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.

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.