Fife bin collection days
Find out when Fife 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 Fife bin collection days change over Christmas 2026
Bins in Fife
Fife Council collects:
- Grey bin
- Blue bin
- Brown bin
- Green bin
From the collections we've found for homes in Fife. 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 Fife 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 Fife Council's website.
What you'll need
To find your bin days in Fife, you'll need your postcode, and your house number or name.
Fife 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
Fife Council collects household bins across its 22 wards in Scotland:
- Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages
- Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy
- Cowdenbeath
- Cupar
- Dunfermline Central
- Dunfermline North
- Dunfermline South
- East Neuk and Landward
- Glenrothes Central and Thornton
- Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch
- Glenrothes West and Kinglassie
- Howe of Fife and Tay Coast
- Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay
- Kirkcaldy Central
- Kirkcaldy East
- Kirkcaldy North
- Leven, Kennoway and Largo
- Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty
- Rosyth
- St Andrews
- Tay Bridgehead
- West Fife and Coastal Villages
Ward names from the Office for National Statistics.