Friday 26 July at 4pm
- Our current delays:
- grey/black non-recyclable bins - Craigentinny, Duddingston, South Side, Newington, Liberton, Gilmerton, Portobello and Craigmillar
- green recyclable bins - Portobello, Craigmillar, Craigentinny and Duddingston
- food recyclable bins - Portobello, Craigmillar, Craigentinny and Duddingston
- blue recyclable boxes - Portobello, Craigmillar, Craigentinny and Duddingston
- you have put your bin out on the right day - check your collection day
- the lid is fully closed
- the bin wasn't tagged as having the wrong items in it
- access to the bin is not blocked by roadworks or parked cars.
If none of these reasons stopped us collecting your bin, please report it and leave your bin out for collection. We'll come back within two working days.
You no longer have to use your mygovscot myaccount. However, if you choose not to log in, you won't see the history of your missed bin requests on your mygovscot myaccount.
Communal bins
Report a full or overflowing communal bin
Contaminated bins
If your bin was labelled as contaminated, it had some items that do not belong in that bin. Please remove those items and put the bin out on your next collection day.
Bags left beside bins
We don't collect rubbish left beside bins as explained in our waste and cleansing policies.