Recent works
In Autumn 2025 we made improvements to the waste and recycling service for over 5,000 households in the Old Town, South Morningside, Newington and Prestonfield, Queensferry Road at Ravelston and streets within Greenways.
Across these areas, the number of bins for dry mixed recycling, glass recycling and food waste increased and the number of bins for non-recyclable waste decreased. This is similar to earlier phases of the project and is intended to encourage positive changes to residents’ recycling behaviour.
The plans which show the locations of the bin hubs are available below:
- South Morningside 27 bin hubs
- Newington and Prestonfield 23 bin hubs
- Queensferry Road at Ravelston 5 bin hubs
- Old Town 60 bin hubs
Remaining works
There are some bin hubs part of these works which are still to be completed. These are listed below:
- Chambers Street: Ongoing scaffolding works meant that the road markings could not be updated so this bin hub will be installed by the end of December 2025
- Morrison Street (outside number 256): There are ongoing works and containers in the location where the bin hub should be placed so this hub could not be installed. This hub is expected to be completed by the end of December 2025.
- Johnston Terrace: Works planned by another project mean the road markings will be applied and the full range of bins added to both hubs soon. We will update this page when we have a timeline for this.
- Findhorn Place, Fountainhall Road and Mentone Terrace: The road markings for these bin hubs will be applied when the controlled parking zone S8 is introduced. This means the existing bins will remain in their current locations in these streets until then. We do not have an accurate timeline for these works yet but expect this will be from Spring 2026.
Bull bars
Although changes to line markings have been made for these works, the bull bars will be installed later (likely Spring 2026). We will update this webpage when we have an accurate timescale for this. There are exceptions which include the nose-in design bin hubs in Frederick Street and Grindlay Street have had bull bars installed already.
If you have any questions or require further information about any specific works, please email waste@edinburgh.gov.uk
If there are any operational issues with bins such as overflow, please report through these forms or send to waste@edinburgh.gov.uk