Refuse, recycling and glass collections
Please see below summary of changes to collections over the Christmas and New Year period.
Normal day – festive collection day
Mon 22 Dec – no change
Tue 23 Dec – no change
Wed 24 Dec – no change
Thu 25 Dec – Mon 29 Dec
Fri 26 Dec – Tue 30 Dec
Mon 29 Dec – Wed 31 Dec
Tue 30 Dec – Fri 2 Jan
Wed 31 Dec – Sat 3 Jan
Thu 1 Jan – Mon 5 Jan
Fri 2 Jan – Tue 6 Jan
Mon 5 Jan – Wed 7 Jan
Tue 6 Jan – Thu 8 Jan
Wed 7 Jan – Fri 9 Jan
Thu 8 Jan – Sat 10 Jan
Fri 9 Jan – Mon 12 Jan
Mon 12 Jan – Tue 13 Jan
Tue 13 Jan – Wed 14 Jan
Wed 14 Jan – Thu 15 Jan
Thu 15 Jan – Fri 16 Jan
Fri 16 Jan – Sat 17 Jan
Normal service resumes Monday 19 January 2026.
If your bin is not collected during this time, please report it as missed online.
Bin calendars 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 22 December and restart on Monday 5 January 2026. 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 2025 to October 2026 bin calendar, visit our ‘find your bin calendar’ page.