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Christmas and new year waste service changes
There are important changes to your rubbish and recycling collection services over the Christmas and new year period.
Rubbish and recycling collections
Waste and recycling collections will slightly different over Christmas and New Year (see table below). Collections will return to normal from Monday 12 January 2026.
You can check your collection days anytime using our collection day lookup.
Please remember wrapping paper with glitter and foil and cards with glitter cannot be recycled. You can easily check what can be recycled and what can't be recycled on our waste pages.
Christmas and New Year waste calendar 2025 / 26 Normal collection day New collection dates over Christmas / New Year Thursday 25 December 2025 Saturday 27 December 2025 Friday 26 December 2025 Monday 29 December 2025 Monday 29 December 2025 Tuesday 30 December 2025 Tuesday 30 December 2025 Wednesday 31 December 2025 Wednesday 31 December 2025 Friday 2 January 2025 Thursday 1 January 2026 Saturday 3 January 2026 Friday 2 January 2026 Monday 5 January 2026 Monday 5 January 2026 Tuesday 6 January 2025 Tuesday 6 January 2026 Wednesday 7 January 2026 Wednesday 7 January 2026 Thursday 8 January 2026 Thursday 8 January 2026 Friday 9 January 2026 Friday 9 January 2026 Saturday 10 January 2026 Garden waste and bulky waste collections
Garden waste collections are suspended from Thursday 25 December and back to normal on Thursday 8 January 2026. Bulky waste collections are suspended from Thursday 25 December and back to normal on Friday 2 January 2026.
You can use the collection day lookup to check your garden bin collections dates anytime.
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Christmas and new year waste service changes
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