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Torfaen 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 Torfaen
These are the containers used in Torfaen. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Black box
Black recycling box
Green
Purple lidded bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are Torfaen 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.
Container descriptions checked 19 September 2026; list of collections built from Torfaen Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What goes in your black recycling boxTorfaen Council
- Garden waste collectionsTorfaen Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemTorfaen Council
- Recycling centres and tipsTorfaen Council
- Get help putting your bins outTorfaen Council
Links checked 19 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Torfaen 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 Torfaen 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 Torfaen 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.
Torfaen reported rising recycling and less general rubbish in a January 2026 update on its household support campaign. Its recycling rate reached 65.34% in 2024/25, up from 58.71% in 2022/23, though still below Wales’s 70% target. The council said its Keeping Up With the Joneses campaign offered tailored advice and any boxes, bags or caddies households needed. Officers had engaged with more than 450 households and issued eight legal notices after continued problems. Councillor Sue Morgan welcomed progress, particularly on food waste, while acknowledging more work was needed.
- Recycling rate continues to rise — www.torfaen.gov.uk