • pharmacies for unwanted medicine and inhaler returns
  • place names
  • opening hours, operator, contact, access and material tags where contributors supplied them

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© OpenStreetMap contributors

NHSBSA Consolidated Pharmaceutical List

Published by NHS Business Services Authority

The fetch selects the newest Consolidated Pharmaceutical List CSV and excludes dispensing appliance contractors. Coordinates come from OS Code-Point Open.

Refresh plan
quarterly

Data we use

  • active community and local pharmaceutical service pharmacies in England
  • pharmacy addresses and contracted weekly opening hours
  • unwanted medicine and inhaler return points

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Contains NHSBSA information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Podback coffee pod drop-off points

Published by Podback

Public data used by the Podback recycling map. Check the Podback map before travel because participating stores can change.

Refresh plan
weekly

Data we use

  • coffee pod drop-off points
  • store names, addresses, coordinates and Podback bag availability

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Podback

Leeds City Council litter bin locations

Published by Leeds City Council

Refresh plan
monthly check

Data we use

  • public litter-bin locations in Leeds

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

City of York Council litter bins

Published by City of York Council

Refresh plan
monthly check

Data we use

  • public litter-bin locations in York

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Sheffield City Council highway bins

Published by Sheffield City Council

Refresh plan
monthly check

Data we use

  • public highway-bin locations in Sheffield

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Runnymede Borough Council litter bins

Published by Runnymede Borough Council

Refresh plan
monthly check

Data we use

  • public litter-bin locations in Runnymede

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Runnymede Borough Council dog-waste bins

Published by Runnymede Borough Council

Refresh plan
monthly check

Data we use

  • public dog-waste-bin locations in Runnymede

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Wiltshire Council highway assets bins

Published by Wiltshire Council

Refresh plan
monthly

Data we use

  • public highway-bin locations in Wiltshire

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Redditch Borough Council public bins

Published by Redditch Borough Council

Refresh plan
monthly check

Data we use

  • public litter-bin and dog-waste-bin locations in Redditch

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Contains Redditch Borough Council information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Street Furniture - Scotland public bins

Published by Improvement Service Spatial Hub

Refresh plan
monthly check

Data we use

  • public litter-bin and dog-waste-bin locations in eight Scottish councils

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Contains Scottish local authority data published by the Improvement Service Spatial Hub under the Open Government Licence v3.0

North Ayrshire Council litter bins

Published by North Ayrshire Council

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monthly check

Data we use

  • public litter-bin locations in North Ayrshire

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Contains North Ayrshire Council and Ordnance Survey data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Aberdeen City Council litter bins

Published by Aberdeen City Council

Refresh plan
monthly check

Data we use

  • public litter-bin locations in Aberdeen City

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Contains Aberdeen City Council and Ordnance Survey data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

City of Edinburgh Council open-access communal bins

Published by City of Edinburgh Council

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monthly check

Data we use

  • open-access communal-bin locations in Edinburgh

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Contains City of Edinburgh Council and Ordnance Survey data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Falkirk Council public bins

Published by Falkirk Council

Refresh plan
monthly check

Data we use

  • public litter, dog-waste, and recycling-bin locations in Falkirk

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Contains Falkirk Council information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Sevenoaks District Council litter bins

Published by Sevenoaks District Council

Refresh plan
monthly check

Data we use

  • public litter-bin locations in Sevenoaks

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Contains Sevenoaks District Council information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Mid Devon District Council public bins

Published by Mid Devon District Council

Refresh plan
monthly check

Data we use

  • public bin locations in Mid Devon

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Contains Mid Devon District Council information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

South Kesteven District Council waste bins

Published by South Kesteven District Council

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monthly check

Data we use

  • public waste-bin locations in South Kesteven

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Contains South Kesteven District Council information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Harlow Council maintained litter bins

Published by Harlow Council

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monthly check

Data we use

  • council-maintained litter-bin locations in Harlow

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Contains Harlow Council information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Wokingham Borough Council highway bins

Published by Wokingham Borough Council

Refresh plan
monthly check

Data we use

  • public highway-bin locations in Wokingham

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Contains Wokingham Borough Council information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Mid Ulster District Council litter bins

Published by Mid Ulster District Council

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monthly check

Data we use

  • public litter-bin locations in Mid Ulster

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Contains Mid Ulster District Council information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Cumberland Council public bins in the former Copeland area

Published by Cumberland Council

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monthly check

Data we use

  • public bin locations in the former Copeland area

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Contains Cumberland Council information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

West Lothian Council litter bins

Published by West Lothian Council

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monthly check

Data we use

  • public litter-bin locations in West Lothian

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Contains West Lothian Council information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Forest of Dean District Council public litter bins

Published by Forest of Dean District Council

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monthly check

Data we use

  • public litter-bin locations in the Forest of Dean district

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Contains Forest of Dean District Council information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Guildford Borough Council litter bins

Published by Guildford Borough Council

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monthly check

Data we use

  • public litter-bin locations in Guildford

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Contains Guildford Borough Council information licensed under Creative Commons Attribution

Stroud District Council litter and dog bins

Published by Stroud District Council

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monthly check

Data we use

  • public litter-bin and dog-waste-bin locations in Stroud district

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Open data, Stroud District Council, licensed under the Open Government Licence

Glasgow City Council public litter-bin locations

Published by Glasgow City Council

Refresh plan
monthly check

Data we use

  • public litter-bin locations maintained by Glasgow City Council waste and parks services

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Contains Glasgow City Council information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

East Sussex County Council recycling sites

Published by East Sussex County Council

Refresh plan
weekly

Data we use

  • household waste recycling sites, accepted materials and official site-page hours in East Sussex

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Contains East Sussex County Council information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Causeway Coast and Glens recycling centres

Published by Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council

Refresh plan
monthly

Data we use

  • recycling centres and accepted materials in Causeway Coast and Glens

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Contains Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Causeway Coast and Glens bring sites

Published by Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council

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monthly

Data we use

  • bring sites and accepted materials in Causeway Coast and Glens

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Contains Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

North Yorkshire Council household waste recycling centres

Published by North Yorkshire Council

The CSV has location fields only. Do not infer hours or accepted materials from it.

Refresh plan
monthly

Data we use

  • household waste recycling centre locations in North Yorkshire

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Contains North Yorkshire Council information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Belfast City Council recycling centres

Published by Belfast City Council

Refresh plan
weekly

Data we use

  • recycling centre locations, hours and accepted materials in Belfast

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Contains Belfast City Council information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

City of York Council recycling centres

Published by City of York Council

Refresh plan
monthly

Data we use

  • recycling centres and material acceptance flags in York

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Contains City of York Council information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Local Authority Districts April 2025 names, codes and boundaries

Published by Office for National Statistics

The source fetch downloads the ONS names, codes and boundaries directly. A local run can use the licensed Bin Day sister-site snapshot only when the operator supplies the optional sister flag.

Refresh plan
when ONS publishes a new release

Data we use

  • current local authority district names and codes
  • local authority boundary matching

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Built-up Area to Local Authority District lookup December 2022

Published by Office for National Statistics

This release covers Great Britain. OpenStreetMap place records supply additional names and Northern Ireland coverage.

Refresh plan
when ONS publishes a replacement lookup

Data we use

  • Great Britain settlement names
  • settlement to local authority district lookup

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

OS Code-Point Open

Published by Ordnance Survey

Code-Point Open covers Great Britain only. Do not add BT data without a suitable commercial LPS or OSNI licence.

Refresh plan
monthly check; Ordnance Survey publishes a new complete release each quarter

Data we use

  • current postcode unit coordinates in England, Scotland and Wales
  • static postcode search shards

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Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right [release year]Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right [release year]Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right [release year]

GOV.UK local recycling collection finder

Published by Government Digital Service

Use as a user help link and source reference. Do not scrape it as a recycling-centre database.

Refresh plan
manual check

Data we use

  • official signpost to council recycling services

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Guide and service sources

We use these public pages for item preparation, retailer take-back rules, reuse services and specialist recycling routes. Each guide shows its own source links.

Official provider pages

Council and service-provider pages are the best place to confirm opening hours, booking rules, permits, charges and accepted waste. We link to an official page from a location record when the source includes one.

Postcode coordinates

Great Britain postcode searches use OS Code-Point Open files stored with this site. The files contain postcode coordinates and are rebuilt from the current public release. They are available under the Open Government Licence. The required Northern Ireland postcode data is not covered by this dataset, so BT postcode coordinate search is unavailable.

If a valid Great Britain postcode is missing from the local files, or a file cannot load, the browser can use Postcodes.io as a fallback. BT postcodes are blocked before this fallback.

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

How updates work

  1. 1. Fetch

    The data job downloads public source records and saves a dated manifest.

  2. 2. Check

    Validation rejects missing identifiers, invalid coordinates and broken record links.

  3. 3. Build

    The site derives its visible counts from the accepted records. It also rebuilds search and map files.

  4. 4. Review

    Large or unexpected changes stop the publish step so they can be checked.

Check important details before you travel

Public data can be incomplete or out of date. Use the official provider link on the location page to confirm access rules and opening hours.

Open data attribution

Map and site records can include OpenStreetMap data. Area names and boundaries can include Office for National Statistics data under the Open Government Licence.