Due to the Christmas and New Year bank holidays, there will be changes to some collections.
If your collection is on a Wednesday or Thursday
There will be no collections on:
- Wednesday 25 December 2024
- Thursday 26 December 2024
- Wednesday 1 January 2025
We will be collecting on a new dates if you have a Wednesday or Thursday collection.
If your collection is on a Monday, Tuesday or Friday
There are no changes to collections for Monday, Tuesday or Friday. They will continue as scheduled.
Timing of collections over Christmas and the New Year
We may collect at different times over the holiday period due to the extra amounts of rubbish and recycling that we need to collect.
Please ensure that your recycling and rubbish is out by 6.00am on the day of collection and wait until after 4.00pm to report a missed collection.
Glass
Don’t forget you can now put your glass bottles and jars in your brown bin or clear sacks for recycling. There is no need to separate them and put them in your black box.
Cardboard
Please remove all packaging and break down cardboard so it fits in your brown bin or clear sacks. If your bin is full, cardboard can be left alongside it but must be broken down to a size that could fit in your bin.
Extra recycling
There's no limit to the amount of recycling we'll collect on your scheduled day but any additional recycling should be placed in a suitable container. This could be your old black recycling box or hessian/jute bag, please don't use carrier bags/plastic bags or cardboard boxes (if it’s wet these get soggy and the contents fall out). We cannot empty large bags e.g. builders sacks.
To check what you can and can’t recycle visit our what goes in my container page.
Extra rubbish
We'll be collecting extra rubbish between Friday 27 December until Thursday 2 January. Extra rubbish can be placed in a tied black bag and left next to your black wheelie bin or purple sacks.
We will no longer collect extra rubbish from Friday 3 January 2025.
Unwanted small electrical items and clothing?
If you received any new electrical items or clothing for Christmas and were wondering what to do with the old ones, they can be collected through our small item collection service.
Real Christmas Trees
- When purchasing your Christmas tree - see if the retailer offers a take-back scheme for your used tree, often garden centres and tree suppliers offer this scheme
- If you purchase a tree with roots - why not replant it a pot in your garden and use it again next year? Or have you considered renting a Christmas Tree?
- Real Christmas trees can be cut up and placed in your green wheelie bin. Please check your collection calendar to see when your garden waste collections start again in January. Stumps need to be no larger than 3 inches/7.5cm in diameter.
- Christmas trees can also be taken to Bickenhill Household Waste Recycling Centre for recycling (You need to book your visit in advance)