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Inverclyde 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 Inverclyde
These are the containers used in Inverclyde. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling
Food Waste
Container details
The container pictures and words are Inverclyde Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
Greyed-out bin icons are placeholders where the container type or colour is not confirmed.
Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Inverclyde Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Kerbside food waste and caddy guidanceInverclyde Council
- Garden waste collectionsInverclyde Council
- Recycling centres and tipsInverclyde Council
- Garden waste collectionsInverclyde Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Inverclyde 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 Inverclyde 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 Inverclyde 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.
Inverclyde Council announced in August 2025 that it would extend blue-bin kerbside recycling to almost 4,000 tenement and flatted properties not previously covered, funded via Zero Waste Scotland's Recycling Improvement Fund. Information packs were due to be posted at the end of August 2025, with new fortnightly recycling collections planned to begin in October 2025. Affected households would move from weekly to fortnightly general waste collection, receiving either a blue bin or blue sacks depending on their current setup. Some existing recycling customers would also see their collection day change.
- Blue bin household recycling expansion — www.inverclyde.gov.uk