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Neath Port Talbot bin collection dates
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- Get an email the evening before
- Print an A4 sheet for the fridge
Bins in Neath Port Talbot
These are the containers used in Neath Port Talbot. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Food Waste
Garden Waste
Glass
Black box
Batteries
Battery Bag
Cardboard, Cartons and Paper
Plastic / Tins / Cans
Container details
The container pictures and words are Neath Port Talbot 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 Neath Port Talbot Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What can you recycleNeath Port Talbot Council
- When and where to put your bins outNeath Port Talbot Council
- Garden waste collectionsNeath Port Talbot Council
- Food waste collectionsNeath Port Talbot Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemNeath Port Talbot Council
- Recycling centres and tipsNeath Port Talbot Council
- Get help putting your bins outNeath Port Talbot Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Neath Port Talbot 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 Neath Port Talbot 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 Neath Port Talbot Council.
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Complaint routes verified 7 September 2026.
Local bins and recycling news
AI-generated summary, reviewed before publication. Checked 18 September 2026.
Neath Port Talbot announced plans for 21 electric recycling vehicles in June 2026, replacing diesel trucks in stages. Electrive reported that the first ten were expected later that summer, with some charging powered by council solar panels. Larger payloads should allow crews to collect more recyclable material per route. Councillor Scott Jones said the vehicles should improve air quality and cost less to run, freeing money for other services. The council also expected lower maintenance costs and said the bigger vehicles would support efforts to keep recycling above Wales’s statutory 70% target.
- Neath Port Talbot launches UK's first fully electric recycling ... — www.electrive.com