Delays to rubbish and recycling collections
Friday 20 October 2017 at 06:35 hrs
There are currently delays with the following waste collections in the Edinburgh area:
Grey domestic waste bins in the Pentland Hills area.
Green recycling Colinton and Fairmilehead area.
Blue recycling boxes in the Colinton and Fairmilehead area.
Garden waste bins in the Liberton and Gilmerton area.
Your bin and blue box will be emptied at different times on the same day. Please ensure that plastic bags, crisp packets and tissues are not put into the green recycling wheeled bin. Items that cannot be recycled should be put in the grey wheeled bin.
Garden waste is now collected once every three weeks. Please check your bin calendar for your collection dates.
Please continue to put out electrical items and textiles with the blue box.
Please ensure that bins and boxes are out by 6am, collections run until 10pm. If they are not emptied on your collection day, please report it to us.