Cardiff bin collection days
Find out when City of Cardiff 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 Cardiff bin collection days change over Christmas 2026
Bins in Cardiff
City of Cardiff Council collects:
- General
- Glass
- Recycling
- Food
- Garden
From the collections we've found for homes in Cardiff. Your street may have a different mix of bins.
What you can recycle at home
What you can recycle, and which bin it goes in, depends on your council. Check City of Cardiff Council's website.
What you'll need
To find your bin days in Cardiff, you'll need your postcode, then you choose your address from a list.
Areas covered
City of Cardiff Council collects household bins across its 28 wards in Wales:
- Adamsdown
- Butetown
- Caerau
- Canton
- Cathays
- Cyncoed
- Ely
- Fairwater
- Gabalfa
- Grangetown
- Heath
- Lisvane and Thornhill
- Llandaff
- Llandaff North
- Llanishen
- Llanrumney
- Pentwyn
- Pentyrch and St Fagans
- Penylan
- Plasnewydd
- Pontprennau and Old St Mellons
- Radyr
- Rhiwbina
- Riverside
- Rumney
- Splott
- Trowbridge
- Whitchurch and Tongwynlais
Ward names from the Office for National Statistics.