Christmas Bin Collections
 There will be some changes to bin collections over the festive period, so make sure you check to ensure your bins are not missed!
Normal Collection Day
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Will be collected on
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Monday 26 December
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Tuesday 27 December
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Tuesday 27 December
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Wednesday 28 December
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Wednesday 28 December
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Thursday 29 December
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Thursday 29 December
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Friday 30 December
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Friday 30 December
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Saturday 31 December
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The week commencing Monday 2 January 2023, all collections this week will be collected as normal, there will be no changes as our teams will be working as normal.
Have an Eco-Friendly Christmas
‘Tis the season to be jolly, but we can all feel a lot jollier when we know that our festive celebrations aren’t harming the planet! With that in mind, here are our top recycling tips to stay eco-friendly for Christmases present and future.
 Gift wrap and bags
Christmas is the season of giving, and that means we’re often left with mountains of used wrapping paper on Christmas Day. This can’t always be accepted by paper recycling mills, because it sometimes contains plastic film or metallic elements, such as you’d find on wrap embellished with shiny foil or glitter. The same goes for gift bags!
Keep your gifts green by choosing wrap or bags that can definitely be recycled, and remember that the cardboard tube in the centre of a roll of gift wrap can be recycled too. For the finishing touch, decorate your presents with reusable or natural decorations. For example, you could opt for reusable string or ribbon instead of shiny metallic-style ribbon, and why not use a sprig of seasonal foliage such as holly or mistletoe instead of metallic-style bows?
When the big day comes round, here are some tips to keep in mind when sorting through the post-unwrapping frenzy:
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Use the ‘scrunch test’ to find out if you can recycle the wrapping from gifts you’ve received – put simply, if it’s glitter-free, scrunches into a ball and doesn’t spring back, you can recycle it!
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Sticky tape can’t be recycled, so remove this before it goes into the recycling.
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Save used gift wrap for another day – if you’re careful about how you open presents – unpeeling the tape rather than ripping the paper – you can save it to wrap another present with. You’ll even save some money too - bargain!
Gift and food packaging
Whether it’s the packaging your online Christmas shopping was delivered in or the packaging your festive feast comes in, December is a time when there’s a lot of extra boxes, bags and other wrapping to be disposed of. Cardboard packaging is easily recycled, but remember to remove any plastic or polystyrene inserts and sticky tape first. Glass bottles and jars (cranberry sauce, anyone?) are straightforward, too – rinse them out and they’re good to go, metal lids and all.
Christmas crackers
Christmas crackers are always a fun feature of the Christmas dinner table, but can they be recycled? The answer is that it’s complicated; some bits of them can, but others can’t. Overall, it’s best to opt for eco-friendly or homemade crackers. You can get make-your-own cracker kits or get creative with recycling loo roll tubes and gift wrap. Not only is this great fun, but it also means you can personalise each cracker for its recipient with a small, non-plastic gift. Much nicer for both people and planet!
Save Money With Green Rewards
 Win monthly prizes and save money by signing up to Green Rewards.
Did you know that if you change from having a 10 minute shower to a 4 minute shower for 1 person, you will save between £94.12-£131.04 a year?
If you also want to learn more about contamination rates and how you can help reduce this across the Borough, take the contamination quiz through Green Rewards and earn points for completing it.
Don't forget that as part of this year’s application process and in order to qualify for the free tree, residents must also be a member of the Green Rewards platform.
We currently have a number of applications that shows some residents are not a member, so make sure you don't miss out on a free tree by:
- Making sure you have used the same email address when signing up to Green Rewards and when filling in our online application form
- Check that your email address doesn't have any errors in it
- Check that you've had a confirmation email when signed up to Green Rewards and confirmation that you have completed our online application form
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