---
type: "Public Service Route"
title: "Edinburgh missed bin collection"
description: "Official Edinburgh route for checking and reporting delayed rubbish or recycling collection."
status: "observed"
assertion_status: "official"
service_family: "report-missed-rubbish-collection"
jurisdiction: "scotland:edinburgh"
provider: "city-of-edinburgh-council"
observed_at: "2026-08-07"
sources:
  - id: "edinburgh-missed-bin"
    title: "Delays to rubbish and recycling collections"
    resource: "https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/bin-collection-days/delays-rubbish-recycling-collections"
    author: "organisation:city-of-edinburgh-council"
    observed_at: "2026-08-07"
  - id: "edinburgh-complaints"
    title: "Make a complaint"
    resource: "https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/complaints"
    author: "organisation:city-of-edinburgh-council"
    observed_at: "2026-08-07"
---

# Edinburgh missed bin collection

[The City of Edinburgh Council](../organisations/city-of-edinburgh-council.md)
provides this local example in the selected
[Scotland context](../jurisdictions/scotland.md). It belongs to the normalized
[report-missed-rubbish family](report-missed-rubbish-collection.md).

Observed official checks on 2026-08-07 include whether the bin was visible at
the kerbside from 6am to 10pm, was due that day, had its lid closed, carried no
rejection tag and was accessible. Where none of the stated exclusions applies,
the page provides a report route and says to leave the bin out; it states an
aim to return within two working days. These operational details can change
and are not Scotland-wide promises.

The council publishes its own complaint route. The selected external route is
the [Scottish Public Services Ombudsman](../organisations/scottish-public-services-ombudsman.md),
subject to its current rules and the prior local complaint process.

Source and reuse limitations are recorded in the
[evidence set](../evidence/missed-rubbish-collection-sources.md). Recheck the
live pages before use.
