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Aberdeenshire bin collection dates

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  • Add your dates to Google, Apple or Outlook calendar
  • Get an email the evening before
  • Print an A4 sheet for the fridge

Bank holiday bin collections in Aberdeenshire

Are bins collected on St Andrew’s Day?

St Andrew’s Day is Monday 30 November 2026, a Scottish bank holiday. A bank holiday does not automatically mean your bin day changes.

We have not verified a general bank-holiday collection rule for this council. Check the dates for your address rather than assuming collections move by a day.

Check your household calendar and the council’s separate collection-disruption updates.

Council collection information. Source reviewed 2 October 2026. Applies to: Household bin collections.

Check current council updates for any later disruption. Christmas and New Year collections may have separate arrangements.

Keep up with bin-day changes

Sign up for free email reminders or add a calendar subscription after finding your address. WhenIsBins refreshes your collection dates from the council, including verified changes for bank holidays, Christmas and New Year.

Get email reminders or a calendar

Enter your postcode above, choose your address, then choose email reminders or a calendar subscription on your results. Calendar apps can take a day or more to show updates; a one-off download will not update. Last-minute council changes may not reach us in time.

Christmas and New Year bin collections in Aberdeenshire

We had not found Aberdeenshire Council’s arrangements for Christmas 2026 and New Year 2027 when we checked on 10 November 2026. We check every week until Christmas; councils often publish in late November or December.

Check the council’s bins information.

Look up your address above for its dates. Christmas and New Year collections across the UK.

Missed bin or a problem

Bins in Aberdeenshire

These are the containers used in Aberdeenshire. Which ones a home has depends on its address.

  • General waste

    Black lid bin

  • Blue lid bin recycling and food waste

  • Orange lid bin recycling and food waste

  • Paper and cardboard

    Blue lid bin

  • Plastics and cans

    Orange lid bin

Container details

The container pictures and words are Aberdeenshire Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.

Container descriptions checked 18 September 2026; list of collections built from Aberdeenshire Council's own service names 22 September 2026.

Links checked 17 September 2026.

Missed bin or a problem

Tell Aberdeenshire Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.

Missed-bin guidance checked 20 September 2026.

  1. Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
  2. Report another bin collection problemAnything else about the collection or your bins.
  3. Make a complaint to Aberdeenshire CouncilIf reporting it didn't fix it.
Complaint didn't work either? Ask your councillors

If you've already reported the problem and used the council's complaints process, your unitary authority councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my unitary authority councillors on Aberdeenshire Council.

WriteToThem is an independent mySociety service. You'll enter your postcode there before choosing who to contact.

Complaint routes verified 6 September 2026.

Local bins and recycling news

AI-generated summary, reviewed before publication. Checked 18 September 2026.

Aberdeenshire announced tighter pedestrian access at six household recycling centres from 31 August 2026: Fraserburgh, Huntly, Insch, Laurencekirk, Portsoy and Turriff. People without vehicles must arrange visits with site staff rather than use the previous fixed half-hour slot. The council said drivers had often parked outside and entered on foot, undermining arrangements intended for residents without cars. It also cited concerns about businesses using household facilities. Alford and Westhill retain their unbooked pedestrian half-hours for residents without vehicles, while drivers gain access throughout other opening hours at the affected sites.

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