Argyll and Bute bin collection days
Find out when Argyll and Bute 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 Argyll and Bute bin collection days change over Christmas 2026
Bins in Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute Council collects:
- General
- Recycling
From the collections we've found for homes in Argyll and Bute. 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 Argyll and Bute 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 Argyll and Bute Council's website.
What you'll need
To find your bin days in Argyll and Bute, you'll need your postcode, then you choose your address from a list.
Argyll and Bute Council's website takes a while to check, so your first search can take up to 30 seconds. After that, your collection days appear straight away.
Areas covered
Argyll and Bute Council collects household bins across its 11 wards in Scotland:
- Cowal
- Dunoon
- Helensburgh Central
- Helensburgh and Lomond South
- Isle of Bute
- Kintyre and the Islands
- Lomond North
- Mid Argyll
- Oban North and Lorn
- Oban South and the Isles
- South Kintyre
Ward names from the Office for National Statistics.