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Newport 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 Newport
These are the containers used in Newport. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Garden waste
Cans, cartons and plastics
Red recycling bag
Paper and cardboard
Blue recycling bag
Glass bottles and jars
Green recycling box
Container details
The container pictures and words are Newport City 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 19 September 2026; list of collections built from Newport City Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What you can take to the recycling centre or recycle at homeNewport Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemNewport Council
- Get help putting your bins outNewport Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Newport City Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
Missed-bin guidance checked 20 September 2026.
- 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 Newport City 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 Newport 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.
Newport has defended three-weekly rubbish collections after residents raised concerns about fly-tipping, overflowing bins and litter. An August 2026 report said an environmental campaigner had asked whether the policy’s wider effects had been reviewed. The council said no formal review had taken place and none was planned. It argued that fly-tipping had fallen and enforcement remained at record levels, while resident reports helped identify problem areas. The council also pointed to seven-day street cleaning and better recycling for flats introduced during 2025–26. It promised more detailed environmental performance figures in 2026/27 and said residents’ feedback could shape improvements.
- Council defends controversial waste policy after complaints — www.southwalesargus.co.uk