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Dundee 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 Dundee
These are the containers used in Dundee. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Food Waste caddy
Garden waste
Brown Bin
Blue Bin
Burgundy Bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are Dundee City Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Dundee City Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Additional general waste bins and side-waste policyDundee City Council
- Recycling medicine packagingDundee City Council
- Garden waste collectionsDundee City Council
- Food waste collectionsDundee City Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemDundee City Council
- Recycling centres and tipsDundee City Council
- Get help putting your bins outDundee City Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Dundee City 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 Dundee City 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 Dundee City 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.
Dundee apologised for missed collections after residents reported overflowing communal recycling bins in Stobswell in September 2026. One resident told The Courier that burgundy bins had gone unemptied for at least six weeks and blue bins for more than three.
Council convener Lynne Short blamed operational challenges and acknowledged the service had fallen below its intended standard. She said teams were prioritising missed rounds and trying to recover collections as resources allowed. The council was also reviewing operational arrangements to make the service more resilient. The resident also said complaints to council managers had gone unanswered.
- Missed collections in Dundee leave bins overflowing — www.thecourier.co.uk