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North Lanarkshire council bins: collection dates

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Bank holiday bin collections in North Lanarkshire

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.

North Lanarkshire Council says collections run on public holidays except Christmas and New Year. It publishes a festive message in December with more information.

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.

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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 North Lanarkshire

We had not found North Lanarkshire 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 North Lanarkshire

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

  • General waste

    Grey general household waste bin

  • 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

Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from North Lanarkshire Council's own service names 22 September 2026.

A permit for garden waste

Applies to: Household garden waste.

Garden waste needs a permit for each bin used. If the bin contains food waste only, the council says no garden-waste permit is needed. A permit is tied to its address.

Read the council’s full instructions. Checked 30 September 2026.

Links checked 17 September 2026.

Missed bin or a problem

Tell North Lanarkshire 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 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.

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