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Vale bin collection days

The Vale, in the north of Guernsey, has a weekly refuse round arranged by the Vale Douzaine, with the materials alternating week by week: paper and cardboard or plastics and cans one week, stickered black sacks and glass the other, and food caddies every week. The contractor collects very early, so everything goes out the night before.

Last checked against 4 sources (valeparish.gg, www.gov.gg).

What goes in each bin

Black bag general refuse with a pay-as-you-throw sticker · General waste

Bag · Every two weeks

Yes please

  • Everything that cannot go in the recycling bags, tied in a proper waste sack with a payment sticker

Not in this one

  • Recycling bags misused for rubbish
  • Bags with no sticker, or the wrong sticker for the bag size
  • Garden waste and other items the collection does not cover

Source: valeparish.gg (opens in a new tab), read

Food waste caddy, every week · Food waste

Caddy · Every week

Yes please

  • Leftover and spoiled food, in the sealed kerbside caddy

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

Clear bag for paper and cardboard · Paper and card

Bag · Every two weeks

Yes please

  • Clean, dry paper and cardboard

Not in this one

  • Greasy or food-stained paper and card, which goes in the black bag

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

Blue bag for tins, cans, plastics and cartons · Mixed recycling

Bag · Every two weeks

Yes please

  • Metal tins and cans, aluminium foil, rigid plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays, and milk and juice cartons

Not in this one

  • Plastic film, bread bags and crisp packets, which the sorting machinery cannot handle
  • Any black plastic

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

Reusable glass bag · Glass

Bag · Every two weeks

Yes please

  • Any colour of glass bottle or jar

Not in this one

  • Drinking glasses and Pyrex, which are accepted at the Household Waste and Recycling Centre

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

Check your bin day

Use Vale’s own page for your bin day

Guernsey collection nights come from the States of Guernsey’s My Bin Night address search, which runs in the browser and is not something BinWeek’s lookup service can query, so the page links to it and to the parish and lets you set your own bin night.

Find my bin day on valeparish.gg(opens in a new tab)

Set your own bin day

These dates are the ones you enter. BinWeek does not get them from Vale. Check them on the council’s site (opens in a new tab) (valeparish.gg).

Black bag general refuse with a pay-as-you-throw sticker · General waste

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

Food waste caddy, every week · Food waste

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

Clear bag for paper and cardboard · Paper and card

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

Blue bag for tins, cans, plastics and cartons · Mixed recycling

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

Reusable glass bag · Glass

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

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 Vale
BinCollected
Black bag general refuse with a pay-as-you-throw sticker · General wasteEvery two weeks
Food waste caddy, every week · Food wasteEvery week
Clear bag for paper and cardboard · Paper and cardEvery two weeks
Blue bag for tins, cans, plastics and cartons · Mixed recyclingEvery two weeks
Reusable glass bag · GlassEvery two weeks

If your bin was missed

Collection days vary by area and the Vale Douzaine Room holds the details, so a missed collection goes to the Douzaine on 01481 244155. The States of Guernsey’s bin night page also directs missed collections to the Parish Constables.

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

Your nearest tip

Good to know in Vale

  • The Vale page describes the alternation: kerbside recycling of paper and cardboard or plastics and cans alternates weekly, as do stickered black-sack residual waste and glass, while food waste caddies can be left out every week. The current week’s bags are shown by the recycling icon at the top of gov.gg.
  • Collection days differ by area. The parish publishes its refuse days and routes as a spreadsheet and the recycling week calendar as a PDF on its Refuse Days and Routes page, or the Douzaine Room can tell you. The downloads on that page were dated 2023 and 2025 when we read it, so check the current week on gov.gg too.
  • Wheelie bins can still be used, but any sacks inside must be the right size and properly stickered for up to 50 litres or up to 90 litres before the contractor will take them, and recycling must be left beside the bin, not in it.
  • Everything goes out the night before, because the contractor picks up very early on collection day.
  • The cost of collection is charged to ratepayers through the refuse rate, set with the budget at the Parish Meeting. Recycling sites named by the parish are at the Longfrie Inn, Salerie Corner and Waitrose Rohais, and the Guernsey Waste Office is on 01481 221234.

Bin questions in Vale

Which week is which in the Vale?

Recycling alternates weekly between paper and cardboard and plastics and cans, and black sacks alternate with glass. Food caddies go out every week. The recycling icon on gov.gg shows the current week.

Can I use a wheelie bin in the Vale?

Yes, but sacks inside it must be the correct size and stickered for up to 50 litres or up to 90 litres, and recycling must be left alongside the bin.

Where are the Vale refuse routes published?

On the parish’s Refuse Days and Routes page, as a spreadsheet of days and routes and a PDF calendar, or ask the Douzaine Room.

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