Somerset Council

Updates to your collections this May

May bank holiday waste collections

Following the bank holiday yesterday, all recycling and rubbish collections will move by a day for the rest of the week.

If your recycling and/or rubbish is usually collected on a Monday, then it will be collected on Tuesday (today), if your usual day is Tuesday, it will be collected on a Wednesday and so on.

This includes collections that would usually take place on Friday, 8 May taking place on Saturday, 9 May.

The same will happen at the end of the month following the bank holiday on Monday, 25 May. You can check your collection day anytime online.

With waste collections a day later, a higher volume of waste is likely. Squashing, crushing and flattening waste can help to reduce the number of trips that teams need to make to empty their trucks, as well as creating more space in your boxes, bins and bags.

All 16 recycling sites will be open as usual at weekends, 9am to 4pm. And, if opening on a Monday is part of their normal opening pattern, they will be open Bank Holiday Monday from 9am to 6pm. For opening times and to find a full list of what can be recycled head to our recycling sites webpage.

Week beginning Monday 4 May:

Usual collection day

Revised collection day

Wednesday 6 May   Thursday 7 May
Thursday 7 May Friday 8 May
Friday 8 May Saturday 9 May

Week beginning Monday 25 May:

Usual collection day

Revised collection day

Monday 25 May Tuesday 26 May
Tuesday 26 May Wednesday 27 May
Wednesday 27 May Thursday 28 May
Thursday 28 May  Friday 29 May
Friday 29 May Saturday 30 May