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20 December 2018
As Christmas is nearly upon us, we just want to remind you of the changes to services and opening times over the Christmas period that may affect you.
If you still have some last minute shopping to do, don't forget that parking will be FREE in council controlled paid-for parking spaces, on-street and in car parks on Monday 24 December
We'd like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a lovely Christmas and all the very best for 2019.
Civic Centre Christmas closure
The Civic Centre on Lampton Road, Hounslow, will close from 5pm on Friday 21 December and will reopen from 9am on Wednesday 2 January 2019.
During this time, residents can access services online and via emergency numbers:
To inform the council of an emergency, please call 020 8583 2222
View our emergencies out of hours - contact information
Library services Christmas closure
The borough's libraries will close over the Christmas period with slightly different opening times. Please check here for details of when your library will be open.
Recycling and Waste collections over the Christmas period
Your collection days will change over the Christmas and New Year period. Revised collection dates for the festive period will start on Saturday 22 December.
To find out your next recycling and waste collection day, visit the collection days page
 Normal collection will resume from Monday 7 January 2019. Please recycle as much as possible. The council collects paper, card, glass bottles and tubs for recycling as well as providing a separate food waste collection every week.
Excess waste left with the wheelie bin will not be collected. Please keep it until the next collection or take it to Space Waye or your local Household Reuse and Recycling Centre.
Christmas trees
 The Christmas tree collection service only applies to properties using the wheelie bin service. Residents that live in a flat should either speak to their managing agent and/or landlord on how to dispose of their tree or alternatively you can drop it off at one of the drop-off points listed below.
Christmas tree drop-off
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Hanworth Air Park - Car park opposite 158A Hounslow Road, Feltham TW13 6AA
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Hounslow Heath - Car park opposite, 495 - 497, Staines Road, Hounslow TW4 5AR
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Redlees Park - Worton Road car park, Isleworth, TW7 6DW (taped area only)
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Bedfont Lakes - Clockhouse Lane car park, TW14 8QA throughout January
Alternatively, you can take your tree to Space Waye which is open from 8am to 4pm apart from the following days when Space Waye will be CLOSED:
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Christmas day (Tuesday 25 December)
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Boxing day (Wednesday 26 December)
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New year's eve (Monday 31 December)
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New year's day (Tuesday 1 January)
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Reduce, reuse and recycle right! |
 Reduce your food waste this Christmas by ensuring your fridge is set to the right temperature. As many models of fridge don’t have a temperature display, Love Food Hate Waste has developed an app called ChilltheFridgeOut.com to enable the public to regulate their fridges ensuring they are set below 5°C, at which temperature food will last on average for three days longer.
Transform your Christmas dinner leftovers into delicious modern dishes to excite even the most jaded palate! You'll find a great range of recipes to give you ideas on: www.lovefoodhatewaste.com
For all food you can't use, put it in your food caddy. If you don't have a food caddy, you can order one free of charge by visiting https://www.hounslow.gov.uk/recycling
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 Avoid shiny, glitter or foil wrapping as it can't be recycled. Before recycling, remove any shiny tape and decorations such as ribbons and bows as these cannot be recycled. Wrapping paper can only be recycled if it passes the scrunch test (scrunch the paper in your hand and if it stays a ball, it can be recycled). Paper wrapping can be recycled in your blue box, but foil or glitter-decorated paper cannot and needs to go in the general waste.
Cut or tear off the glitter section of greeting cards and put in the blue box, or save them and create gift tags from them for next year.
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