General waste
Grey general household waste bin
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North Lanarkshire 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 North Lanarkshire
These are the containers used in North Lanarkshire. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Blue-lidded Recycling Bin
Food and Garden
Paper and cardboard
Blue bin
Glass, metals, plastics and cartons
Green-lidded blue bin for glass, metal and plastic
Container details
The container pictures and words are North Lanarkshire 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.
- General waste: Homes with individual household bins
- Glass, metals, plastics and cartons: Homes with individual household bins
- What goes in my blue bin? | North Lanarkshire Council
- What goes in my bin? | North Lanarkshire Council
- Recycling and general waste household bins | North Lanarkshire Council
Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from North Lanarkshire Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Bin contents and high-rise recycling guide indexNorth Lanarkshire Council
- Garden waste collectionsNorth Lanarkshire Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemNorth Lanarkshire Council
- Recycling centres and tipsNorth Lanarkshire Council
- Get help putting your bins outNorth Lanarkshire Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell North Lanarkshire 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 North Lanarkshire 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 North Lanarkshire 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.
North Lanarkshire will charge £80 from 1 October 2026 for special collections of upholstered items containing persistent organic pollutants. These chemicals, found in items such as sofas and armchairs, require separate handling and incineration. The council approved the change on 11 June after reporting more than £950,000 of extra disposal costs in 2025/26. Collections will use a points system capped at eight points per uplift. Residents can still dispose of affected items free at Netherton, Wardpark and Stobcross Street recycling centres; councillor Helen Loughran said the fee would recover disposal costs.
- Regulations mean changes to disposal of POPs | North Lanarkshire ... — www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk