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City of Edinburgh bin collection dates

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  • Print an A4 sheet for the fridge

Bank holiday bin collections in City of Edinburgh

Are bins collected on St Andrew’s Day?

St Andrew’s Day is Monday 30 November 2026, a Scottish bank holiday. A bank holiday does not automatically mean your bin day changes.

We have not verified a general bank-holiday collection rule for this council. Check the dates for your address rather than assuming collections move by a day.

Check the council’s collection dates for your address; garden-waste arrangements are listed separately.

Council collection information. Source reviewed 2 October 2026. Applies to: Household bin collections.

Check current council updates for any later disruption. Christmas and New Year collections may have separate arrangements.

Keep up with bin-day changes

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Get email reminders or a calendar

Enter your postcode above, choose your address, then choose email reminders or a calendar subscription on your results. Calendar apps can take a day or more to show updates; a one-off download will not update. Last-minute council changes may not reach us in time.

Christmas and New Year bin collections in City of Edinburgh

Garden waste permit holders. Garden waste collections pause from 14 December 2026 to 10 January 2027. After the pause, use your next normal scheduled collection day; 11 January is not a collection date for every address.

Council source. Checked 10 November 2026.

We had not found City of Edinburgh 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 City of Edinburgh

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

  • Non-recyclable waste

    Black-lidded communal bin

  • Mixed recycling

    Green-lidded communal recycling bin

  • Glass recycling

    Purple-lidded communal glass recycling bin

Container details

The container pictures and words are City of Edinburgh Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.

  • Non-recyclable waste: Residents using standard on-street communal bin hubs
  • Mixed recycling: Residents using standard on-street communal bin hubs
  • Glass recycling: Residents using standard on-street communal bin hubs

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

Display your permit and check the festive pause

Applies to: Garden waste permit holders, 2026–27 service.

Show the valid permit clearly on the garden-waste bin. Collections pause from 14 December 2026 to 10 January 2027, then restart on each household’s next normal collection day. Direct Debit permits renew automatically; one-off payments follow the registration process.

Read the council’s full instructions. Checked 30 September 2026.

Links checked 17 September 2026.

Missed bin or a problem

Tell City of Edinburgh Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.

  1. Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
  2. Report another bin collection problemAnything else about the collection or your bins.
  3. Make a complaint to City of Edinburgh 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 City of Edinburgh Council.

WriteToThem is an independent mySociety service. You'll enter your postcode there before choosing who to contact.

Complaint routes verified 6 September 2026.

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