2025 bin calendars now available
Your new bin calendars for 2025 are now available - just enter your postcode in the lookup as usual, and you can view your upcoming collection dates for the rest of 2024, and view or download your 2025 bin calendar.
Household rubbish and recycling collections for the Isle of Bute
There are changes to scheduled bin collections over Christmas and New Year. Some collections are being made earlier than scheduled, so please check arrangements for your area
Changes to bin collections over the festive period
Please note: If there are no scheduled dates remaining for 2024 you will see the message "No dates are currently available for your route". You can still download the 2025 calendar to see next year's route dates.
Please put your bin out by 7am on your collection day
Your blue bin is collected every 2 weeks, and is for mixed recycling of paper, card and cardboard; plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays; and cartons.
Your green bin is for non-recyclable rubbish, and is collected every 3 weeks.
Only 1 green bin per household will be emptied (apart from some exceptions - find out more in our FAQs)