Get a friendly text reminder the evening before every bin collection. Any bin, any schedule — don't worry, we've got you. Bank holiday or Christmas disruption? We check, we text, you never miss a thing.
Just 99p a month — cancel any time
St Albans City and District Council covers St Albans, Harpenden and the surrounding Hertfordshire villages, with its service run by Veolia. Watch the colour trap: here the brown bin is for general rubbish. Refuse and recycling alternate fortnightly, with a weekly food waste collection.
St Albans' brown bin is for general rubbish, not garden waste — an easy one to get wrong. Between that, the recycling bin, the paper box, the weekly food caddy and a green garden bin, My Bin Day keeps you right with a text the evening before each collection. Just £0.99 a month, no ads, cancel anytime.
Bin setup and collection days come straight from St Albans. You can also check the council's own page at stalbans.gov.uk.
St Albans collects the brown general-rubbish bin (or purple sacks) one week, then the recycling wheeled bin (glass, cans, plastics), a 55-litre box for paper and card, and the green garden bin on the alternate week. Be careful — the brown bin is for rubbish here, not garden waste. Food waste is collected weekly in a caddy. Garden waste is free for one bin, with paid extra bins available. Hertfordshire County Council handles disposal via Veolia.
My Bin Day is 99p a month — less than a coffee a year. Cancel any time by replying STOP to a reminder and you won't be charged again.
Yes. We track St Albans's published schedule, including the shifts that bank holidays and seasonal changes cause, so your reminder always reflects the real collection date.
No — My Bin Day is an independent service and is not affiliated with St Albans or any council. We simply read the council's published collection schedule and send you a friendly reminder.
Enter your address, choose SMS reminders, done. 99p a month, cancel any time.
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