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South Lanarkshire bin collection dates

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  • Add your dates to Google, Apple or Outlook calendar
  • Get an email the evening before
  • Print an A4 sheet for the fridge

Bank holiday bin collections in South 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.

We have not verified a general bank-holiday collection rule for this council. Check the dates for your address rather than assuming collections move by a day.

The council publishes different calendars for East Kilbride, Cambuslang and Rutherglen, and for Hamilton and Clydesdale. Select your address to find the right dates.

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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Get email reminders or a calendar

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 South Lanarkshire

We had not found South 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 South Lanarkshire

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

  • Household waste

    Black or green household waste bin

  • 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

Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026.

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.

  1. Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
  2. Report another bin collection problemAnything else about the collection or your bins.
  3. 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.

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