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Mid and East Antrim 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 Mid and East Antrim
These are the containers used in Mid and East Antrim. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Organic waste
Organic brown bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are Mid and East Antrim Borough Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
Container descriptions checked 19 September 2026; list of collections built from Mid and East Antrim Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- When and where to put your bins outMid and East Antrim Borough Council
- Garden waste collections (also food waste collections)Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemMid and East Antrim Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsMid and East Antrim Borough Council
- Get help putting your bins outMid and East Antrim Borough Council
Links checked 20 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Mid and East Antrim Borough 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 Mid and East Antrim Borough 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 district councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my district councillors on Mid and East Antrim Borough 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.
Mid and East Antrim plans to replace recycling boxes in Ballymena and Carrickfergus with free 240-litre blue bins during 2026/27. Larne households will keep their blue bins but, once the new service starts, put glass directly inside instead of using the separate insert. Black- and brown-bin collections are unchanged. The decision drew a public question about why neighbouring Antrim and Newtownabbey was moving towards separated wheelie boxes. Interim chief executive Valerie Watts defended the choice, saying officers had researched high-performing councils and believed mixed recycling would help meet targets. The council promises further information before rollout.
- Bins and Recycling - Co-Mingled Recycling FAQs — www.midandeastantrim.gov.uk
- Mid & East Antrim chief defends move to blue recycling ... — www.loveballymena.online