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Monmouthshire 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 Monmouthshire
These are the containers used in Monmouthshire. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Container details
The container pictures and words are Monmouthshire Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
Container descriptions checked 18 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Food waste collections and replacement bags, bins and caddiesMonmouthshire Council
- Garden waste collectionsMonmouthshire Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemMonmouthshire Council
- Recycling centres and tipsMonmouthshire Council
Links checked 18 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Monmouthshire 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 Monmouthshire 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 Monmouthshire Council.
WriteToThem is an independent mySociety service. You'll enter your postcode there before choosing who to contact.
Complaint routes verified 7 September 2026.
Local bins and recycling news
AI-generated summary, reviewed before publication. Checked 18 September 2026.
Fires linked to discarded vapes disrupted Monmouthshire’s waste service in August 2026, prompting a fresh council warning about battery safety. Five Lanes recycling centre closed after a fire believed to have started with an incorrectly discarded vape. Earlier that month, a vape fire in a bin lorry forced crews to empty its contents onto the street so the fire could be extinguished. The council urged residents to keep vapes and batteries out of household bins and use dedicated collection points. Used vapes can go to retailers accepting returns or electrical-waste containers at household recycling centres.
- Five Lanes recycling centre closed after suspected vape fire — www.southwalesargus.co.uk