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Bridgend 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 Bridgend
These are the containers used in Bridgend. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling collection
Food waste
Larger brown food waste caddy
Cardboard
Orange bag
Plastic, cans, aerosols and foil
Blue bag
Paper
White bag
Glass
Black glass caddy
Container details
The container pictures and words are Bridgend 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.
- Food waste: Households using kerbside recycling containers
- Food waste: Not Small indoor caddy and communal bins
- Cardboard: Households using kerbside recycling containers
- Cardboard: Not Communal bins serving flats and high density housing
- Plastic, cans, aerosols and foil: Households using kerbside recycling containers
- Plastic, cans, aerosols and foil: Not Communal bins serving flats and high density housing
- Paper: Households using kerbside recycling containers
- Paper: Not Communal bins serving flats and high density housing
- Glass: Households using kerbside recycling containers
- Glass: Not Communal bins serving flats and high density housing
Container descriptions checked 19 September 2026; list of collections built from Bridgend Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Recycling bags, boxes and caddies: what goes whereBridgend Council
- Garden waste collectionsBridgend Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemBridgend Council
- Recycling centres and tipsBridgend Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Bridgend Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
Missed-bin guidance checked 20 September 2026.
- Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
- Make a complaint to Bridgend 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 Bridgend Council.
WriteToThem is an independent mySociety service. You'll enter your postcode there before choosing who to contact.
Complaint routes verified 7 September 2026.
Local bins and recycling news
AI-generated summary, reviewed before publication. Checked 18 September 2026.
Bridgend residents are being told their bin collections will stay the same while the council prepares to run the service itself from July 2027. In a 17 September 2026 update, the council reported progress towards taking over a service delivered by outside contractors since 2003. Preparations include new collection vehicles, additional staff and the systems and equipment needed for the handover. The council says keeping collections running smoothly is its priority, and some existing suppliers may temporarily be retained to reduce disruption. Councillors are due to receive a further progress update on 22 September.
- Council reports ‘good progress’ on bringing waste and recycling service in-house — www.bridgend.gov.uk