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Midlothian bin collection dates

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  • 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 Midlothian

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.

Check your next collection dates and annual calendar. Council office closures alone do not establish a change to bin collections.

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

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 Midlothian

We had not found Midlothian 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 Midlothian

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

  • Paper and card

    Green bin

Container details

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

Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026.

Links checked 17 September 2026.

Missed bin or a problem

Tell Midlothian 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 Midlothian 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 Midlothian 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.

A Scottish Government information response published in May 2026 addressed scrutiny of funding for Midlothian’s recycling changes. The government said it held no internal records showing whether the council had met the grant’s conditions, milestones or reporting requirements.

It said searches of its records and enquiries to officials had not located that information. Separately, the council’s recycling guidance acknowledges difficulties storing extra bins and says officers can visit homes to explore alternatives. It also says areas where bins obstruct pavements are being reviewed, with residents contacted where different arrangements are needed.

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