As has been the case for many years going back decades, the council’s
crews, who work on all other Bank Holidays (including New Year’s Day), will not
operate on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
This year that means there will be no collections of refuse or
recycling on Monday 25 December and Tuesday 26 December. Attached,
you’ll find a simple graphic illustrating the non-collection dates. Please feel
free to share and use this from today.
Anyone due collections on these days will have their household bins
picked up one week later and their recycling bins will be collected two weeks
later.
All other collections remain unchanged, including those on Bank Holiday
Monday (1 January 2018).
During the festive period, it’s recognised that many households produce
more waste. So, for those with wheelie bins, reasonable amounts of household
waste will be collected if presented in bags at the side of the bins.
Excess paper and card recycling will be collected if bundled securely
with string and presented alongside the recycling bin.
As well as
general PR and press, we will specifically target wards affected by
non-collections with printed adverts in local papers, online, and with
electronic advertising which can be pin-pointed to postcodes.
The city’s five
Household Recycling Centres will be closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day
(Monday 25 December and Tuesday 26 December) – but will be open on all other
days. And for residents thinking of making a trip to the tip, they can also ‘view the queue’ through webcams set
up to monitor the entrances to each site.
Other
Christmas activity
And
from 1 December we
started issuing our Christmas waste tips Advent Calendar across BCCs social
media channels. Each day reveals a different tip to help people reduce,
reuse and recycle over the festive period. As in previous years we will
also be telling people where they can recycle their Christmas trees.
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