General waste, recycling and food caddy collections
Please note that that there will be no changes to our usual collection dates over the Christmas and New Year holidays. Please remember to put your bins out before 7am on our collection day.
Christmas Tree Collections – 10 January 2023 to 20 January 2023 inclusive
You do not need a Garden Waste subscription in order for your Christmas tree to be collected.
Residents leaving large trees out for composting are asked to cut them into pieces that are four feet tall or smaller. This makes it safe to load them into the recycling trucks. The pieces of Christmas tree can then be left next to the blue recycling bin on collection day.
Alternatively, if your Christmas tree is potted and still has its roots, you can care for them in their gardens until next year.
Important
Please ensure that all decorations are removed from the trees before putting them out for collection.
Broken fairy lights and other small electrical items will be taken away by the crews if placed in a standard-size carrier bag and left on top of any bin on collection day.
Collecting Christmas trees marks the end of a really busy period for the waste collection team, with the weight of recycling they collect at the kerbside increasing by 25 per cent over Christmas and new year. That is the equivalent of eight full waste collection vehicles.
