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Swansea bin collection dates
We cannot show Swansea bin dates
Swansea Council's bin checker asks visitors to prove they're human before choosing a property. We don't get round checks like that, so we can't look up your dates. You can check your collection day on Swansea Council's own website - sorry to send you the long way round.
Go to Swansea's bins and recyclingOn Swansea's recycling search, enter your postcode, choose 'find address', pick your address, then choose 'view recycling information'.
Not in Swansea? Find your bin day by postcode.
Christmas and New Year bin collections in Swansea
Household collections. Collections are as normal until Thursday 24 December, and Friday collections that week move to Monday 28 December. In the week of 28 December collections are a day or more later: Monday moves to Tuesday 29 December, Tuesday to Wednesday 30, Wednesday to Thursday 31 December, Thursday to Saturday 2 January and Friday to Sunday 3 January. Normal collections resume on Monday 4 January 2027.
Council source. Checked 10 November 2026.
Bins in Swansea
These are the containers used in Swansea. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Food waste
Green bin
Garden Waste
Plastics
Recycling
Container details
The container pictures and words are Swansea Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
Container descriptions checked 18 September 2026; list of collections built from Swansea Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Plastic bag recycling trial: areas and replacement bagsSwansea Council
- Garden waste collectionsSwansea Council
- Food waste collectionsSwansea Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemSwansea Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Swansea Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
- 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 Swansea 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 Swansea 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.
A September 2026 report said Swansea planned checks of black bags during autumn 2026. It did not confirm the areas or exact start date.