With the festive season in full swing, Somerset Council is reminding everyone to take a note of changes to recycling and rubbish collections.
There will be no collections on Wednesday 25 December, Thursday 26 December or Wednesday 1 January.
During the Christmas week collections will move forward by 2 days for those who normally have theirs on a Wednesday, Thursday or Friday as follows:
- Wednesday 25 December collections will now be on Friday 27 December
- Thursday 26 December collections will now be on Saturday 28 December
- Friday 27 December collections will now be on Sunday 29 December
Following the New Year, collections will move forward by 1 day for the rest of the week as follows:
- Wednesday 1 January collections will now be on Thursday 2 January
- Thursday 2 January collections will now be on Friday 3 January
- Friday 3 January collections will now be on Saturday 4 January
If residents’ usual collection days are a Monday or Tuesday, there will be no changes on either week.
Recycling sites will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day. Sites will be open as per their usual schedule at all other times, visit the Council’s Recycling sites opening hours page for details.
The garden waste collection service will be suspended for 2 weeks from Wednesday 25 December, resuming on Wednesday 8 January.
Garden Waste Service subscribers can leave their decoration-free tree out with their first collection of the year, so long as it is no taller than 2 metres (6ft)
Trees will not be collected from the kerbside unless the household subscribes to the Garden Waste Service.
Many charities, community organisations and groups are running tree collection or drop-off services, raising money for good causes. Check Just Helping online for details.
Trees can also be taken to any of Somerset’s recycling sites and put in the garden waste skip.
