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Angus bin collection days

Angus uses a purple bin, or white sacks, for rubbish that cannot be recycled, collected fortnightly. The grey bin takes plastics, cans and cartons every four weeks, and the blue paper and card bin is every four weeks on the alternate fortnight. Glass goes to a recycling point. Brown is food and green is garden waste, and the green bin needs a sticker.

Last checked against 4 sources (www.angus.gov.uk).

What goes in each bin

Purple bin or white sacks for non-recyclable waste · General waste

Bin · Every two weeks

Yes please

  • Waste that cannot be recycled, bagged before it goes in the bin
  • White sacks where a bin will not fit, issued as a set number of bags for the year

Not in this one

  • Paper and card, which go in the blue bin
  • Plastic bottles, containers, cans and cartons, which go in the grey bin
  • Glass, which goes to a glass recycling point
  • Bags beside or on top of the bin, and bricks or turf, which go to a recycling centre
  • A bin with too many recyclables, which is tagged and can be left unemptied

Source: www.angus.gov.uk (opens in a new tab), read

Grey bin for plastic bottles, cans and cartons · Mixed recycling

Bin · Every four weeks

Yes please

  • All types of plastic bottles, clean food containers, yoghurt pots, trays, tubs, punnets and lids
  • Rinsed food and drinks cans, biscuit tins, empty aerosols, foil trays and metal lids
  • Rinsed soup, juice and milk cartons

Not in this one

  • Plastic bags, tubing, rigid plastics, polystyrene, bubble wrap, cling film and pouches
  • Keys, cutlery, oil or paint cans, medical waste and electricals
  • Paper and card, which go in the blue bin, and glass, which goes to a recycling point
  • Items in a plastic bag, or items that have not been rinsed

Source: www.angus.gov.uk (opens in a new tab), read

Blue bin for paper, card and cardboard · Paper and card

Bin · Every four weeks

Yes please

  • Newspapers, magazines, catalogues, brochures, office paper and loose shredded paper
  • Envelopes, paper bags, wrapping paper, paper-backed books and posters
  • Clean cardboard and greetings cards

Not in this one

  • Paper or card with food or paint on it, wallpaper and used pet bedding
  • Glittered or ribboned cards, and plasticised metallic wrapping paper that springs back in the scrunch test, which goes in the purple bin

Source: www.angus.gov.uk (opens in a new tab), read

Brown bin for food waste · Food waste

Bin

Yes please

  • Food waste, which the contents list names as the brown bin

Not in this one

  • The brown item list did not load on the section that was opened, so no food-by-food list is repeated here
  • Non-recyclable waste stays in the purple bin

Source: www.angus.gov.uk (opens in a new tab), read

Check your bin day

Use Angus’s own page for your bin day

The council's bin collection date finder needs a browser, which BinWeek's lookup service does not run, so the page links to the council's own finder.

Find my bin day on www.angus.gov.uk(opens in a new tab)

Set your own bin day

These dates are the ones you enter. BinWeek does not get them from Angus. Check them on the council’s site (opens in a new tab) (www.angus.gov.uk).

Purple bin or white sacks for non-recyclable waste · General waste

The council’s pages say this is collected every two weeks. Your round may differ, so use the pattern you were given.

Grey bin for plastic bottles, cans and cartons · Mixed recycling
Blue bin for paper, card and cardboard · Paper and card
Brown bin for food waste · Food waste

Add to calendar

A private calendar link for the pattern you entered, with an alert at 6pm the evening before. The link contains those days. BinWeek does not keep a copy, and anyone with the link can see them.

Email me the night before

You can still add these days to your calendar.

How often each bin is collected

Collection frequency by bin for Angus
BinCollected
Purple bin or white sacks for non-recyclable waste · General wasteEvery two weeks
Grey bin for plastic bottles, cans and cartons · Mixed recyclingEvery four weeks
Blue bin for paper, card and cardboard · Paper and cardEvery four weeks

Garden waste

Garden waste is a paid-for service. The missed-bin page says not to report a green garden waste bin that has no valid sticker, and to register for the garden waste service to get a sticker. It does not state the price. The green item list was not on the page that loaded.

Source: www.angus.gov.uk (opens in a new tab), read

If your bin was missed

Check the bin calendar, that the bin was out by 7am, and that there is no contamination tag. Do not report a bin already on the known-missed list, or a green garden bin without a valid sticker. The report link says to wait until after 4.30pm. If you forgot to put the bin out, it waits until the next collection. Towns are the aim for a return; rural areas take longer. Do not report a miss more than two working days later. The aim is a return within two working days in towns and three working days in rural areas.

Source: www.angus.gov.uk (opens in a new tab), read

Good to know in Angus

  • Purple is the rubbish bin. Bag the waste before it goes in, keep the lid closed, and do not squash it so hard that it will not empty. Bricks and turf go to a recycling centre, not the purple bin.
  • White sacks replace a bin where there is no room. The council provides a set amount of bags each year, equivalent to a wheeled bin, and extra bags are considered against the extra-bin policy.
  • The grey bin must be clean, loose and dry, with no plastic bag around the items. Rinse food off. Medical waste and sharps never go in it.
  • The blue bin is collected every four weeks, on the alternate fortnight from the grey bin. Wrapping paper that springs back in a scrunch test is plastic and goes in the purple bin.
  • The brown food and green garden sections are named in the contents list. The green garden item list did not come back on the page that was opened. The missed-bin page is clear that a green bin without a valid sticker is not a missed bin.
  • Known misses are listed before you report. Bin-lorry cameras can be checked for whether the bin was out by 7am. Commercial misses use a different form, and the commercial day is via commwaste@angus.gov.uk.

Bin questions in Angus

How often is the Angus purple bin emptied?

Fortnightly. The grey plastics, cans and cartons bin is every four weeks, and the blue paper and card bin is every four weeks on the alternate fortnight.

When can I report a missed Angus bin?

After 4.30pm, if it was out by 7am, it is not on the known-missed list, and it is not more than two working days since the collection. The aim is two working days in towns and three working days in rural areas.

Where does glass go in Angus?

To a glass recycling point, not the grey or purple bin. The grey page says to use that point for bottles and jars, and a separate glass page for Pyrex, mirrors and lightbulbs.

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