Refuse, recycling and glass collections

Please see below summary of changes to collections over the Christmas and New Year period.

Normal collection day – festive collection day

Mon 23 Dec – no change
Tue 24 Dec – no change
Wed 25 Dec – Fri 27 Dec 
Thu 26 Dec – Sat 28 Dec 
Fri 27 Dec – Mon 30 Dec 

Mon 30 Dec – Tue 31 Dec 
Tue 31 Dec – Thu 2 Jan  
Wed 1 Jan – Fri 3 Jan 
Thu 2 Jan – Sat 4 Jan 
Fri 3 Jan – Mon 6 Jan 

Mon 6 Jan – Tue 7 Jan 
Tue 7 Jan – Wed 8 Jan 
Wed 8 Jan – Thu 9 Jan 
Thu 9 Jan – Fri 10 Jan 
Fri 10 Jan – Sat 11 Jan 

Normal service resumes Monday 13 January 2025.

Our bin calendars have been updated to include these changes.

Recycling crews will take any excess recycling in a dry cardboard box or clear plastic bag.

Glass crews will take any excess in a sturdy plastic box with handles, no larger than 38 litres and weighing less than 5.5kg.

For more information visit our what can (and can’t) go in your bins page.

Garden waste

Our garden waste service will be suspended from Monday 23 December and restart on Monday 6 January 2025. If you have a real Christmas tree and you’re using the service, we’ll collect it on your first collection in the new year. Trees over 6ft tall should be cut into smaller pieces that can be lifted by one person.

Clinical waste collections

As regular clinical waste collections are on Mondays and Tuesdays, there will be no change to these collections over the Christmas and New Year period.

Find your bin calendar

If you don’t have your October 2024 to September 2025 bin calendar, visit our ‘find your bin calendar’ page.