Public holiday collections

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Rubbish, recycling and food scraps collections will be one day later than usual after a public holiday, with some exceptions.

You can use our collection day search to check the collection date for a specific address.

Collection day changes during Christmas and New Year holiday period

Your usual collection day	Your new collection day
Monday 23 December 2019	No change
Tuesday 24 December 2019	No change
Wednesday 25 December 2019 (Christmas day)	Thursday 26 December 2019 (Boxing day)
Thursday 26 December 2019 (Boxing day)	Friday 27 December 2019
Friday 27 December 2019	Saturday 28 December 2019
Monday 30 December 2019	No change
Tuesday 31 December 2019	No change
Wednesday 1 January 2020 (New Year's day)	Thursday 2 January 2020 (Day after New Year's day)
Thursday 2 January 2020 (Day after New Year's day)	Friday 3 January 2020
Friday 3 January 2020	Saturday 4 January 2020

You can sign up to receive text reminders about changes to your collection day.

This service is available for our rubbish, recycling and food scrap collections.

Contact your provider to ask about their holiday schedules.

Contact your rubbish collection provider to ask about their holiday schedules.

There are no changes to business recycling collections.

Business recycling collections are one day later.

There are no changes to evening kerbside rubbish bin collections. Business recycling collections are one day later.

There are no changes to kerbside collections for rubbish bags, recycling bags, and paper and cardboard.