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Scottish Borders Council · Scotland

Scottish Borders bin collection, recycling centres and council services in one app

Bin reminders, your nearest recycling centre and Scottish Borders Council services, all in one free app.

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Scottish Borders bin collection

Never miss a Scottish Borders bin day

Pop in your postcode to check Loci works where you live. Then download the free app to see your collection days and get a reminder the night before.

Scottish Borders bin collection reminder on the Loci app

Towns, villages and postcodes in the Scottish Borders

Loci covers homes across Scottish Borders Council. Some postcodes straddle two councils, so check yours above.

Galashiels Hawick Peebles Kelso Selkirk Jedburgh Eyemouth Duns Melrose Innerleithen Coldstream Earlston Lauder Newtown St Boswells Tweedbank Chirnside DG14 0 EH23 4 EH26 8 EH26 9 EH37 5 EH38 5 EH43 6 EH44 6 EH45 6 EH45 8 EH45 9 EH46 7 ML12 6 TD1 1 TD1 2 TD1 3 TD1 9 TD2 6 TD3 6 TD4 6 TD5 7 TD5 8 TD5 9 TD6 0 TD6 6 TD6 9 TD7 4 TD7 5 TD7 9 TD8 6 TD8 9 TD9 0 TD9 1 TD9 7 TD9 8 TD9 9 TD10 6 TD11 3 TD11 9 TD12 4 TD13 5 TD14 5 TD15 1
Scottish Borders bins, recycling and council tax in the Loci app

Scottish Borders, Scotland

Everything local in the Scottish Borders, in one place

Scottish Borders Council collects your bins and council tax, runs seven community recycling centres and looks after local roads, schools and libraries. Loci brings it all together, from Galashiels and Hawick to Peebles, Kelso and Eyemouth.

Bin day reminders

Bin day reminders

Recycling centres

Recycling centres

Council tax

Council tax

Council Search

Council Search

AI search

AI search

Local business directory

Local business directory

Health and support

Health and support

Local updates

Local updates

Recycling centres

Recycling centres in the Scottish Borders

Scottish Borders Council runs seven community recycling centres, from Galashiels and Hawick to Kelso, Peebles and Eyemouth. Find your nearest one in Loci and check what you can bring before you go.

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Duns, Eyemouth, Galashiels, Hawick, Peebles (Eshiels), Selkirk and Kelso. Check locations and opening times on the Scottish Borders Council website.

Council services

Scottish Borders Council services

From bins to council tax and school holidays, here's what Scottish Borders Council looks after and how Loci helps.

All of the Scottish Borders in your pocket

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Ask Locally

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Your neighbourhood noticeboard. Ask for a hand, offer one, or share a local recommendation with neighbours within a few miles of your postcode. 

Ask for help: a reliable plumber, a lost cat, what time the market opens.
Ask for help: a reliable plumber, a lost cat, what time the market opens.
Offer help: spare veg from the allotment, a recommendation, local know-how. 
Offer help: spare veg from the allotment, a recommendation, local know-how.
Thank neighbours: the most helpful replies rise to the top. 
Thank neighbours: the most helpful replies rise to the top.
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Scottish Borders neighbours using Ask Locally in the Loci app
Scottish Borders households

56,400+

Scottish Borders postcode areas

43

Scottish Borders residents

116,800+

Scottish Borders app status

Available

Scottish Borders · Scotland

Your Borders neighbours are on Loci.

Join them for free.

Download Loci today and keep up with what's happening in and around Galashiels, Hawick and Peebles.

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Scottish Borders residents using the Loci app for bin days and council services

Residents guides

Bin guides for the Scottish Borders

The practical detail on the questions residents ask most.

Bins and recycling guides
Bins and recycling guides

Every bin guide in one place: bin days, missed bins, bin colours, bank holidays and the new bin rules.

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Missed bin collection?
Missed bin collection?

What to do if your bin wasn't emptied, and how to report it to your council.

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Which bin goes out this week?
Which bin goes out this week?

Alternate weeks, colour weeks and week A or B, explained.

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What can go in your recycling bin?
What can go in your recycling bin?

What goes in, what stays out and why the rules change between councils.

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Bulky waste collection
Bulky waste collection

How to book your council's service, and other ways to get rid of large items.

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Food waste collections
Food waste collections

How your food caddy works and what goes in it.

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Scottish Borders council services: your questions answered

Your blue-lidded recycling bin is emptied every two weeks. It takes paper, card, cans, foil, cartons, plastic bottles, tubs and plastic bags and wrappers. Glass and clothes go to a recycling point. Loci shows your collection days and reminds you the night before.

Part of Scotland

Councils near you

Scottish Borders Council runs all your local services, from bins and recycling centres to council tax and schools. Live near a border? Find your council below.

Scottish councils
All Scottish councils
Scottish councils

Find your council and council services across Scotland.

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Midlothian Council
Council
Midlothian Council

Bins, recycling centres and council services for Dalkeith, Penicuik and Bonnyrigg.

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East Lothian Council
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East Lothian Council

Bins, recycling centres and council services for Musselburgh, Haddington and North Berwick.

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South Lanarkshire Council
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South Lanarkshire Council

Bins, recycling centres and council services for Hamilton, East Kilbride and Rutherglen.

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Dumfries and Galloway Council
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Dumfries and Galloway Council

Bins, recycling centres and council services for Dumfries, Stranraer and Annan.

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Your local community app

Bin reminders, Galashiels, Hawick and Kelso recycling centres and council services for the Scottish Borders, free in one app.

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