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Vale of Glamorgan 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 Vale of Glamorgan
These are the containers used in Vale of Glamorgan. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Container details
The container pictures and words are Vale of Glamorgan Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
Container descriptions checked 18 September 2026.
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- Recycling A to Z guideVale of Glamorgan Council
- Garden waste collectionsVale of Glamorgan Council
- Food waste collectionsVale of Glamorgan Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemVale of Glamorgan Council
- Get help putting your bins outVale of Glamorgan Council
Links checked 14 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Vale of Glamorgan 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 Vale of Glamorgan 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 Vale of Glamorgan Council.
WriteToThem is an independent mySociety service. You'll enter your postcode there before choosing who to contact.
Complaint routes verified 30 August 2026.
Local bins and recycling news
AI-generated summary, reviewed before publication. Checked 18 September 2026.
Vale of Glamorgan households could get a weekly collection for nappies and other absorbent hygiene waste from November 2026, under proposals published in September. The council says the service would help families and people with medical needs who struggle to store this waste between three-weekly rubbish collections. Households would need to register, and other black-bag waste would not qualify. A separate proposal would make the textile recycling trial in Barry permanent and extend it across the Vale, covering clothes, shoes and household textiles. Both changes still need councillors’ approval; registration details would follow before launch.
- Vale residents to benefit from proposed new hygiene waste collection service and expanded textile recycling — www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk