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Bank holiday bin collections in Highland
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.
Use the council’s postcode search to select your address and view or download its collection calendar.
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 Highland
We had not found Highland 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.
Order, book and apply
- Food waste collections, caddies and replacement linersHighland Council
- Garden waste collectionsHighland Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemHighland Council
- Recycling centres and tipsHighland Council
- Get help putting your bins outHighland Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Highland Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
- Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
- Make a complaint to Highland 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 Highland 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.
Highland reported less rubbish and more food recycling in June 2026 following changes to its collection system. The council said non-recyclable waste sent for disposal had fallen by around 7,800 tonnes since services changed in 2024, while about 2,500 tonnes of food had been diverted into recycling since April 2024. The programme separated recycling into two streams and extended weekly food collections to another 30,000 households in parts of Easter Ross, Nairn and Inverness. Councillor Graham MacKenzie thanked residents for adapting. The council reported a 45.1% recycling rate for 2025 and froze annual garden-waste permits at £48.95.