General waste
Grey bin
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Ards and North Down bin collection dates
- Add your dates to Google, Apple or Outlook calendar
- Get an email the evening before
- Print an A4 sheet for the fridge
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.
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.
Order, book and apply
- Which bin and food waste guidanceArds and North Down Borough Council
- Which bin should I use?Ards and North Down Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsArds and North Down Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemArds and North Down Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsArds and North Down Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outArds and North Down Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outArds and North Down Borough Council
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.
- Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
- 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