Disruptions to bin collections

Occasionally, bin collections are missed for a variety of reasons including weather conditions, road closures, or vehicles being in for maintenance and repair.

What to do if we missed your bin

If your bin was missed please leave it out in the first instance. 

If the missed collection is listed on this page, you don't need to report it. If it isn't listed, before reporting a missed bin please make sure that: 

• You presented your bin by 7am
• The bin was not collected by 4.45pm
• The bin was not tagged

If you find yourself accumulating additional household recycling and waste, please remember you can take it to a recycling centre. 

When we will collect

Where we don't otherwise indicate on this page, if we didn't collect your bin within five days, we will collect excess on the next collection day for that same bin, unless it was originally tagged or not presented.

Recently missed bins

26th November 2025

We weren't able to collect household bins from the following areas of Kemnay, we won't be returning - we will take excess on collection day:

• Alexander Crescent
• Bennachie View
• Bogbeth
• Cairn Road
• Don View McCrombie
• Fraser Place
• Fyfe Park
• Gordon Road
• Kendal
• Paradise Road
• Stuart Crescent
• The Glebe
• Victoria Terrace
• Wood Gardens

25th November 2025

We weren't able to collect household bins from the following areas, we won't be returning - we will take extra on the next collection day:

• Balhagardy
• Banchory:
  • Craiglash Quarry Road
• Daviot
• Drum of Wartle
• Hillhead of Lethenty
• Glenkindie Castle and surrounding area
• Kirkton of Rayne
•  Kemnay, including:
  • Bridge Road 
  • Bremnar Way
  • Craigearn Park
  • Craigearn Rural
  • Kembhill Park
  • Milton Drive Area
• Kildrummy:
  • Fichlie
  • Milton of Kildrummy
  • Rinmore
• Loanhead
• Lumsden:
  • Wester Clova
  • Easter Clova
• North Rayne
• Towie:
  • Rippachie
  • Mill of Culfork
• Udny Green and Rural
• Whitemyres

We weren't able to collect trade waste in the following areas, we will hope to return soon:

• Banchory
  • Craiglash Quarry
• Kincardine O Neil
  • Graeme Birnie Joiner and Carpenter, Westhall

24th November 2025

We weren't able to collect household bins from the following areas, we hope to return later in the week:

• Alford:
  • Asloun Access Road
  • Kinstairs to Brainley
  • Reekie Access Road
• Cothall
• Fintray
• Heatherwick
• Kendall
• Keithhall
• Lumsden:
  • Chapleton Area
  • Clova House
  • Hanover Court
  • Queenies Brae
• Road to Kingsford Farmhouse

We weren't able to collect trade glass bins from the following areas, we hope to return later in the week:

• Belhelvie
• Blackburn
• Ellon
• Hatton of Fintry
• Kirkton of Skene
• Oldmeldrum
• Pitmedden
• Potterton
• Udny Green
• Udny Station
• Westhill

21st November 2025

We weren't able to collect household bins from these areas, if we don't come back we will take extra on the next collection day for this bin type:

• Banchory Devenick
• Braehead
• Braetown of Kincraigie
• Cambus o'May
• Cookney
• Coull to Aberdeen road - all properties
• Dinnet to Ordie 
• Fetteresso
• Hatton of Fintray and surrounding areas
• Inverurie including:
  • Balbithan
  • Blackhall Drive
  • Sandy Hamilton Place
  • Brae Wynd
  • Brae Seat
  • Brae Walk
  • Brae Circle
  • Brae Place
  • Brockhall Rise
  • Cairn Gardens
  • Cairn Seat
  • Parkview
  • Wester Fintray
• Insch, including Glanderston
• Kennethmont and surrounding area
• Logie Coldstone: Blelack Road all properties missed
• Longfold
• Migvie to Hopewell
• Milton of Migvie to Mains of Pronie all properties missed
• Newmachar rural:
  • Cothal
  • Denmill
  • Kinmuck
  • Middleton
  • Newmill
  • Straloch
• Ordie to Burn of Vat 
• Rhynie including:
  • Bruntland
  • Cabrach
  • Clatt
  • Cottown
  • Elrick
  • Milton of North
  • Newnoth
  • Wheedlemont
• Tarland:
  • Crawiddie
  • Douneside Road, all properties missed including Parkhill Close
  • Fairview
  • Melgum Road including East and West Davoch
  • Oldtown
  • Oldtown Cottage
  • The Boig
  • The Horse Mill
• Tillychardoch
• Westhill:
  • Arnhall Drive
  • Arnhall Crescent
  • Ashdale Drive
  • Ashdale Close
  • Ashdale Court
  • Cairnton Court
  • Dunecht Road
  • Fare Park Drive
  • Grant Close
  • Gordon Close
  • Gordon Gardens
  • Keir Circle
  • Kirkside Court
  • Lawsondale Drive
  • Lawsondale Terrace
  • Leddach Road
  • Leslie Crescent
  • Morven Drive
  • Trinity Court
  • Shaw Circle
  • Westfield Gardens
  • Westfield Crescent
  • Westfield Grange
  • Westwood Drive
  • Westwood Way
  • Westwood Place
  • Westwood Crescent
  • Westwood Walk
  • Wrights Walk

20th November 2025

We weren't able to collect household bins from these areas, if we won't come back we will take extra on the next collection day for this bin type:

• Aberchirder:
  • Southview Terrace
  • Murray Crescent 
•  Aboyne:
  • Old Mart Road
  • Low Road
  • Tarland Road
  • Huntly Cottages
  • Darroch Wood
  • Kinnord Drive
  • Balnagowan Road and surrounding areas
  • Formaston Park
  • Bellwood Drive
  • Cairnferg towards the hospital
• Arbuthnott Road to Stonehaven: rural areas along this route
• Auchinhove and surrounding areas
• Auchenblae
• Badenscoth
• Banchory:
  • Pantoch Gardens
  • Silverbank
• Brathens
• Cottown
• Coull and surrounding areas
• Craigwell
• Culsalmond
• Cushnie and surrounding areas
• Durris and surrounding areas
• Feughside: School Road
• Fisherford
• Forest of Birse 
• Fyvie and surrounding areas
• Glassel
• Glenbervie, including Mains of Delavaird
• Glendye and surrounding areas
• Gordonstown
• Heughhead
• Hill of Banchory
• Hillside and surrounding areas
• Huntly and Gartly rural:
  • Blairmore House
  • Bothwellseat to Kirkstyle
  • Bridgend to Tillathrowie
  • Glass
  • Haugh of Glass to Ellel Ministries
• Inverurie town:
  • Davah Wood
  • Esslemont Drive
• Inverurie rural:
  • Bonnyton
  • Drum of Wartle Garage
  • Logie House
  • Oyne: Rowantree Carpark
  • West Mounie
• Kincardine O'Neil including side roads
• Kintore, including:
  • Rural Kinaldie
  • Upper Townhead
  • Kinellar
  • Cairntradlin
  • Kingsfield Road
• Kirkton of Tough
• Lethenty
• Lochton of Leys
• Millbrex
• Monkshill
• Muchalls, Bridge of Muchalls and surrounding areas
• Newseat
• Potarch to Balogie gates
• Redhill
• Rothiesbane
• All Stonehaven including:
  • Carmont 
  • Tannachie
  • Tewel
• Strachan:
  • Bowbutts Brae
  • Feugh View
  • Manse Croft
  • Strachan Lane
• Sundaywells
• Tifty
• Tillydrine to Cordach rural slip road
• Tillymorgan
• Tilquhillie and surrounding areas
• Tocher
• Turriff:
  • High Street
  • Laithers
  • Main Street
  • The Wynd
  • Waterworks
• Westhill
• West Mains to Learny
• Woodhead

We weren't able to collect trade bins from the following areas, if we won't come back we will take extra on the next collection day for this bin type:

• Aboyne (orange bin recycling and glass)
• Alford (refuse)
• Auchleven (refuse)
• Banchory, including Ashvale Chip shop
• Braemar
• Bridge of Alford (refuse)
• Chapel of Garioch (refuse)
• Clatt (refuse)
• Crathie
• Daviot (refuse)
• Inchmarlo retirement village
• Insch (refuse)
• Kennethmont (refuse)
• Logie Colstone
• Lumphanan (orange bin recycling and glass)
• Lumsden (refuse)
• Methlick (orange bin recycling)
• Old Rayne (refuse)
• Potterton (orange bin recycling)
• Rhynie (refuse)
• South Deeside Road (orange bin recycling)
• Tarland and surrounding areas
• Tarves (orange bin recycling)
• Torphins (orange bin recycling and glass)
• Whiteford (refuse)

19th November 2025

We weren't able to collect household bins from these areas, if we don't come back we will take extra on the next collection date for this bin type:

• B974: Clattering Bridge to Fettercain, we will come back on Friday 21st November
• Aucininna
• Aucharnie
• Bainshole
• Balnoon
• Banchory: 
  • Arbeadie Terrace
  • Bellwood Crescent
  • Grant Road
  • Hollybank Crescent
  • Rosehill Crescent
  • Rosehill Lane
  • Watson Crescent
• Blackburn:
  • 3-13 Bishop Forbes Crescent
  • Brockwood Crescent
  • Denview
  • Keith Gardens
  • Marcus Drive
  • Mitchell Gardens
  • The Neuk
  • Whin Path
  • Rural Kinellar
• Ballater:
  • Abergeldie
  • Ballogie
  • Ballogie Smithy cottages
  • Balmoral Estate
  • Glencat Home Farm
  • Kantar
  • Lochmuick Distillary
  • Lochmuick Hall
  • Lochnagar
  • Marywell
• Blindburn, we will come back by end of the week
• Bogniebrae
• Brideswell
• Cookney, we will come back on Friday 21st November
• Corse Badenscoth
• Crathie: The Manse, Leary
• Carnousie
• Clunie
• Conland
• Denmoss
• Denend
• Drumblade
• Durris:
  • Easter Ordl
  • Hillhead of Carnie
  • Kirkton of Durris
  • Peggy's Garden Durris
• Frendraught
• Fisherford
• Forgue
• Glens of Foundland
• Haremoss
• Huntly Rural
• Inverkeithny
• Inverurie:
  • Boynds drive
  • Bydand Gardens
  • Clovenstone
  • Conglass Court
  • Conglass Drive
  • Garten Way
  • Garten Avenue
  • Lochter Close
  • Lochter Drive
  • Lochter Park
  • Lochter Place
  • Lowes Drive
  • Meadow Place
  • Osprey Heights
  • Osprey Rise
  • Threave Circle
  • Threave wynd
  • Whitely Well Place
• Kemnay:
  • Bogbeth
  • Cairnfauld farm road
  • Leschangie
  • The Glebe
• Kintore:
  • Cottown
  • Kintore rural
  • Kintore Womblehill
  • South Fornet
• Largue
• Logie Newton
• Methlick rural, we will come back on Thursday 20th November
• Mosside
• Netherdale
• Nether Lenshie
• Newmachar rural
• Skares
• Skene House
• Slioch 
• Strathdon, whole area
• Wells of Ythan
• Westhill, including Kirkton Mews
• Ythanwells

We weren't able to collect trade waste from the following areas in Banchory, we hope to be back soon:

• Banchory Devenick Primary School
• Finzean Farm shop
• Glen DYE
• Ironside Furniture maker
• Lumpahanen - 16 Prospect Terrace 
• Perkhill Holiday Cottage
• TlC Potatoes

18th November 2025

We weren't able to collect household bins from the following areas in Inverurie, we will collect on Friday 21st November:

• Albert Street
• Burn Lane
• Constitution Road
• Drimmies Farm
• Garioch Road
• Inverurie Rural
• Inveramsay Bridge
• Mortimers Lane 
• North Road
• Watson Court
• Western Road

17th November 2025

We weren't able to collect trade glass bins from the following areas, we will collect on the next glass collection date:

• Blackburn
• Ellon
• Hatton of Fintray
• Inverurie
• Kirkton of Skene
• Oldmeldrum
• Pitmedden
• Potterton
• Westhill
• Udny 

12th November 2025

We weren't able to collect household bins from the Scotsmill area in Blackburn, we hope to be back on Friday, 14th November.

11th November 2025

We weren't able to collect household bins in the following areas, we hope to be back on Friday, 14th November:

• Huntly
• Alford
• Keith:
  • Cockburn Gardens
  • Haughton Square

We weren't able to collect trade waste bins in Methlick, we hope to be back on Friday, 14th November.