Waste and Recycling

Check your collection days for blue, grey and green bins: 
Click to search the council bin calendar

For an individual missed bin collection, report on…

 Missed bin collection*

Or MyGlasgow Phone App (download from your phone app store) 

Collection of bulky waste used to be free, but charges were introduced in July 2021. For information on the bulky waste collection service, see the GCC website. 

The charges for bulky waste collections are:

• £5 per item

• £80 for very large items like boilers, pianos or a shed

See the official list of “standard items” and “large electrical”    

Arrange a bulky waste pick up online* 

Neighbours appreciate a note left on your bulky waste items with collection details. This helps to differentiate genuine bulky waste collections from fly tipping. 

BLUE BINS – mixed recycling

The standard provision of recycling bins is four blue 240 litre bins for a close of 8 flats.  If access is difficult or there are space restrictions, the provision may be different. 

Some properties number their blue bins to help keep track of them. It is suggested that bins are kept in back courts/gardens to minimise anti-social behaviour including bin fires. Overfilled Blue bins are frequent targets for bin fires. Blue bin overflow MAY go in the green bins as it is still recycled (please fill Blue bins first). 

GREY BINS – food waste

Put all food waste in the grey bins, EXCEPT oils and liquids. Also do not put in food wrappers or pet litter.

GREEN BINS – unrecyclable waste      i.e. everything else

The council website does not say what the standard provision of the green general waste bins is for tenements (although for houses, it is one green bin per household). 

The council operates a 'One Green Bin' policy. You may be eligible for a larger green bin in certain circumstances. See One Green Bin Policy. If you think your provision is not sufficient, you could try phoning the Customer Care Centre at 0141 287 9700.

You can order a blue, green or grey bin by filling in the form online or on your MyGlasgow phone app. It seems you will be charged for a green bin, but not for blue or grey bins.

Recycling - Blue Bins
Put the following in your blue bin:

Paper
Cardboard
Plastic bottles - food and toiletry
Food and drink cans
Empty aerosol cans

DO NOT put these items in the blue bin:

General waste
Food waste
Glass bottles - take them to glass recycling points
Yogurt pots & Margarine/butter tubs
Cardboard drinks containers, Cartons, Tetra paks & Elopaks
Plastic bags
Foil - Foil can be recycled if it is clean of food and grease
Books

Get more details on blue bin recycling. Also see where you can recycle glass and clothes on the public recycling site map, and recycle and re-use other things at the council recycling centres.

Food waste - Grey Bins
Put the following in your grey bin:

Dairy
Meat and bones
Fruit
Vegetables
Bread, cakes and pastries
Rice and pasta
Fish
Tea bags and coffee grounds

DO NOT put these items in the grey bin:

General waste
Food packaging
Oils
Liquids
Pet Litter/Animal bedding

Get more details on food waste recycling.

Please DO NOT dump food in lanes as it attracts rats and mice which are a growing problem in Glasgow.

Green Bins - unrecyclable waste
Any items that cannot go into a recycling a blue bin or grey food caddy, can go into a the green general waste bin, EXCEPT hazardous items (see list of hazardous waste), bulky or electrical items and batteries.  

Anything not in a bin and lying in the street or a back lane is considered fly-tipping. This includes black bags that won’t fit into the bins and xmas trees.   

Report fly tipping online or on the MyGlasgow (on your phone) or else telephone 0141 287 1058

If there is an ongoing problem with waste collection, then contact your local Hillhead councillors:

Ken Andrew:   ken.andrew@glasgow.gov.uk

Seonad Hoy:   Seonad.Hoy@glasgow.gov.uk

Martha Wardrop:  martha.wardrop@glasgow.gov.uk

Martha Wardrop is vice-convenor of the Environment, Sustainability and Carbon Reduction City Policy Committee. This committee helps draw up plans for Waste & Recycling, Street Environment, Pollution, as well as other things. It meets 6 weekly. So, contact Martha if you want to input to the overall plans.