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Ards and North Down bin collection dates

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

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  • Print an A4 sheet for the fridge

Christmas and New Year bin collections in Ards and North Down

We had not found Ards and North Down Borough 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 Ards and North Down

These are the containers used in Ards and North Down. Which ones a home has depends on its address.

  • General waste

    Grey bin

  • Blue Bin

  • Green/Brown Bin

  • Glass Collection Box

Container details

The container pictures and words are Ards and North Down Borough Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.

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

Links checked 14 September 2026.

Missed bin or a problem

Tell Ards and North Down 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. Make a complaint to Ards and North Down 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 Ards and North Down 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.

Ards and North Down plans to trial kerbside collection of plastic bags and wrapping during 2026/27, describing it as a service residents have requested. Its February 2026 budget update also promised a pilot to make recycling easier away from home and new mobile cameras to deter fly-tipping. The council said waste-disposal costs remained a major pressure and that better recycling could reduce costs and generate income. These projects formed part of a budget balancing service improvements with affordability: councillors revised the district-rate increase down from 4.74% to 4.50% after updated financial assumptions.

  • Rates — www.ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk

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