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Vale of Glamorgan bin collection days

The Vale of Glamorgan sorts recycling at the kerb: a grey caddy for glass, an orange bag for cardboard, a white bag for paper, a blue bag for metals, plastics and cartons, a green caddy for food and a small white bag for batteries, all collected every week. Black bags of non-recyclable waste are collected every three weeks with a limit of three bags of 60-litre capacity. Everything goes out before 7am and the crews may come any time up to 9pm.

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

What goes in each bin

Black bags · General waste

Sack · Every three weeks

Yes please

  • Black or brown plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays
  • Nappies and wet wipes, unless you use a hygiene caddy
  • Polystyrene
  • Bagged pet waste
  • Everything else that cannot be recycled at home or at a recycling centre

Not in this one

  • Anything that belongs in the recycling bags and caddies
  • Items a recycling centre takes
  • More than three bags, or bags over 60-litre capacity
  • Side waste left next to the bags, which is not collected and can be fined
  • Food waste, which goes in the green caddy

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

Grey caddy for glass bottles and jars · Glass

Caddy · Every week

Yes please

  • Glass bottles for beer, wine and soft drinks
  • Glass jars for baby food and sauces
  • Perfume, aftershave and face cream bottles and jars

Not in this one

  • Ceramics, china, drinking glasses and vases
  • Window panes, mirrors and light bulbs
  • Pyrex and microwave plates
  • Nail varnish bottles
  • Broken glass, which is wrapped and put in the black bag
  • Metal and plastic lids, which go in the blue bag

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

Orange bag for cardboard and white bag for paper · Paper and card

Bag · Every week

Yes please

  • Orange bag: cardboard boxes, toilet roll tubes, egg cartons, card sleeves, delivery boxes and brown or grey paper
  • Orange bag: greeting cards without badges, bows, foil, glitter or ribbons
  • White bag: letters, envelopes with or without windows, magazines, newspapers, brochures and printer paper
  • White bag: small amounts of shredded paper

Not in this one

  • Greasy or food-stained card such as pizza boxes
  • Wrapping paper, wallpaper, scratch cards and sticky notes
  • Kitchen roll, paper towels and tissues
  • Wet paper or card
  • Food and drink cartons, which go in the blue bag
  • Polystyrene

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

Blue bag for mixed metals, plastics and cartons · Mixed recycling

Bag · Every week

Yes please

  • Drinks cans, food tins, biscuit tins and lids
  • Empty aerosols and clean foil
  • Food and drink cartons such as Tetra Pak
  • Plastic bottles for drinks, toiletries and cleaning products
  • Plastic pots, tubs, trays, punnets and takeaway trays with lids
  • Non-toxic plant food bottles from the shed

Not in this one

  • Plastic bags, wrapping, film and crisp packets
  • Laminated foil pouches for coffee, rice, baby food or pet food
  • Blister packs, toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes and razors
  • Hard plastics such as garden chairs, toys, bins and plant pots
  • Vapes and their batteries, lighters and gas canisters
  • Pumps from toiletry bottles, which go in the black bag

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

Green caddy for food waste · Food waste

Caddy · Every week

Yes please

  • Used teabags and coffee grounds
  • Eggshells and peelings
  • Raw and cooked meat and fish, including bones and shells
  • Plate scrapings and leftovers
  • Food past its use-by date
  • Animal food
  • Chopped-up pumpkins

Not in this one

  • Packaging of any kind
  • Liquids such as milk
  • Liquid oils and fats, which go to a recycling centre in a container
  • Solid or part-liquid fats, which go in the black bag
  • Anything that is not food

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

Green bag for garden waste (subscribers) · Garden waste

Bag · Every two weeks

Yes please

  • Grass, leaves and most weeds
  • Plants and flowers
  • Shrub cuttings and hedge clippings
  • Hay, straw and wood shavings used by non-meat-eating pets
  • Windfall fruit that will not fit in the food caddy

Not in this one

  • Soil, stones and logs
  • Japanese knotweed and other invasive weeds
  • Garden furniture
  • Animal or human faeces
  • Bedding from meat-eating pets

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

Small white bag for household batteries, plus small electricals on top · Other collection

Bag · Every week

Yes please

  • AAA, AA, C, D and 9V household batteries in the small white bag
  • Small electrical items placed loose on top of a recycling bag or caddy

Not in this one

  • Button batteries, vape batteries and rechargeable batteries from laptops, phones and power tools
  • Car batteries and battery chargers
  • Electricals inside any bag or container

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

Check your bin day

We can’t check Vale of Glamorgan addresses yet

Live bin day lookups for Vale of Glamorgan are planned. Until then, Vale of Glamorgan’s own page will show your collection day.

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

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Black bags · General waste

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

Grey caddy for glass bottles and jars · Glass

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

Orange bag for cardboard and white bag for paper · Paper and card

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

Blue bag for mixed metals, plastics and cartons · Mixed recycling

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

Green caddy for food waste · Food waste

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

Green bag for garden waste (subscribers) · Garden waste

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

Small white bag for household batteries, plus small electricals on top · Other collection

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

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How often each bin is collected

Collection frequency by bin for Vale of Glamorgan
BinCollected
Black bags · General wasteEvery three weeks
Grey caddy for glass bottles and jars · GlassEvery week
Orange bag for cardboard and white bag for paper · Paper and cardEvery week
Blue bag for mixed metals, plastics and cartons · Mixed recyclingEvery week
Green caddy for food waste · Food wasteEvery week
Green bag for garden waste (subscribers) · Garden wasteEvery two weeks
Small white bag for household batteries, plus small electricals on top · Other collectionEvery week

Garden waste

Garden waste is a paid-for service. Garden waste is a subscription service and 2025/26 subscriptions do not roll over; existing customers must subscribe again for 2026/27 through their existing account. Half-year subscriptions starting in August cost £22.50 for up to 8 bags per fortnight or £32.50 for more than 8 bags. The annual service reopens in March 2027. Extra bags are sold at libraries, and garden waste is accepted free at the recycling centres. Fortnightly collections run until 27 November 2026 (from 02 March 2026 for annual subscribers and from 03 August 2026 for half-year subscribers). Between 30 November 2026 and 26 February 2027 subscribers book winter collections as they need them.

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

If your bin was missed

Check the council's collection updates page first; it lists delayed areas in Barry, Penarth and the Rural Vale by 9am the next morning, and if your area is listed there is no need to report. Otherwise report online and leave the containers out: waste supervisors reply within 48 hours (not counting weekends and bank holidays) to say whether a crew will return. Return trips are normally only made for black bags, hygiene waste, food waste, assisted collections or whole streets; a single missed recycling collection waits for the next weekly round. Report the day after collection, after checking the updates page at 9am. Containers that were stickered, out after 7am, overfull or wrongly sorted are not treated as missed.

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

Your nearest tip

Good to know in Vale of Glamorgan

  • Separated recycling arrived in stages: the Rural Vale in 2019, Barry in 2020 and finally Penarth, Dinas Powys, Llandough, Sully and nearby from 17 April 2023. Flats with communal bins are outside the scheme. Households with little recycling can swap the bags for a single quad bag with four compartments.
  • Only council-issued bags, caddies and liners are collected, never single-use plastic bags. Small electricals go loose on top of a recycling container, not inside one. Crews fold the empty bags into the grey glass caddy when they return them.
  • The three black bag limit is enforced and residents are asked not to pile bags with neighbours. Households with six or more people, lots of pet waste, ash from a log burner or other waste they cannot reduce can apply for an Additional Bag Allowance; approved households collect purple sacks from the Civic Offices in Barry for the extra bag. Call 01446 700111 to discuss it.
  • A black hygiene caddy for nappies, wipes and incontinence or sanitary products costs a one-off £10 and is emptied on the black bag day every three weeks, lined with a strong bag. Barry houses can also join a free trial that collects absorbent hygiene products with the weekly recycling.
  • Kerbside textile collections began rolling out to houses across the Vale in October 2026 as part of the weekly recycling round, with no sign-up needed.
  • Food caddy liners are restocked by tying one to the outdoor caddy handle on collection day, if the crew has stock, or picked up from a library or the Civic Offices reception in Barry. Pumpkins can be chopped into the caddy or left on top if small.
  • Garden waste is paid-for and fortnightly from March (or August for half-year subscribers) to 27 November 2026, then on request between 30 November 2026 and 26 February 2027. Subscriptions sit on individual accounts, and 2025/26 customers must re-subscribe for 2026/27.
  • Both recycling centres (Barry on the Atlantic Trading Estate, 8am to 6pm, and Llandow, 8am to 4pm) are appointment-only except for real Christmas trees, take no more than three bags of general waste per booking, which must be sorted on site, and only 2 tyres at a time. Vans and trailers need a £20 permit, a vehicle under 3330kg gross weight and are limited to one visit a month. The Barry Re-Use Shop next door (10am to 4pm) needs no booking.
  • Black bag waste goes to an energy recovery facility in Cardiff that generates electricity for the National Grid; the council says almost half of what goes into black bags could have been recycled.

Bin questions in Vale of Glamorgan

How often are black bags collected in the Vale of Glamorgan?

Every three weeks, with a maximum of three black bags of 60-litre capacity each, tied and at the collection point before 7am. Side waste beside the bags is not collected and can bring a fine. Bags can be stored in a dustbin or wheeled bin between collections and the bin put out instead, at your own risk.

What goes in each recycling bag in the Vale of Glamorgan?

Glass bottles and jars in the grey caddy, cardboard in the orange bag, paper in the white bag, metals, plastics and cartons in the blue bag, food in the green caddy and household batteries in the small white bag. Small electricals sit loose on top. All are collected every week and lids come off glass and go in the blue bag.

How much is garden waste collection in the Vale of Glamorgan?

A half-year subscription from August costs £22.50 for up to 8 bags a fortnight or £32.50 for more than 8 bags, with fortnightly collections to 27 November 2026 and bookable winter collections from 30 November 2026 to 26 February 2027. Annual subscriptions reopen in March 2027. Garden waste is free to take to a recycling centre.

Why was my recycling stickered and left?

A sticker means the container was too full or too heavy, had an item in it that does not belong, or was the wrong container. It is not a missed collection. Take it back in, re-sort it and put it out again the following week; recycling is weekly so the wait is short.

How do I dispose of nappies in the Vale of Glamorgan?

Either in the black bag, or buy a black hygiene caddy for a one-off £10 and put it out, lined with a strong bag, on your black bag day every three weeks. Houses in Barry can sign up for a free trial that collects nappies, incontinence pads and stoma bags with the weekly recycling.

Do I need to book the Vale of Glamorgan recycling centres?

Yes. Barry and Llandow are appointment-only, with your confirmation email and proof of residency on the windscreen, and the only exception is dropping off a real Christmas tree. You can bring at most three bags of general waste per visit and they are sorted on site. Vans and trailers also need a £20 permit and can visit once a month. The Barry Re-Use Shop can be visited without booking.

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