Christmas bin collection dates 2019: How to find out when your local council will pick up your rubbish and recycling

Bin collection dates change over the festive season
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Tom Herbert16 December 2019

With just over a week to go until Christmas, councils across the UK have confirmed when waste collections will take place.

The date your bins are collected often changes over Christmas and New Year as council workers time take off over the festive break.

Councils will often send out information via leaflets to let people know if there will be any changes to their collection dates.

But if you are still unsure, here's how to find out when your local council will pick up your rubbish and recycling.

Bin collection Christmas dates

If you were due to have your bin collected on Christmas Eve or Boxing Day, you might find the date will change as most councils don't collect waste on bank holidays.

This means your bins will either be collected before Christmas or squeezed into the few days between December 25 and New Year.

So you could be looking at a collection on Monday, December 23, Thursday, December 26 or Friday, December 27 with some councils also picking up on Saturday, December 28.

Similarly, if your normal bin collection date was on New Year's Day the date could change - although confusingly some councils will pick up bins on New Years' Day.

Your local council could move the bin collection day over the weekend, so it's worth checking this information first.

Unfortunately there isn't a blanket date system in place, and dates vary across UK councils so it can be hard to keep track sometimes.

How to find out your bin collection Christmas dates

The best and easiest way to find out when your bin will be collection is on the government website GOV.UK where all you need to do is enter your postcode and you will be directed through to your local council.

Once you're on the website of your local council, you should be able to find out your bin collection dates for 2019.

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