When will my bins be collected Christmas and New Year 2024/25? Dates and changes for all London boroughs

Here is the situation in all of London’s boroughs, and the city itself, with information from the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Barking and Dagenham

This year there will be the following changes to your bin collection dates over the festive period.

• Monday 23 December 2024 - no change
• Tuesday 24 December 2024 - no change
• Wednesday 25 December 2024 moves to Friday 27 December 2024
• Thursday 26 December 2024 moves to Saturday 28 December 2024
• Friday 27 December 2024 moves to Monday 30 December 2024
• Monday 30 December 2024 moves to Tuesday 31 December 2024
• Tuesday 31 December 2024 moves to Thursday 2 January 2025
• Wednesday 1 January 2025 moves to Friday 3 January 2025
• Thursday 2 January 2025 moves to Saturday 4 January 2025
• Friday 3 January 2025 moves to Monday 6 January 2025
• Monday 6 January 2025 moves to Tuesday 7 January 2025
• Tuesday 7 January 2025 moves to Wednesday 8 January 2025
• Wednesday 8 January 2025 moves to Thursday 9 January 2025
• Thursday 9 January 2025 moves to Friday 10 January 2025
• Friday 10 January 2025 moves to Saturday 11 January 2025
• Monday 13 January 2025 - bin collections will return to normal.

Bin collection top tips from the council

• leave your bins by the boundary of your property by 6am on your collection day (only put bins on the street if you don’t have a front garden or drive)
• put your rubbish inside your wheelie bin with the lid closed shut
• visit the council’s what goes in each bin page if you’re not sure what goes where

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Barnet

Recycling and refuse bin collection days will be revised over the festive period. This will affect bin collections between Monday, December 23 and Saturday, January 4 January.

Blue recycling bin and black refuse bin collections will return to normal collection days from the week commencing Monday, January 6.

• Monday 23/12/2024 moves to Saturday 21/12/2024
• Tuesday 24/12/2024 moves to Monday 23/12/2024
• Wednesday 25/12/2024 moves to Tuesday 24/12/2024
• Thursday 26/12/2024 moves to Friday 27/12/2024
• Friday 27/12/2024 moves to Saturday 28/12/2024
• Monday 30/12/2024 no change in collection day
• Tuesday 31/12/2024 no change in collection day
• Wednesday 01/01/2025 moves to Thursday 02/01/2025
• Thursday 02/01/2025 moves to Friday 03/01/2025
• Friday 03/01/2025 moves to Saturday 04/01/2025
• Monday 06/01/2025 normal service resumes

Annual winter pause to garden waste collections

The annual six-week pause to garden waste collections runs form Sunday, December 8 until Sunday, January 19. The first collections in the new year will either take place on Saturday, January 25 or Saturday, February 1.

Christmas tree collections in January 2025

Real Christmas trees placed at the boundary of your property will be collected on Saturday, January 11 or Saturday, January 18. Please ensure your real Christmas tree has all decorations and tree lights removed, is cut in half and put at the boundary of your property by 6am.

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Bexley

There will be no collections on Wednesday 25 December, Thursday 26 December and Wednesday 1 January. Waste and recycling collections have been revised as follows:

• Monday 23 December - no change
• Tuesday 24 December - no change
• Wednesday 25 December moves to Friday 27 December
• Thursday 26 December moves to Saturday 28 December
• Friday 27 December moves to Sunday 29 December
• Monday 30 December - no change
• Tuesday 31 December - no change
• Wednesday 1 January moves to Thursday 2 January
• Thursday 2 January moves to Friday 3 January
• Friday 3 January moves to Saturday 4 January
• Monday 6 January - normal schedule resumes

Garden waste service will be suspended from week commencing Monday 23 December for two weeks and will resume on Monday 6 January.

Please place your waste and recycling out for collection at the front edge of your property before 6am.

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Brent

In Brent, all rubbish, garden waste and recycling collections will be affected by the Christmas and New Year bank holidays. Over Christmas, bins will be picked up two days later than residents’ usual collection day, whilst over New Year it will be the following day, writes Grant Williams.

Therefore, normal Wednesday collections (December 25) will be on Friday (December 27), Thursday collections (December 26) will be on Saturday (December 28), Friday’s (December 27) on Sunday (December 29). In the New Year, Wednesday’s collection (January 1) will be on Thursday (January 2), Thursday’s (January 2) on Friday (January 3), and Friday’s (January 3) on Saturday (January 4).

There will also be no bulky waste or small items collection on bank holidays with the Abbey Road Refuse and Recycling Centre also closed on December 25 and 26, as well as January 1.

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Bromley

• Wednesday 25 December (Christmas Day) moves to Friday 27 December
• Thursday 26 December (Boxing Day) moves to Saturday 28 December
• Friday 27 December moves to Monday 30 December
• Monday 30 December moves to Tuesday 31 December
• Tuesday 31 December moves to Thursday 2 January
• Wednesday 1 January moves to Friday 3 January
• Thursday 2 January moves to Saturday 4 January
• Friday 3 January moves to Monday 6 January
• Monday 6 January moves to Tuesday 7 January
• Tuesday 7 January moves to Wednesday 8 January
• Wednesday 8 January moves to Thursday 9 January
• Thursday 9 January moves to Friday 10 January
• Friday 10 January moves to Saturday 11 January

Collections return to normal week commencing 13 January 2025.

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Camden

Some recycling and rubbish days will be different over the festive period.

Collections from Wednesday 25 December to Friday 27 December will take place two days later than usual. If your usual collection day is:

• Wednesday 25 December, your collection will be on Friday 27 December
• Thursday 26 December, your collection will be on Saturday 28 December
• Friday 27 December, your collection will be on Sunday 29 December

Collections from Wednesday 1 January to Friday 3 January will occur one day later than usual. If your usual collection day is:

• Wednesday 1 January, your collection will be on Thursday 2 January
• Thursday 2 January, your collection will be on Friday 3 January
• Friday 3 January, your collection will be on Saturday 4 January

Collections return to their normal schedule from Monday 6 January.

For more information, visit the council’s website.

City of London

The City of London Corporation is running an altered bin collection service over Christmas and New Year.

For residents who live in a property with no bin store and so need to place their rubbish on the street there are several days with no collection planned. Evening collections will be slightly earlier than normal during the festival period, writes Ben Lynch.

A service will also be run collecting real Christmas trees between December 27 and January 17. All decorations must be removed as the trees will be mulched and used in parks and gardens.

To book the service, call the City of London contact centre on 020 7606 3110. Residents living on estates will need to contact their estate office for information on Christmas tree skip locations.

Here is how the bin collection service will run over Christmas and New Year:

• Sunday, December 22 – normal service
• Monday, December 23 – normal service
• Tuesday, December 24 – normal service
• Wednesday, December 25 – no collection
• Thursday, Friday, December 26 – no collection
• Saturday, December 27 – normal service
• Sunday, December 28 – normal service
• Monday, December 29 – normal service
• Tuesday, December 30 – normal service
• Wednesday, December 31 – normal service
• Thursday, January 1 – no collection
• Friday, January 2 – normal service

The City of London Corporation also has a range of tips and advice for reducing waste over Christmas, including donating unwanted gifts and recycling items such as mince pies and metal biscuit tins.

For more, visit the Corporation’s website.

Croydon

Recycling and waste collections for residential properties in Croydon will occur later than usual over Christmas 2024 and New Year 2025, writes Harrison Galliven.

Collections scheduled on Wednesday, December 25, and Thursday, December 26, will take place two days later. This means waste scheduled to be picked up on December 25 will be collected on Friday, December 27 instead, for example.

Collections on December 27 will take place three days later on Monday, 30. Those planned for New Year’s Eve will now come on January 2.

Collections planned between December 31 and January 2 will arrive two days later, and those planned for December 3 will arrive three days later, on Monday, June 6.

Collections scheduled between Monday, January 6, and Friday, January 10, will occur a day later. Collections of recycling and waste will return to normal from Monday, January 13.

Christmas tree collection

Croydon Council is running a Christmas tree disposal service on January 6. Residents are advised to put their trees out by 6 a.m. on that day.

To ensure bin crew collection, all decorations must be removed from the trees and visible outside your property. Trees must also be removed from their pots.

Residents will also be able to recycle their genuine Christmas trees free of charge at the household refuse and recycling centres across the borough.

If you subscribe to the council’s garden waste collection service, you can also cut it up and put it in your garden waste bin.

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Ealing

Ealing Council has announced the following changes to the usual schedule:

• Monday, December 23 - remains the same
• Tuesday, December 24 - remains the
• Wednesday, December 25 - moved to Friday, December 27
• Thursday, December 26 - moved to Saturday, December 28
• Friday, December 27 - moved to Monday, December 30
• Monday, December 30 - moved to Tuesday, December 31
• Tuesday, December 31 - moved to Thursday, January 2
• Wednesday, January 1 - moved to Friday, January 3
• Thursday, January 2 - moved to Saturday, January 4
• Friday, January 3 - moved to Monday, January 6
• Monday, January 6 - moved to Tuesday, January 7
• Tuesday, January 7 - moved to Wednesday, January 8
• Wednesday, January 8 - moved to Thursday, January 9
• Thursday, January 9 - moved to Friday, January 10
• Friday, January 10 - moved to Saturday, January 11
• W/C Monday, January 13 - normal service resumes

Between Monday, January 6 and Friday January, 24, those who use the black and blue wheeled bins can leave their real Christmas trees on the front edge of their property for collection, reports Philip James Lynch.

Trees will be collected on the same day as your revised rubbish collection (black bin) each alternate week.

Tree trunks must not exceed 20cm in diameter, or be more than six feet tall (taller trees can be cut in two). Residents are asked to ensure all decorations are removed.

If you live in a flat or use a communal bin service you will have to take your real tree to one of the councils parks or open spaces. This runs until Friday 24 January 2025.

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Enfield

• Wednesday 25 December 2024 moves to Friday 27 December 2024
• Thursday 26 December 2024 moves to Saturday 28 December 2024
• Friday 27 December 2024 moves to Sunday 29 December 2024
• Wednesday 1 January 2025 moves to Thursday 2 January 2025
• Thursday 2 January 2025 moves to Friday 3 January 2025
• Friday 3 January 2025 moves to Saturday 4 January 2025

Christmas tree collections

If you have subscribed to the garden waste collection service, you can place your real Christmas tree out for collection on your scheduled garden waste collection day. You must remove all decorations, pots and turf from your tree as these cannot be recycled. If your tree is taller than 6ft, please cut it into smaller pieces (otherwise it cannot be collected) or take it to one of the parks listed below.

This year North London Hospice are introducing a free Christmas tree recycling service to selected postcodes in Enfield. For more information visit North London Hospice.

Christmas tree recycling at parks

Until 12 January 2025, trees can be taken to:

• the car park at Firs Farm Park, Firs Lane
• Albany Park
• Bury Lodge Gardens
• Bush Hill Park
• Durants Park
• Grovelands Park
• Jubilee Park
• Tottenhall Sports Ground
• Town Park
• Trent Park

Please leave trees inside the park gates for collection.

Christmas trees can also be taken to Barrowell Green Recycling Centre and the Edmonton Eco Park. Booking may be required – please check online.

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Greenwich

Following the Christmas holiday on Wednesday 25 December, your bins may be collected later than usual.

Here are the revised collection dates for this period. Please put your bins out ready to be emptied by 6am on your collection day.

• Monday 23 December - collection as normal
• Tuesday 24 December - collection as normal
• Wednesday 25 December moves to Friday 27 December
• Thursday 26 December moves to Saturday 28 December
• Friday 27 December moves to Sunday 29 December
• Monday 30 December - collection as normal
• Tuesday 31 December - collection as normal
• Wednesday 1 January moves to Thursday 2 January
• Thursday 2 January moves to Friday 3 January
• Friday 3 January moves to Saturday 4 January

Bin collections over Christmas and New Year can be delayed because of staff availability during this time. The council has fewer crews collecting bins during bank holidays, so it may take them a little while to catch up. If the council does not empty some or all of your bins on the revised collection date, it will catch up as soon as it can.

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Hackney

Some collection days will change over the festive period. Collections will take place up to two days later than usual.

• Tuesday 24 December 2024 - no change
• Wednesday 25 December 2024 moves to Friday 27 December 2024
• Thursday 26 December 2024 moves to Saturday 28 December 2024
• Friday 27 December 2024 moves to Sunday 29 December 2024
• Tuesday 31 December 2024 - no change
• Wednesday 1 January 2025 moves to Thursday 2 January 2025
• Thursday 2 January 2025 moves to Friday 3 January 2025
• Friday 3 January 2025 moves to Saturday 4 January 2025
• Tuesday 7 January 2025 - normal collection resumes

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Hammersmith and Fulham

An alternative service is to be run during the festive season. All collections will be back to normal by January 6, writes Ben Lynch.

Hammersmith and Fulham Council is also running a free Christmas tree recycling service between January 2 and 22. For those who normally get an on-street rubbish collection, leave the tree in the same place on the regular collection days before 7am.

Any residents leaving trees out are asked to ensure they are real, clearly visible, not obstructing any pavements, and that all decorations and pots are removed.

Trees can also be dropped off at designated locations across the borough, a list of which is provided on the council’s website.

Full list of Christmas bin collection dates

• Monday, December 23 – no collection
• Tuesday, December 24 – no collection
• Wednesday, December 25 – moved to Friday, December 27
• Thursday, December 26 – moved to Saturday, December 28
• Friday, December 27 – moved to Sunday, December 29
• Saturday, December 28 – moved to Sunday, December 29
• Monday, December 30 – no collection
• Tuesday, December 31 – no collection
• Wednesday, January 1 – moved to Thursday, January 2
• Thursday, January 2 – moved to Friday, January 3
• Friday, January 3 – moved to Saturday, January 4
• Saturday, January 4 – stays the same
• Monday, January 6 – no collection

Recycling tips

Hammersmith and Fulham Council has also issued guidance on recycling Christmas items.

The local authority is asking residents to recycle the following products, ensuring they are clean and dry:

• Paper, card and cardboard
• Cans and tins
• Cartons
• Glass bottles and jars
• Plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays

The council also requests the following are not recycled:

• Nappies
• Aerosols
• Garden waste
• Food waste
• Clothes and textiles
• Items including shredded paper, foil, wood, cables and metal products

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Haringey

Bin collections will be later than normal over Christmas and New Year.

• Monday 23 December 2024 -no change
• Tuesday 24 December 2024 - no change
• Wednesday 25 December 2024 moves to Friday 27 December 2024
• Thursday 26 December 2024 moves to Saturday 28 December 2024
• Friday 27 December 2024 moves to Sunday 29 December 2024
• Monday 30 January 2024 - no change
• Tuesday 31 January 2024 - no change
• Wednesday 1 January 2025 moves to Thursday 2 January 2025
• Thursday 2 January 2025 moves to Friday 3 January 2025
• Friday 3 January 2025 moves to Saturday 4 January 2025
• Monday 6 January 2025 - normal collections resume

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Harrow

Harrow Council has confirmed that there will be no bin collections of any kind on any of the bank holidays, writes Grant Williams. Residents have been advised that they may have to leave their bins out on two days to ensure that they are collected.

If your usual bin collection is on a Monday, this will go ahead as normal on December 23. However, if your bins are typically collected on a Tuesday, residents have been advised to leave their bins out on December 23 and December 24 as they may be picked up on either day.

If Wednesday is your collection day, residents have been advised to leave their bins out on Tuesday 24 and Friday 27, if Thursday then on Friday 27 and Saturday 28, and if Friday then also on Saturday 28.

Over New Year bank holidays, residents are to leave their bins out the following day. Therefore, if it scheduled for Wednesday (January 1) the bins should be put out on Thursday (January 2), for Thursday leave them out on Friday (January 3), and for Friday on Saturday (January 4)

Residents can enter their postcode on the council website to find out exactly when the bins for their road will be collected. All Garden waste bin collections will pause for two weeks over the Christmas period.

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Havering

Revised collection dates for orange and black sacks and clinical collections. Normal collections resume on Monday 13 January 2025.

• Monday 23 December 2024 - no change
• Tuesday 24 December 2024 - no change
• Wednesday 25 December 2024 moves to Friday 27 December 2024
• Thursday 26 December 2024 moves to Saturday 28 December 2024
• Friday 27 December 2024 moves to Monday 30 December 2024
• Monday 30 December 2024 moves to Tuesday 31 December 2024
• Tuesday 31 December 2024 moves to Thursday 2 January 2025
• Wednesday 1 January 2025 moves to Friday 3 January 2025
• Thursday 2 January 2025 moves to Saturday 4 January 2025
• Friday 3 January 2025 moves to Monday 6 January 2025
• Monday 6 January 2025 moves to Tuesday 7 January 2025
• Tuesday 7 January 2025 moves to Wednesday 8 January 2025
• Wednesday 8 January 2025 moves to Thursday 9 January 2025
• Thursday 9 January 2025 moves to Friday 10 January 2025
• Friday 10 January 2025 moves to Saturday 11 January 2025

There will be no garden waste and bulky collection services from Monday 23 December 2024. Normal scheduled collections for both services will resume Monday 6 January 2025.

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Hillingdon

Hillingdon Council has announced the following changes to the usual schedule:

• Monday, December 23 - remains the same
• Tuesday, December 24 - remains the same
• Wednesday, December 25 - moved to Friday, December 27
• Friday, December 27 - moved to Monday, December 30
• Monday, December 30 - remains the same
• Tuesday, December 31 - remains the same
• Wednesday, January 1 - moved to Thursday, January 2
• Thursday, January 2 - moved to Friday, January 3
• Friday, January 3 - moved to Saturday, January 4

Hillingdon Council has asked residents to leave their rubbish out for collection by 6am, near the front gate but not on the pavement, writes Philip James Lynch.

In January, you can recycle Christmas trees with usual garden waste collection, providing:

• All decorations and pots are removed
• Trees taller than 6 foot are cut in half
• Your tree is placed at the edge of your property boundary and visible to collectors.

If you live in a flat:

• Collections are available between Monday, January 6 and Friday, January 17. Residents are advised to email [email protected] to book a collection
• Trees should be placed next to your bin store or collection point for waste bins, ensuring access to the bins is not blocked. Residents are asked not to put trees inside the communal bins.

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Hounslow

Hounslow Council have announced the following changes to the usual schedule, writes Philip James Lynch:

• Bin collections on Monday, December 23, will now be collected on Sunday, December 21
• Bin collections on Tuesday, December 24, will instead be collected on Monday, December 23
• Bin collections on Wednesday, December 25, will instead be collected on Thursday, December 24
• Bin collections on Thursday, December 26, will instead be collected on Friday, December 27
• Bin collections on Friday, December 27, will instead be collected on Saturday, December 28
• Bin collections on Monday, December 30, and Tuesday, December 31, will remain the same
• Bin collections on Wednesday, January 1, will instead be collected on Thursday, January 2
• Bin collections on Thursday, January 2, will instead be collected on Friday, January 3
• Bin collections on Friday, January 3, will instead be collected on Saturday, January 4

Hounslow Council have announced they can also collect extra recycling, which will be a relief to many with bins set to fill with wrapping paper and boxes on Christmas morning, More information about this is available on the council website.

Christmas Tree recycling will also be available between Monday (January 6) and Friday (January 17).

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Islington

The council will continue to collect waste and recycling over the Christmas period. Depending on your usual collection day, your collection may take place a day later than usual.

Collections will be back to normal from Saturday 4 January 2025 onwards.

• Monday 23 December - no change
• Tuesday 24 December - no change
• Wednesday 25 December moves to Thursday 26 December
• Thursday 26 December moves to Friday 27 December
• Friday 27 December moves to Saturday 28 December
• Saturday 28 December - no change
• Sunday 29 December - no change
• Monday 30 December - no change
• Tuesday 31 December - no change
• Wednesday 1 January moves to Thursday 2 January
• Thursday 2 January moves to Friday 3 January
• Friday 3 January moves to Saturday 4 January
• Saturday 4 January - no change
• Sunday 5 January - no change
• Monday 6 January - no change

Christmas tree recycling

Please put your real tree with the rest of your recycling on your property on your scheduled recycling day or take it to one of our drop-off points.

There will be nine public drop off points set up temporarily, in addition to the Reuse and Recycling Centre at Hornsey Street. These are:

• Elthorne Park
• King’s Square Gardens
• Rosemary Gardens
• Wray Crescent, park end
• Spa Fields
• Tufnell Park, Campdale Road
• Highbury Crescent, next to playground entrance
• Paradise Park, Lough Road / Mackenzie Road entrance

They will operate between Tuesday 2nd January through to Sunday 14th January. Please note, only real Christmas trees will be collected.

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Kensington

Rubbish and recycling collections continue as normal except for Thursday 26 December 2024 where bins will instead be collected on Monday 30 December 2024.

Christmas tree recycling

If you can’t compost your Christmas tree yourself, the best way to recycle your real tree for free is at one of the council’s drop-off points. This helps to keep our pavements and streets clear.

The council has drop-off points across the borough and these are available from Thursday 2 January to Sunday 19 January 2025.

Visit the Christmas tree recycling webpage to find your nearest Christmas tree drop-off point.

If you can't take your tree to a drop-off point, the council can collect it on your rubbish and recycling collection day between Thursday 2 January and Friday 17 January 2025.

Please check your rubbish and recycling collection day before putting your tree out on the kerbside.

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Kingston

• Wednesday 25 December 2024 moves to Friday 27 December 2024
• Thursday 26 December 2024 moves to Saturday 28 December 2024
• Friday 27 December 2024 Monday 30 December 2024
• Monday 30 December 2024 moves to Tuesday 31 December 2024
• Tuesday 31 December 2024 moves to Thursday 2 January 2025
• Wednesday 1 January 2025 moves to Friday 3 January 2025
• Thursday 2 January 2025 moves to Saturday 4 January 2025
• Friday 3 January 2025 moves to Monday 6 January 2025
• Monday 6 January 2025 moves to Tuesday 7 January 2025
• Tuesday 7 January 2025 moves to Wednesday 8 January 2025
• Wednesday 8 January 2025 moves to Thursday 9 January 2025
• Thursday 9 January 2025 moves to Friday 10 January 2025
• Friday 10 January 2025 moves to Saturday 11 January 2025
• Monday 13 January 2025 - collections return to normal.

The council is also reminding residents to put their bins out by 6.30am on your collection day

Real Christmas tree collection

Real Christmas tree collections will start from Monday 6 January 2025. The council has told locals to make sure it is out by 6am. It should be collected within 2 weeks.

Remember to remove all decorations, pots and lights. Put your tree close to the front boundary of your property, visible to collection crews and so it will not block the pavement. If you live in a flat, put your tree outside the bin store but do not block access to it.

Alternatively you can:

• take your tree to be composted at the Villiers Road Household Reuse and Recycling Centre
• leave it next to your rubbish bin on your collection day (it will not be recycled)
• chop it up to create a winter shelter for animals in your garden or add it to your compost heap

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Lambeth

Collections do not change on most bank holidays. This year over the festive period, your collection day will change. Collections will resume as normal from Monday 6 January 2025.

Please make sure to return your bin to within the boundaries of your property as soon as possible after collection to make way for other pavement users.

• Monday 23 December - no change
• Tuesday 24 December - no change
• Wednesday 25 December moves to Thursday 26 December
• Thursday 26 December moves to Friday 27 December
• Friday 27 December moves to Saturday 28 December
• Monday 30 December - no change
• Tuesday 31 December - no change
• Wednesday 1 January moves to Thursday 2 January
• Thursday 2 January moves to Friday 3 January
• Friday 3 January moves to Saturday 4 January

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Lewisham

Bin collections will be affected by a Christmas schedule.

There will be no collections on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, or New Year’s Day. As a result, some collections may be delayed by up to three days.

• Wednesday 25 December moves to Friday 27 December
• Thursday 26 December moves to Saturday 28 December
• Friday 27 December moves to Monday 30 December
• Monday 30 December moves to Tuesday 31 December
• Tuesday 31 December moves to Thursday 2 January
• Wednesday 1 January moves to Friday 3 January
• Thursday 2 January moves to Saturday 4 January
• Friday 3 January moves to Monday 6 January
• Monday 6 January moves to Tuesday 7 January
• Tuesday 7 January moves to Wednesday 8 January
• Wednesday 8 January moves to Thursday 9 January
• Thursday 9 January moves to Friday 10 January
• Friday 10 January moves to Saturday 11 January
• Monday 13 January - collections back to normal schedule

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Merton

Bin collection days in Merton will operate on a special timetable during this year’s holiday period. The festive changes also apply to clinical waste collection. Here are the changes:

• Wednesday, December 25 - moved to Friday, December 27
• Thursday, December 26 - moved to Saturday, December 28
• Friday, December 27 - moved to Monday, December 30
• Monday, December 30 - moved to Tuesday, December 31
• Tuesday, December 31 - moved to Thursday, January 2
• Wednesday, January 1 - moved to Friday, January 3
• Thursday, January 2 - moved to Saturday, January 4
• Friday, January 3 - moved to Monday, January 6
• Monday, January 6 - moved to Tuesday, January 7
• Tuesday, January 7 - moved to Wednesday, January 8
• Wednesday, January 8 - moved to Thursday, January 9
• Thursday, January 9 - moved to Friday, January 10
• Friday, January 10 - moved to Saturday, January 11
• W/C Monday, January 13 - normal service resumes

If you live in a flat above a shop, you may have time-banded collections, which means you can only put out your recycling and rubbish at certain times of day.

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Newham

Bin collections across Newham will change over Christmas and New Year.

• Wednesday 25 December 2024 moves to Friday 27 December 2024
• Thursday 26 December 2024 moves to Saturday 28 December 2024
• Friday 27 December 2024 moves to Monday 30 December 2024
• Saturday 28 December 2024 -no change
• Monday 30 December 2024 moves to Tuesday 31 December 2024
• Tuesday 31 December 2024 moves to Thursday 2 January 2025
• Wednesday 1 January 2025 moves to Friday 3 January 2025
• Thursday 2 January 2025 moves to Saturday 4 January 2025
• Friday 3 January 2025 moves to Monday 6 January 2025
• Saturday 4 January 2024 - no change
• Monday 6 January 2025 moves to Tuesday 7 January 2025
• Tuesday 7 January 2025 moves to Wednesday 8 January 2025
• Wednesday 8 January 2025 moves to Thursday 9 January 2025
• Thursday 9 January 2025 moves to Friday 10 January 2025
• Friday 10 January 2025 moves to Saturday 11 January 2025
• Saturday 11 January 2025 - no change
• Monday 13 January 2025 - normal collection days resume

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Redbridge

• Wednesday 25 December moves to Friday 27 December
• Thursday 26 December moves to Saturday 28 December
• Friday 27 December moves to Monday 30 December
• Monday 30 December moves to Tuesday 31 December
• Tuesday 31 December moves to Thursday 2 January
• Wednesday 1 January moves to Friday 3 January
• Thursday 2 January moves to Saturday 4 January
• Friday 3 January moves to Monday 6 January
• Monday 6 January moves to Tuesday 7 January
• Tuesday 7 January moves to Wednesday 8 January
• Wednesday 8 January moves to Thursday 9 January
• Thursday 9 January moves to Friday 10 January
• Friday 10 January moves to Saturday 11 January
• Monday 13 January - normal schedule resumes

Christmas tree collection services in Redbridge

Local charity Haven House is collecting and recycling Christmas trees from January 10-13 for a small donation that goes directly towards their work. Collections must be pre-booked. Haven House is a children’s hospice where children can be children, even in the face of adversity. Their facilities offer a range of activities, such as music therapy, play sessions, and fun days, that enable children and families to create precious memories.

To find out more and book your Christmas tree collection go to: www.havenhouse.org.uk/tree

Redbridge Council will collect real Christmas trees to recycle. To ensure collection you must:

• Leave your tree at the boundary of your property by 6am on Monday 6 January
• Remove all decorations
• Ensure your tree is clearly visible

There is no fee for the service. Real trees will be collected anytime between January 6 and 17 so please ensure your tree is placed at the boundary of your property by 6am on Monday 6 January to avoid missing collection.

You can also take your Christmas tree and other items to Chigwell Road Reuse and Recycling Centre, just remember to check opening hours over the festive period: eastlondonwaste.gov.uk/chigwell-road

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Richmond upon Thames

The council will be running a revised collection schedule from Wednesday 25 December 2024 to Saturday 4 January 2025.

• Wednesday 25 December moves to Friday 27 December
• Thursday 26 December moves to Saturday 28 December
• Friday 27 December moves to Sunday 29 December
• Monday 30 December - no change
• Tuesday 31 December- no change
• Wednesday 1 January moves to Thursday 2 January
• Thursday 2 January moves to Friday 3 January
• Friday 3 January moves to Saturday 4 January

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Southwark

Some collections over the Christmas period will run a day behind.

Check your bin day and see new collection times in the table. Collections will return to normal after 4 January.

• Wednesday 25 December moves to Friday 27 December
• Thursday 26 December moves to Saturday 28 December
• Friday 27 December moves to Sunday 29 December
• Wednesday 1 January moves to Thursday 2 January
• Thursday 2 January moves to Friday 3 January
• Friday 3 January moves to Saturday 4 January

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Sutton

Here are the changes for people living in the Sutton Council area:

• Wednesday, December 25 - moved to Friday, December 27
• Thursday, December 26 - moved to Saturday, December 28
• Friday, December 27 - moved to Monday, December 30
• Monday, December 30 - moved to Tuesday, December 31
• Tuesday, December 31 - moved to Thursday, January 2
• Wednesday, January 1 - moved to Friday, January 3
• Thursday, January 2 - moved to Saturday, January 4
• Friday, January 3 - moved to Monday, January 6
• Monday, January 6 - moved to Tuesday, January 7
• Tuesday, January 7 - moved to Wednesday, January 8
• Wednesday, January 8 - moved to Thursday, January 9
• Thursday, January 9 - moved to Friday, January 10
• Friday, January 10 - moved to Saturday, January 11
• W/C Monday, January 13 - normal service resumes

If you live in a flat above a shop, you may have time-banded collections, which means you can only put out your recycling and rubbish at certain times of d

Christmas tree collection

Sutton Council is running a Christmas tree disposal service from January 6 to 17. Trees should be left outside properties between that two week period.

All decorations must be removed from the trees and they must be clearly visible outside your property to ensure bin crew collection. Trees must also be removed from their pots.

Residents will also be able to recycle their genuine Christmas trees free of charge at the household refuse and recycling centres across the borough.

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Tower Hamlets

During the holiday period, your rubbish, recycling, food and garden waste collection day will change.

• Monday 23 December 2024 - no change
• Tuesday 24 December 2024 - no change
• Wednesday 25 December 2024 moves to Thursday 26 December 2024
• Thursday 26 December 2024 moves to Friday 27 December 2024
• Friday 27 December 2024 moves to Saturday 28 December 2024
• Saturday 28 December 2024 - no change
• Monday 30 December 2024 - no change
• Tuesday 31 December 2024 - no change
• Wednesday 1 January 2025 moves to Thursday 2 January 2025
• Thursday 2 January 2025 moves to Friday 3 January 2025
• Friday 3 January 2025 moves to Saturday 4 January
• Saturday 4 January 2025 - no change

Find out more on the rubbish and recycling collection page.

Christmas tree recycling

There will be a collection for the recycling of real Christmas trees from Monday, 6 January to Friday, 17 January 2025. If you currently receive a food and garden kerbside collection, the council has said to remove all decorations from your tree and leave out for collection on your scheduled day during this period.

If you don't get a food and garden collection, ask your landlord or management company to arrange a collection. You can also take your tree to the Reuse and Recycling Centre on Yabsley Street in London.

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Waltham Forest

Over the festive period, there will be changes to bin collection days during Christmas and the beginning of the new year. Residents are asked to put bins and the outdoor caddy out for collection on the revised scheduled collection day.

• Monday 23 December 2024 - no change
• Tuesday 24 December 2024 - no change
• Wednesday 25 December 2024 moves to Friday 27 December 2024
• Thursday 26 December 2024 moves to Saturday 28 December 2024
• Friday 27 December 2024 moves to Monday 30 December 2024
• Monday 30 December 2024 moves to Tuesday 31 December 2024
• Tuesday 31 December 2024 moves to Thursday 2 January 2025
• Wednesday 1 January 2025 moves to Friday 3 January 2025
• Thursday 2 January 2025 moves to Saturday 4 January 2025
• Friday 3 January 2025 moves to Monday 6 January 2025
• Monday 6 January 2025 moves to Tuesday 7 January 2025
• Tuesday 7 January 2025 moves to Wednesday 8 January 2025
• Wednesday 8 January 2025 moves to Thursday 9 January 2025
• Thursday 9 January 2025 moves to Friday 10 January 2025
• Friday 10 January 2025 moves to Saturday 11 January 2025

Real Christmas tree recycling

The council will collect your real Christmas tree to ensure it is recycled. It is offering a free collection service for real Christmas trees from Tuesday 2 January. To have your real Christmas tree collected it must:

• not be larger than 6 foot / 1.8 metres
• not have any decorations or container/stand at the bottom included
• not have other items mixed in with the tree
• the stem of the Christmas tree to be no bigger than 4 inches / 10 cm

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Wandsworth

• Wednesday 25 December moves to Thursday 26 December
• Thursday 26 December moves to Friday 27 December
• Friday 27 December moves to Saturday 28 December
• Monday 30 December - no change
• Tuesday 31 December -no change
• Wednesday 1 January moves to Thursday 2 January
• Thursday 2 January moves to Friday 3 January
• Friday 3 January moves to Saturday 4 January

For more information, visit the council’s website.

Westminster

This information is for residents who receive a kerbside collection service (bags/small bins) for their mixed recycling, food waste or household rubbish only.

If your regular collection day is a Wednesday, our crews will not collect your waste on Wednesday 25 December 2024. Instead, you will have a special collection on Saturday 28 December 2024.

Please note if your property normally receives two or more rubbish or mixed recycling collections a week, you will not receive a special Saturday collection. Please use your other regular collections in the week.

Please do not leave your food waste, recycling or rubbish out for collection on Wednesday 25 December.

If you have additional waste, please take it to your nearest on-street micro-recycling centre or rubbish bin.

For more information, visit the council’s website.