Waste service updates
If ever your street's bins are not emptied, please leave them out and we will collect them the next morning. No need to contact us.
If your neighbour’s bins have been emptied but yours hasn’t, and your bin wasn’t contaminated, it may have been missed. Please complete the form below and we’ll be in touch to arrange a collection.
Service Update - 2 June 2026
Penicuik Area:
We have been unable to empty all glass recycling boxes in the Penicuik area due for collection today. If we missed your street, please leave your recycling out and we’ll pick it up tomorrow morning (Wednesday 3 June). Please note that glass recycling boxes due for collection on Monday 1 June have now been collected. Apologies for any inconvenience this causes and thank you for your understanding and patience.
Lasswade, Bonnyrigg, Loanhead and Bilston areas:
We have been unable to empty all food caddies in the Lasswade, Loanhead, and Bilston areas due for collection today. If we missed your street, please leave your recycling out and we’ll pick it up tomorrow morning (Wednesday 3 June). Apologies for any inconvenience this causes and thank you for your understanding and patience.
360 litre grey bins
If you have been advised that you are eligible for a larger 360 litre grey bin, we are now in the process of delivering the replacement bins over the next few weeks.
Changes to your kerbside recycling collection services
The new recycling service has started. All bin collections are running as normal. You can check your bin collection dates using our postcode checker and an annual online calendar is now available.
- Postcode checker
- The annual calendar can be saved and printed as a PDF.
- If you do not have access to a printer, library staff can print it for you.
- For your nearest library
We have changed how we collect your recycling:
- You have a NEW green bin for paper, card and cardboard.
- Your blue bin is only be for plastic bottles, tubs and trays, steel and aluminium cans, and cartons.
- There may be a change to the day we collect your blue, green and grey bins. These will be emptied on a three-weekly cycle.
Delivery of your new Green bin
- Green bins have been delivered between mid-January and 23 March 2026. If your bin has not arrived email: greenbin@midlothian.gov.uk
- Green bins will be delivered to the boundary of residential properties. In the case of an assisted pullout service, bins will be delivered directly to where they are stored.
- You have received a letter notifying you of the change of service. If your collection day changes, we have let you know.
- For some properties, alternative shared recycling facilities will be provided, and you will be contacted separately regarding these.
- Existing communal recycling bins are being converted to collect either paper and card or plastics, cans and cartons.
For all enquiries contact greenbin@midlothian.gov.uk