General waste
Black bags
All councils
Carmarthenshire 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 Carmarthenshire
These are the containers used in Carmarthenshire. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Blue bag
Garden waste
Purple bag
Container details
The container pictures and words are Carmarthenshire 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 18 September 2026; list of collections built from Carmarthenshire Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Bulky waste collections and reuse optionsCarmarthenshire Council
- Assisted waste collection eligibility and application guidanceCarmarthenshire Council
- Garden waste collectionsCarmarthenshire Council
- Food waste collectionsCarmarthenshire Council
- Recycling centres and tipsCarmarthenshire Council
- Get help putting your bins outCarmarthenshire Council
Links checked 18 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Carmarthenshire 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.
- Report another bin collection problemAnything else about the collection or your bins.
- Make a complaint to Carmarthenshire 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 Carmarthenshire 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.
Around a third of Carmarthenshire homes, mainly in the west, are due to start separating recycling into reusable sacks in mid-to-late autumn 2026. For these homes, single-use blue bags will end and glass collections will become weekly instead of every three weeks. Plastic wrapping and household batteries will also be collected. The council says cleaner, separated materials will improve recycling quality. Other homes will keep their current recycling arrangements for now, although collection days may change across the county. Black rubbish bags will still be collected every three weeks, with a limit of three bags per collection.
- Future changes to recycling collections in parts of Carmarthenshire — www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales