Ards and North Down bin collection days
Find out when Ards and North Down Borough Council will collect your rubbish, recycling, food and garden waste.
Bin day reminders
After you find your collection days, you can add them to your calendar and get a reminder the evening before. How bin day reminders work
Christmas and New Year
Find out if Ards and North Down bin collection days change over Christmas 2026
Bins in Ards and North Down
Ards and North Down Borough Council collects:
- Grey bin
- Blue bin
- Glass collection box
- Green /Brown bin
From the collections we've found for homes in Ards and North Down. Your street may have a different mix of bins.
Many councils charge for garden waste collections, so they only show for homes that have signed up. Check Ards and North Down Borough Council's website to find out about garden waste.
What you can recycle at home
What you can recycle, and which bin it goes in, depends on your council. Check Ards and North Down Borough Council's website.
What you'll need
To find your bin days in Ards and North Down, you'll need your postcode, then you choose your address from a list.
Areas covered
Ards and North Down Borough Council collects household bins across its 40 wards in Northern Ireland:
- Ballycrochan
- Ballygowan
- Ballygrainey
- Ballyholme
- Ballymagee
- Ballywalter
- Bloomfield
- Broadway
- Bryansburn
- Carrowdore
- Castle
- Clandeboye
- Comber North
- Comber South
- Comber West
- Conway Square
- Cronstown
- Cultra
- Donaghadee
- Glen
- Gregstown
- Groomsport
- Harbour
- Helen's Bay
- Holywood
- Kilcooley
- Killinchy
- Kircubbin
- Loughries
- Loughview
- Movilla
- Portaferry
- Portavogie
- Rathgael
- Rathmore
- Scrabo
- Silverbirch
- Silverstream
- Warren
- West Winds
Ward names from the Office for National Statistics.