Changes to council bin collections over Christmas 2024 and New Year 2024/25 in Newark and Sherwood, Rushcliffe and South Kestevan

Councils have announced changes to bin collections scheduled over the Christmas and New Year period.

These changes will mean residents may need to place their bins out on an alternative day to their regular collections.

Christmas can produce a lot of waste and residents are also reminded to check packaging and gift wrapping paper is recyclable to ensure it is disposed of correctly.

Newark and Sherwood District Council:

If you live in Newark and Sherwood, the first change to the bin schedule will affect those households with collections on Monday, December 23, which will instead be collected early on Saturday, December 21.

Collections due to take place on December 24 (Christmas Eve) and December 25 (Christmas Day), will each be collected a day early.

Collections scheduled for December 26 (Boxing Day), December 27, January 1 (New Year’s Day), January 2, January 3, will instead take place on the following day.

All other collection days will remain unaffected.

Residents are asked to ensure bins are out for collection by 6:00am, as waste teams cannot return to collect bins that are not presented on the correct day.

Rushcliffe Borough Council:

In Rushcliffe, residents are asked to ensure bins are presented by 7am, on the edge of their property on the new collection date.

There will be changes to grey bin collections days, with Wednesday, December 25 to be collected on Tuesday, December 24; Thursday, December 26, to be picked up on Friday, December 27; and Wednesday, January 1, collected on Thursday, January 2.

Blue bin collections will also be affected, with Wednesday, December 25 instead taking place on Monday, December 23; Thursday, December 26, on Monday, December 30; and Wednesday, January 1, collected on Tuesday, December 31.

South Kestevan District Council:

South Kesteven will also be affected, with silver bins due to be collected on Monday, December 23, instead taking place on Saturday, December 21. Collections for Tuesday, December 24 and Wednesday, December 25, will both take place one day earlier than usual.

Those due on Thursday, December 26, and Friday, December 27 will both take place a day later.

Black bins will be emptied in New Year week, with households served on Monday, December 30, and Tuesday December 31, to be collected at normal.

There will be no collection on Wednesday, January 1, with collections for the rest of the week taking place one day later, up to and including Saturday, January 4.

From the week beginning Monday, January 6, collections will return to normal for paper and card week using the purple-lid bin.