Last updated:

12th October 2023

Buy more blue bin bags

How to buy more blue bin bags and where to collect them

What can be disposed of in blue bin bags

  • Household rubbish which can't be recycled or disposed of as food waste
  • Pet waste and bedding (bagged)

What can't be disposed of in blue bin bags

Where to collect blue bags with a voucher

If you have moved into the borough, missed your annual allocation or are collecting additional bags as you are a larger household you can collect from the following hub locations once you have reported and are in receipt of your voucher.

Hub locations:

  • Wokingham Borough Council, Shute End, Wokingham RG40 1BN  Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm

  • Woodley Library, Headley Road, Woodley, RG5 4JA (Monday 9am to 1pm) (Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9am to 5pm) (Thursday 9am to 7pm)  or (Saturday 9.30am to 4pm) or (Sunday 10:30am to 4pm)
  • Lower Earley Library, Chalfont Close, Lower Earley RG6 5HZ (Monday, Tuesday and Friday 9.30am to 5pm) (Thursday 9:30am to 7pm) or (Saturday 9.30am to 4pm)
  • Finchampstead Library, FBC Centre, Gorse Ride North, RG40 4ES (Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 2pm to 5pm) (Wednesday and Friday 9:30am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm) or (Saturday 9:30am to 12:30pm)
  • Shinfield Parish Council, School Green Centre, School Green, Shinfield RG2 9EH (Monday to Saturday 9am to 5pm) (Sunday 10am to 4:30pm)
  • Spencers Wood Library, Basingstoke Road, Spencers Wood, RG7 1AJ (Monday and Tuesday 2:30pm to 5pm) (Thursday 10am to 12:30pm and 2:30pm to 5pm) or (Saturday 10am to 12:30pm)
  • Twyford Library, Polehampton Close, Twyford, RG10 9RP (Monday and Thursday 2pm to 5pm) (Tuesday and Friday 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm) or (Saturday 9:30am to 12:30pm)
  • Wargrave Library, Woodclyffe Hostel, Church Street, Wargrave RG10 8EP (Monday and Friday 2pm to 5pm) (Wednesday 9:30am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm) or (Saturday 9:30am to 1pm)
  • Winnersh Library, The Forest School, Robin Hood Lane, Winnersh RG41 5ND (Tuesday to Friday 3:30pm to 5pm) or (Saturday 9:30am to 2:30pm)
  • Wokingham Library, Carnival Hub, Wellington Road, Wokingham, RG40 2AF (Monday, Tuesday, Friday 9:30am to 5pm), (Wednesday and Saturday 9:30am to 4pm) and (Thursday 9:30am to 7pm) 

Where to buy blue bin bags

If you have run out of your annual allocation of blue bin bags you can buy more at £10.50 for a roll of 10. Residents can only buy 1 roll at a time.

To buy these bags:

  • Visit our online payment service

  • Make a payment of £10.50 for one roll of 10 blue bags - you are only permitted to purchase one roll at a time
  • Select 'Rubbish and Garden Waste' as the Account Group
  • Select 'Blue Bags - One Roll only (10 sacks)' as the Account Type
  • Provide your name and full address
  • Add to Cart and then Checkout
  • Add your email address to receive an email confirmation with your receipt number
     

Take your receipt to one of the following local outlets to collect the bags in person:

  • Wokingham Borough Council, Shute End, Wokingham RG40 1BN  Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
  • Woodley Library, Headley Road, Woodley, RG5 4JA (Monday 9am to 1pm) (Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9am to 5pm) (Thursday 9am to 7pm) or (Saturday 9.30am to 4pm) or (Sunday 10:30am to 4pm)
  • Lower Earley Library, Chalfont Close, Lower Earley RG6 5HZ (Monday, Tuesday and Friday 9.30am to 5pm) (Thursday 9:30am to 7pm) or (Saturday 9.30am to 4pm)
  • Finchampstead Library, FBC Centre, Gorse Ride North, RG40 4ES (Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 2pm to 5pm) (Wednesday and Friday 9:30am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm) or  (Saturday 9:30am to 12:30am)
  • Shinfield Parish Council, School Green Centre, School Green, Shinfield RG2 9EH (Monday to Saturday 9am to 5pm) (Sunday10am to 4:30pm)
  • Spencers Wood Library, Basingstoke Road, Spencers Wood RG7 1AJ (Monday and Tuesday 2:30pm to 5pm) (Thursday 10am to 12:30pm and 2:30pm to 5pm) or (Saturday 10am to 12:30pm)
  • Twyford Library, Polehampton Close, Twyford, RG10 9RP (Monday and Thursday 2pm to 5pm) (Tuesday and Friday 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm) or (Saturday 9:30am to 12:30pm)
  • Wargrave Library, Woodclyffe Hostel, Church Street, Wargrave RG10 8EP (Monday and Friday 2pm to 5pm) (Wednesday 9:30am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm) or (Saturday 9:30am to 1pm)
  • Winnersh Library, The Forest School Robin Hood Lane, Winnersh RG41 5ND (Tuesday to Friday 3:30pm to 5pm) or (Saturday 9:30am to 2:30pm)
  • Rogers Hardware, 25 Greenwood Road, Crowthorne, RG45 6QX        
  • One Stop, 36 Park View Drive, Charvil, RG10 9QX - open 8am to 8pm
  • Wokingham Decor, 56 Peach Street, Wokingham, RG40 1XG (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 8.30am to 5.30pm), (Wednesday: 8.30am to 1pm) and (Saturday: 8.30am to 5pm)
  • Wokingham Library, Carnival Hub, Wellington Road, Wokingham, RG40 2AF (Monday, Tuesday, Friday 9:30am to 5pm), (Wednesday and Saturday 9:30am to 4pm) and (Thursday 9:30am to 7pm) 

If you can't pay online call us on 0118 974 6000 and select option 2 for waste.

Putting out blue bin bags

Official Wokingham Borough Council blue bin bags must be left out by 6.30am on your collection day 

  • Tied and left at the edge of your property on top of recycling bags to deter animals
  • Or tied in dustbins but not wheeled bins, left at the edge of your property
  • As near to kerb as possible without causing obstruction  

Bank Holidays

Collections may be earlier than normal on bank holidays so put your blue bin bags and recycling bags out the night before.

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