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Glasgow bin collection dates

Then choose your address. Dates come from Glasgow City 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

Bank holiday bin collections in Glasgow

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.

We could not read the council’s collection page during this review. Check its collection checker and current service notices for your address.

Council collection information. Source could not be read; review attempted 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.

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Sign up for free email reminders or add a calendar subscription after finding your address. WhenIsBins refreshes your collection dates from the council, including verified changes for bank holidays, Christmas and New Year.

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 Glasgow

We had not found Glasgow City 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 Glasgow

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

  • Mixed recycling

    Grey wheelie bin for mixed recycling

  • Food and garden waste

    Brown bin

  • Green bin

    Green bin for non-recyclable waste

  • Paper recycling

    Blue wheelie bin for paper recycling

Container details

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

  • Mixed recycling: Properties serviced on the kerbside collection services
  • Paper recycling: Properties serviced on the kerbside collection services

Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Glasgow City Council's own service names 22 September 2026.

Links checked 17 September 2026.

Missed bin or a problem

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

  1. Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
  2. Make a complaint to Glasgow 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 Glasgow 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.

Glasgow is asking residents what makes recycling confusing and why unsuitable items end up in recycling bins. A September 2026 report said the council’s survey would inform a review of how contamination is identified and managed, with responses invited until 13 October. The council said mistakes can disrupt collections, sorting and processing, increasing costs and reducing recycling. Residents are invited to respond whether they feel confident about recycling or find it difficult. The report cited figures discussed by councillors the previous year showing about 27% of household waste recycled in Glasgow, compared with 43% across Scotland.

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