Assisted collections

Please contact us should you need help placing out your weekly black bags/recycling. More information.

Bank holiday collections

Information on upcoming bank holiday collections. Find out more. Don't forget they are printed on your current recycling calendar too, ask us if you need another sending out.

FREE Bulky household items

Contact us to arrange your household item collection. Place your item kerbside no later than 7am. We can collect up to five household items on one visit - you must contact us first. Don't forget most items go to landfill so where possible pass to charity, friends or family first. The one exception is mattresses - these are now recycled Find out more.

Recycling is easy! 

Many of our food items such as milk, juices, soups and some pet food pouches come in packaging called Tetra Pak. You can now place rinsed items of this kind in your weekly co-mingled collection, meaning eight different items can be placed out in your weekly co-mingled recycling collection.

Keeping the Vale clean

Find out more about what we do and your responsibilities as residents and visitors to the Vale. Let's keep the Vale an area we can all be proud of!

Frequently asked questions

Something you couldn't find on our website. Have a look at the most frequently asked questions regarding waste and recycling. View FAQs

Kitchen waste

An estimated 6.7 million tonnes of household food waste ends up rotting in landfill every year. Reduce your food waste and save money by using the council's Kitchen Waste Scheme. Residents of the Vale of Glamorgan are entitled to free kitchen waste recycling bags from the council. Find out more.

Garden waste

Your garden waste is presently operating on our ring and request service until 30/03/12. Your garden waste can be placed in one of two types of garden waste bags and will ONLY be collected in these. Either may be purchased from most Council offices. Find out more. next winter, ring and request operates between 03/12/12 and 23/03/13.

Green schools

Spreading the message is key; changing our approach and our habits counts. We really need our local schools to be involved, teaching children that they should reduce, reuse and recycle their waste. Find out more.

How are we doing?

Our recycling rate is publicly displayed on 'WelshDataFlow', however we've summarised the main performance table, as an at a glance summary for you to read.

Public toilets

Locations and opening hours of public conveniences in the Vale of Glamorgan. Find out more.

Recycling dates

Vale of Glamorgan Council offers a co-mingled recycling service. Co-mingling means all items can be mixed together in one container and collected weekly. Find out your refuse and recycling dates by putting your home postcode in the 'Your Vale' section of our home page.

Recycling banks

We have over 40 sites where you can take a range of materials for recycling, including: papers, tetra paks, cans, glass, plastics, textiles and books. Find out more.

Recycling containers

Our kerbside boxes are free, but as an alternative we are now selling blue bags that you can put the same eight co-mingled items in every week. They are just £1 and come with a concealed weight, velcro flap and can be easily folded away, when they are not in use. More on all containers.

Recycling centres

There are two civic amenity/recycling centres in the Vale of Glamorgan where you can recycle a selection of unwanted items. Both our Llandow and Barry sites are open daily. Find out more.