Changes for Christmas and New Year 2025
Published
Friday 21 November, 2025
Updated
Friday 2 January, 2026
Christmas and New year collections 2025/26
There are some changes to services over the Christmas and New Year period.
Bin collections
There are changes to bin collections over the Christmas and New Year period.
General waste, recycling, food waste and clinical collections
Unsure when your recycling, refuse and food waste collections will be? Check out the Christmas collection calendar below. Clinical collections will also follow these collection dates:
You can also find the rescheduled dates in the table below if you are having troubles with the image above:
Normal collection date | Rescheduled date |
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 2026 |
Thursday 1 January 2026 | Saturday 3 January 2026 |
Friday 2 January 2026 | Monday 5 January 2026 |
Monday 5 January 2026 | Tuesday 6 January 2026 |
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 collections
If you have a garden waste collection subscription, there are some changes during the Christmas period.
Garden waste collections will then be suspended from Thursday 25 December and will resume their regular schedule from Thursday 8 January 2026.
Bulky waste collections will also be suspended from Thursday 25 December and will resume from Thursday 8 January 2026.
