Festive recycling and waste collections
Kerbside collections
We are emptying wheelie bins, glass recycling boxes and food waste caddies on different days due to the Christmas and New Year public holidays. If your usual collection day is a Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, it will change.
If your collection day is
- Tuesday 24 December – there is no change
- Wednesday 25 December - we will empty your wheelie bin on Thursday 26 December
- Thursday 26 December - we will empty your wheelie bin on Friday 27 December
- Friday 27 December – we will empty your wheelie bin on Saturday 28 December
- Tuesday 31 December – there is no change
- Wednesday 1 January - we will empty your wheelie bin on Thursday 2 January
- Thursday 2 January - we will empty your wheelie bin on Friday 3 January
- Friday 3 January – we will empty your wheelie bin on Saturday 4 January.
If your usual collection day for your gull proof sack is Wednesday it will be collected on Thursday.
Check your usual bin collection days.
Special uplifts
There are no special uplifts from 21 December to 6 January.
Christmas tree collections
We will collect Christmas trees from 27 December. Check our collection directory for the days we are collecting trees from your street.
Garden waste collections
We will not collect brown bins from 16 December to 14 January. This is to allow our teams to collect Christmas trees and extra waste and recycling over the festive season.
Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)
Our recycling centres will be closed on 25 December, 26th December, 1 January and 2 January.
Severe weather
Waste and recycling collections may change during severe weather. Find out what to do if services are disrupted due to bad weather.