Highland bin collection days
Find out when The Highland 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 Highland bin collection days change over Christmas 2026
Bins in Highland
The Highland Council collects:
- Non-recyclable waste
- Paper, card and cardboard recycling
- Plastics, metals and cartons recycling
From the collections we've found for homes in Highland. 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 The Highland 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 The Highland Council's website.
What you'll need
To find your bin days in Highland, you'll need your postcode, then you choose your address from a list.
Areas covered
The Highland Council collects household bins across its 21 wards in Scotland:
- Aird and Loch Ness
- Badenoch and Strathspey
- Black Isle
- Caol and Mallaig
- Cromarty Firth
- Culloden and Ardersier
- Dingwall and Seaforth
- East Sutherland and Edderton
- Eilean á Chèo
- Fort William and Ardnamurchan
- Inverness Central
- Inverness Millburn
- Inverness Ness-side
- Inverness South
- Inverness West
- Nairn and Cawdor
- North, West and Central Sutherland
- Tain and Easter Ross
- Thurso and Northwest Caithness
- Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh
- Wick and East Caithness
Ward names from the Office for National Statistics.