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Cardiff bin collection dates

Then choose your address. Dates come from Cardiff 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 Cardiff

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

  • General

  • Recycling

  • Food

  • Garden

  • Paper and cardboard

  • Plastic and cans

    Red sack for plastic, cans and Tetra Pak

  • Glass

Container details

The container pictures and words are Cardiff 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.

  • Plastic and cans: Homes on the separate recycling scheme
  • Plastic and cans: Not Flats with communal bins

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

Links checked 17 September 2026.

Missed bin or a problem

Tell Cardiff 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. Make a complaint to Cardiff 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 Cardiff 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.

Cardiff has increased the number of officers able to search dumped waste for evidence from 12 to 80, as councillors face complaints about dirty streets. In a September 2026 interview, cabinet member Ed Stubbs promised tougher enforcement and urged residents to report problems through the council’s app. WalesOnline reported 240 littering and fly-tipping fines between January and April 2026. Opposition councillors questioned spending priorities, which the council disputed. Stubbs also defended the removal of some street bins, saying they attracted dumping, were hard to reach or had alternatives nearby, and called for higher fines in Wales.

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