Like every year, there's changes to your bin days over Christmas and New Year.
There's also no garden waste collection so we can concentrate on the extra festive waste, but you'll be able to put out double during the week of 9 April 2018.
| Normal Collection Day | Revised Collection Day | Which bin? |
| Monday 25 December | Wednesday 27 December | Grey and food |
| Tuesday 26 December | Thursday 28 December | Grey and food |
| Wednesday 27 December | Friday 29 December | Grey and food |
| Thursday 28 December | Saturday 30 December* | Grey and food |
| Friday 29 December | Tuesday 2 January | Grey and food |
| Monday 1 January | Wednesday 3 January | Green and food (no garden waste) |
| Tuesday 2 January | Thursday 4 January | Green and food (no garden waste) |
| Wednesday 3 January | Friday 5 January | Green and food (no garden waste) |
| Thursday 4 January | Saturday 6 January* | Green and food (no garden waste) |
| Friday 5 January | Monday 8 January | Green and food (no garden waste) |
| Monday 8 January | Tuesday 9 January | Grey and food |
| Tuesday 9 January | Wednesday 10 January | Grey and food |
| Wednesday 10 January | Thursday 11 January | Grey and food |
| Thursday 11 January | Friday 12 January | Grey and food |
| Friday 12 January | Saturday 13 January* | Grey and food |
What bin does that go in?
Most of your Christmas waste can be recycled - take a look at our handy guide below to find out more.
Please remember that recycling must be placed in the green wheelie bin either loose or in a clear sack.
Christmas food waste
Food waste goes in your small waste bin, not in your green recycling bin. Any food in your green bin contaminates the whole load, and we won't empty it. Make sure all food trays and tubs are washed clean - they don't have to be spotless, just make sure there isn't any food left.
You can now line your food waste caddies with plastic bags including carrier bags, pedal bin liners and bread bags- please do not use black bin liners. Any extra food waste that will not fit in your caddy on collection day can be placed in a bag on top of the caddy for collection.
Oh Christmas tree...
Once the decorations are down and your real tree is good to go, you have a couple of options. If you're a garden waste customer, we'll come and collect it from you from Monday 15 January - just put it out next to your brown bin. Please don't put it in the bin as it's tricky for the crews to get out.
If you're not a garden waste customer, you can drop your tree off at one of our designated locations around the district for composting. Visit our Christmas trees page for your nearest location.
Small electrical items and old clothes
If you've asked for any small electrical items or new clothes for Christmas, don't forget you can recycle your old ones with your other waste. Small electrical items need to go in a small carrier bag next to your grey bin, and clothes that aren't good enough for charity and other textiles in a tied carrier bag next to your green bin.
Snow and ice
If bad weather means we can't empty your bin, please leave it out for three days. If we haven't managed to empty it by then, bring it back in and we'll empty it next time it's due. We'll keep our website, Facebook
