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West Lothian bin collection dates

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Bank holiday bin collections in West Lothian

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.

Check the council’s collection calendar and its separate daily updates for disruption information.

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 West Lothian

Household collections. There are no grey, blue or green bin collections on Friday 25 and Saturday 26 December 2026 or Friday 1 and Saturday 2 January 2027; bins due on those days should be put out on the following Monday, 28 December 2026 or 4 January 2027. There are no brown bin collections over the two-week festive period: the last is on Thursday 24 December 2026 and the service resumes on Friday 8 January 2027.

Source: news.westlothian.gov.uk. Checked 10 November 2026.

Look up your address above for its dates. Christmas and New Year collections across the UK.

Missed bin or a problem

Bins in West Lothian

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

  • Grey Bin

  • Food and garden waste

    Brown bins

  • Paper and card

    Blue bins

  • Blue Bin

  • Green Bin

Container details

The container pictures and words are West Lothian Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.

Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from West Lothian Council's own service names 22 September 2026.

Links checked 17 September 2026.

Missed bin or a problem

Tell West Lothian 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 West Lothian 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 West Lothian 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.

West Lothian’s February 2026 budget introduced a maximum £30 replacement charge for 240-litre bins, including those stolen from households. STV reported that replacements would remain free only when bins were lost inside collection vehicles. The council had previously supplied around 9,500 replacement bins annually without charging. Labour’s budget passed by two votes and included a 7.4% council-tax rise. The opposition had proposed a higher 7.9% council-tax increase. Council leader Lawrence Fitzpatrick said growing demand and delivery costs outstripped funding, while the SNP opposition criticised the plans as a cuts-based budget lacking vision.

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