Christmas and New Year changes
Collections change over Christmas and New Year. Biffa will collect your bins, but on different days, except for garden waste where this is a break over the festive period.
Rubbish, recycling and food waste
Our contractor, Biffa, will be carrying out collections over the Christmas and New Year period 2026 to 2027, however, there will be changes to your bin collections.
Please see the table for full information.
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Usual collection day
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Revised collection day
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Monday 21 December
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No change
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Tuesday 22 December
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No change
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Wednesday 23 December
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No change
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Thursday 24 December (Christmas Eve)
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No change
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Friday 25 December (Christmas Day)
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Monday 28 December
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Monday 28 December (Boxing Day)
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Tuesday 29 December
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Tuesday 29 December
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Wednesday 30 December
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Wednesday 30 December
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Thursday 31 December
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Thursday 31 December
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Saturday 2 January
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Friday 1 January (New Year's Day)
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Monday 4 January
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Monday 4 January
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Tuesday 5 January
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Tuesday 5 January
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Wednesday 6 January
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Wednesday 6 January
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Thursday 7 January
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Thursday 7 January
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Friday 8 January
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Friday 8 January
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Saturday 9 January
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Please present your bins at 6am on your revised collection day.
Normal collections resume from Monday 11 January 2027.
Garden waste
There will be no garden waste collections from 21 December 2026 to 1 January 2027.
Clinical waste
If you need to order a clinical waste bin on an ad-hoc basis, please note that our offices will be closed from 2pm on Thursday 24 December and will reopen at 8.45am on Monday 4 January 2027. To avoid any disruption, please ensure you have enough bins for your medical waste during this period, or contact us in advance if you require waste collection over the festive break.
Christmas and New Year collection dates will be announced shortly.
Normal collections resume from Tuesday 5 January 2027.
Christmas trees
We no longer offer drop off points to recycle your Christmas tree.
If you have a real Christmas tree you can:
- plant it to use next year (if it has roots)
- recycle at your local recycling centre or tip
- donate to your local charity.
If you have a Garden Waste Collection Service subscription, you can put your real Christmas tree out with your other garden waste on a collection date before the end of January.