Published Date: Oct 7th, 2024
As bin collection schedules change for most households across Fife from 14 October 2024, Fife Council thanks local people for continuing to recycle.
Most residents will see some change to their bin collection calendars from Monday, 14 October 2024. Future collection dates are available on the council website www.fife.gov.uk/bincalendar
Fife Council knows that waste and recycling services are very important and encourages everyone to make a note of their new collection schedule to ensure that their bins are placed out on the correct days for collection.
Waste and recycling services, and the 4-bin recycling system, will continue to be delivered across Fife. As council waste services staff move to a single shift system, collections will take place between 7am to 4.30pm. Fife household bins will still be emptied 5 days a week, Monday- Friday.
If you need to wait longer than usual for a collection because of a change in your collection day or colour rota, extra waste will be collected over the transition period:
Blue bin - up to two bags of waste will be collected alongside blue bins on the weeks of 14 to 26 October
Green bin - up to two bags of cans and plastics will be collected alongside green bins on the weeks of 14 to 26 October, or the first collection of your green bin after the changeover
Grey bin - up to two bundles of paper and cardboard will be collected alongside grey bins on the weeks of 28 October to 8 November, or the first collection of your grey bin after the changeover
Sandy Anderson, Service Manager (Domestic Waste and Street Cleansing), Fife Council, said: “We’re fast approaching Recycle Week 2024, which runs 14th - 20th October. Zero Waste Scotland’s Recycle Week campaign ‘Don’t let it go to waste’ champions all the efforts we make to recycle.
“Fife Council thanks local people for continuing to recycle as much as possible as the changes to bin collections are rolled out. If you need to wait a little longer than usual for one of your collections, we have some FAQs online to help you deal with any additional recycling or waste.
“It’s also helpful if you can reduce the space your recycling takes up in your bin, so that you can fit more in – for example by scrunching, flattening, folding or tearing paper or cardboard and by flattening, squashing or squeezing your plastics, where possible.”
Recycling properly helps to save energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to tackle climate change. For more information about recycling and facilities in Fife visit www.fife.gov.uk/recycling
During last year’s Recycle Week, Zero Waste Scotland published the Household Waste Composition Analysis, a study which revealed that more than half of waste disposed at the kerbside (52%) in Scotland could have been recycled.
