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Ceredigion bin collection days

Ceredigion collects a clear recycling bag and a food caddy every week, and glass every 3 weeks. Leftover rubbish is a maximum of 3 standard bags every three weeks. You supply those bags. Garden waste is a paid logo bag, fortnightly, all year, not a wheeled bin.

Last checked against 6 sources (www.ceredigion.gov.uk).

What goes in each bin

Residual waste bags, often called black bags, which you buy yourself · General waste

Bag · Every three weeks

Yes please

  • Cooled ash, cotton buds and medical tablet strips
  • Non-recyclable packaging such as crisp packets, pet-food pouches and chocolate wrappers
  • Sanitary waste, vacuum cleaner contents and wipes

Not in this one

  • Food waste, garden waste, glass and anything that can be recycled
  • Loose waste in a wheelie bin; only bagged residual waste is collected

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

Clear recycling bag for dry recyclables, placed in loose · Mixed recycling

Bag · Every week

Yes please

  • Paper, including newspapers, magazines, directories, writing paper and junk mail
  • Cardboard boxes and packets, and food and drink cartons
  • Food tins, drinks cans, pet-food tins, aerosols and foil
  • Plastic bottles, tubs, trays, pots, polystyrene, bags and film

Not in this one

  • Glass bottles and jars
  • Crisp packets, chocolate wrappers, wallpaper, greaseproof paper and tissue
  • Textiles, nappies, electrical items, food waste and garden waste
  • Items nested inside other bags

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

Glass box for empty bottles and jars · Glass

Box · Every three weeks

Yes please

  • Drink bottles, food jars, perfume bottles and medicine bottles, any colour
  • Labels, lids, corks and bottle tops can stay on

Not in this one

  • Pyrex, drinking glasses, spectacles, window glass, ornaments and chopping boards
  • A box filled above the rim

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

7 litre kitchen caddy and lockable 23 litre outdoor caddy · Food waste

Caddy · Every week

Yes please

  • Unpackaged cooked or uncooked food, leftovers, outdated food and freezer contents
  • Bread, pastries, confectionery and dairy
  • Fish and meat, including bones and carcasses
  • Tea bags, coffee grounds, fruit and vegetables, egg shells, and a small amount of cooled cooking oil

Not in this one

  • Liners that are not the council's approved liners
  • Food that is still in its packaging

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

Council logo garden bags, booked in advance · Garden waste

Bag · Every two weeks

Yes please

  • Leaves, grass, plants, tree cuttings, flowers, hedge clippings and real Christmas trees

Not in this one

  • Plant pots, patio furniture, building materials, rocks, stones and whole trees
  • Soil, giant hogweed, Japanese knotweed and ragwort
  • Garden waste that is not in a council green bag

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

Check your bin day

Use Ceredigion’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.ceredigion.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 Ceredigion. Check them on the council’s site (opens in a new tab) (www.ceredigion.gov.uk).

Residual waste bags, often called black bags, which you buy yourself · General waste

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

Clear recycling bag for dry recyclables, placed in loose · Mixed recycling

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

Glass box for empty bottles and jars · Glass

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

7 litre kitchen caddy and lockable 23 litre outdoor caddy · Food waste

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

Council logo garden bags, booked in advance · Garden waste

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

Add to calendar

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How often each bin is collected

Collection frequency by bin for Ceredigion
BinCollected
Residual waste bags, often called black bags, which you buy yourself · General wasteEvery three weeks
Clear recycling bag for dry recyclables, placed in loose · Mixed recyclingEvery week
Glass box for empty bottles and jars · GlassEvery three weeks
7 litre kitchen caddy and lockable 23 litre outdoor caddy · Food wasteEvery week
Council logo garden bags, booked in advance · Garden wasteEvery two weeks

Garden waste

Garden waste is a paid-for service. Bags with the council logo cost £2.30 each, from the libraries at Aberystwyth, Aberaeron, Cardigan, Lampeter and Llandysul. Buying the bag is how you pay for the collection. Household waste sites take garden waste free of charge. The collection is fortnightly and runs all year. Bags should be tied, no heavier than 20Kg, and out by 8am. Book online or phone 01545 570881, and you can raise the number of bags until midday the day before. There is no set limit, but a much larger number than you booked may be left if the lorry is full.

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

If your bin was missed

Put waste out on the morning of collection, before 8am. The service is usually between 8am and 4pm, and sometimes outside those hours, so Ceredigion says not to report a missed bin until the day after the scheduled collection. Infectious-waste tissues, cloths, face coverings, gloves and other PPE go in the black bags, and those bags should be double bagged. Not until the day after the scheduled collection.

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

Good to know in Ceredigion

  • Clear bags must be loaded loose. Do not put a bag inside the clear bag. Wash food packaging. Glass is refused from the clear bag and has its own box. Crisp packets and chocolate wrappers are residual waste, while plastic bags and film are accepted in the clear bag, which is the opposite of several other Welsh kerbside schemes.
  • The glass box takes bottles and jars of any colour. Rinse them. Labels, lids and corks can stay. Do not fill above the rim, and do not wait until the box is full. Pyrex, drinking glasses and window glass are refused.
  • Residual bags are standard 60 litre sacks, no larger than a clear bag, and no heavier than 20Kg. The usual cap is 3 bags. They can sit inside a bin if they are tied. Absorbent hygiene waste from registered customers is extra, in the hygiene bags. There is no cap on correctly used clear bags, the food bin or the glass box.
  • The food containers are a 7 litre kitchen caddy and a lockable 23 litre outdoor caddy. Use the council liners only. A yellow tag on the outdoor caddy on collection day is the request for another roll, or you can collect liners from a community recycling hub. Cooled cooking oil is allowed in small amounts. The residual page says clear bags and food are weekly so that food is not stored for 3 weeks.
  • Present everything before 8am. Do not report a miss until the next day, because crews sometimes work outside the usual 8am to 4pm window.
  • Garden bags are £2.30 from five named libraries: Aberystwyth, Aberaeron, Cardigan, Lampeter and Llandysul. Book the collection, including an approximate number of bags, on 01545 570881 or online. Real Christmas trees are listed as garden waste. Soil and the named invasive plants are not. Sites take garden waste without the bag charge.
  • A new resident is told to ask for a recycling pack. The old English collection-calendar address on the GOV.UK side of the council's record is not the page that describes this service. The English pages used here are the current resident bins section.

Bin questions in Ceredigion

How many black bags can a Ceredigion household put out?

Up to 3 standard bags every three weeks, about 60 litres each, and not heavier than 20Kg. You buy them. Extra bags are stickered and left. If you are away, you still only put out 3 bags next time; the page says you cannot save them up as 6 bags.

How do Ceredigion garden bags work?

Buy logo bags at £2.30 from a council library, fill them with leaves, grass, plants, cuttings, flowers, hedge clippings or a real Christmas tree, and book a fortnightly collection. They go out by 8am, tied, and no heavier than 20Kg. Phone 01545 570881.

When should I report a missed Ceredigion bin?

The day after. Waste should have been out before 8am. Crews usually work 8am to 4pm but sometimes do not, so a same-day report is too soon.

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