Buy and use blue bin bags

How to buy blue bin bags

As of 31st July 2024 residents will no longer be able to buy additional blue bags.

• Visit our online payment service

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

• Make a payment of £11.30 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 our Collection Hubs to collect your order.

Please be aware that blue bags can not be put out for collection next to your new bin when the collection starts in August.

What to put in blue bin bags

• General waste which cannot be recycled, reused, or composted
• Polystyrene
• Food wrappers, film (can be taken to some supermarkets) and black food trays
• Vacuum cleaner or floor sweepings
• Nappies and sanitary waste
• Hygiene waste incontinence articles, catheters etc)
• Pet bedding & animal waste  
• Kitchen wipes & paper towels     

What not to put in blue bin bags

• Food Waste – put this in the black food waste bin
• Recyclable items that can be placed in the green bags
• Garden waste that can be placed in the brown bin
• Small Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
• Batteries and vapes
• Rubble and soil
• Hot ashes
• Hazardous clinical waste (sharps, blood products)
• Asbestos
• Pesticides, paint, and oils    

Where to collect blue bags with a voucher

If you have moved into the borough, you can order bags as a new resident. 

If you've 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 for vouchers

• 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) 

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.