There are some changes to bin collections in the next ten days or so.For kerbside collections the council advises that if your usual collection day is a Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, it will change.
If your usual collection day is:
- Thursday 26 December – the council will empty wheelie bins, glass recycling or food caddies on Friday 27 December
- Friday 27 December – the council will empty wheelie bins, glass recycling or food caddies on Saturday 28 December
- Tuesday 31 December – there is no change
- Wednesday 1 January – the council will empty wheelie bins, glass recycling or food caddies on Thursday 2 January
- Thursday 2 January – the council will empty wheelie bins, glass recycling or food caddies on Friday 3 January
- Friday 3 January – the council will empty wheelie bins, glass recycling or food caddies on Saturday 4 January.
If the usual collection day for gull proof sacks 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
The council will collect Christmas trees from 27 December. Check our collection directory for the days we are collecting trees from your street.
Garden waste collections
The council will not collect brown bins until 14 January. This is to allow their teams to collect Christmas trees and extra waste and recycling over the festive season.
Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)
The recycling centres will be closed on 26th December, 1 January and 2 January.
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