Household waste
Black or green household waste bin
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South 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 South Lanarkshire
These are the containers used in South Lanarkshire. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Paper and card
Blue bin
Glass, metal cans and plastics
Light grey bin for recycling glass, metal cans and plastics
Container details
The container pictures and words are South Lanarkshire Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
- Household waste: Homes with individual household bins
- Glass, metal cans and plastics: Homes with individual household bins
- What you can put in your blue paper and card recycling bin - Bins - what goes in them - South Lanarkshire Council
- What you can put in your black or green household waste bin - Bins - what goes in them - South Lanarkshire Council
- What you can put in your light grey bin - Bins - what goes in them - South Lanarkshire Council
Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What goes in your binsSouth Lanarkshire Council
- Garden waste collectionsSouth Lanarkshire Council
- Food waste collectionsSouth Lanarkshire Council
- Recycling centres and tipsSouth Lanarkshire Council
- Get help putting your bins outSouth Lanarkshire Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell South Lanarkshire 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 South 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 South 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.
South Lanarkshire says major household collection changes have been paused while it waits for Scotland’s new mandatory recycling code. Its performance report says publication, originally expected in March 2026, is now anticipated in the final quarter of 2026/27.
The review also found that almost two thirds of material in residual bins could have been recycled. A separate review of recycling centres led to a new operating contract for five sites and the expansion of booking arrangements across the area. The council says the contract improved performance oversight, pricing transparency and flexibility.
- Public performance reports - South Lanarkshire Council — www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk