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Antrim and Newtownabbey bin collection dates

Then choose your address. Dates come from Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council's own bin checker. We are not the council.

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

Missed bin or a problem

Bins in Antrim and Newtownabbey

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

  • Food and garden waste

    Brown bin

  • Black bins

  • Wheelie boxes

Container details

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

Greyed-out bin icons are placeholders where the container type or colour is not confirmed.

Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.

Links checked 14 September 2026.

Missed bin or a problem

Tell Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.

  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 Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough 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 district councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my district councillors on Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough 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.

A November 2025 report described completion of the recycling-container change for 23,000 households in Antrim, Randalstown, Crumlin, Templepatrick and Toomebridge. Blue bins were replaced by wheelie boxes, while general-waste bins shrank from 240 to 180 litres; brown bins remained for food and garden waste.

The report said delivery and removal of old bins finished during the week beginning 17 November. The contrasting choice in neighbouring Mid and East Antrim prompted a public question about which approach was right. That council defended mixed recycling bins but declined to judge Antrim and Newtownabbey’s decision.

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