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Clackmannanshire 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 Clackmannanshire
These are the containers used in Clackmannanshire. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Food caddy
Brown bin
Paper and card
Grey bin
Blue bin
Grey bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are Clackmannanshire Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
Container descriptions checked 14 September 2026; list of collections built from Clackmannanshire Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Recycling A to Z guideClackmannanshire Council
- Garden waste collectionsClackmannanshire Council
- Food waste collectionsClackmannanshire Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemClackmannanshire Council
- Recycling centres and tipsClackmannanshire Council
Links checked 14 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Clackmannanshire Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
- 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 Clackmannanshire 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 Clackmannanshire 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.
Clackmannanshire’s garden-waste permit costs £52 for 2026/27. Brown-bin collections run every three weeks from March to November, with a valid permit attached to the bin. Residents without permits can take garden waste to the council’s Forthbank recycling centre in Alloa.
In November 2025, the council reported Scotland’s highest household recycling rate for 2024: 57.2%, against a national average of 44.3%. It highlighted investment in the 2023 collection changes, including a grey bin dedicated to dry paper and card. Councillor Scott Harrison thanked residents and encouraged continued recycling to reduce waste sent to landfill.
- Brown Bin Permit for Garden Waste — www.clacks.gov.uk
- Clackmannanshire Tops Scottish Recycling Rates — www.clacks.gov.uk