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Waste and recycling collections - bank holiday

Waste and recycling collections will slip a day next week due to the bank holiday on Monday, 25 May.

It will be 'Week 2' so please put out your green/brown wheelie bin and blue box the day after your usual collection day as follows:

  • 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

What can go in the green/brown bin?

  • Cardboard food packaging
  • Brown cardboard
  • Cardboard egg cartons
  • Toilet and kitchen roll centres
  • All food scrapings including meat, bones, fruit and vegetables, tea bags and coffee grounds
  • Grass, hedge and tree cuttings
  • Small logs
  • Vegetarian pet waste
  • Straw and hay

What can go in the blue box?

  • Newspapers
  • Magazines
  • Junk mail
  • White envelopes - without windows
  • Catalogues
  • Telephone directories and yellow pages