By Lauren Monaghan, Junior Local Democracy Reporter
Councils across the region have amended their bin collection timetables over Christmas and the New Year.
According to the Environment Agency, around 30 per cent more waste is generated by the average household over the festive period, putting extra pressure on waste collection services.
Most councils in Nottinghamshire are collecting waste earlier than normal ahead of Christmas Day to create extra space in bins and allow for staff leave on December 25 and 26.
Many have multiple collection days for different parts of their area – meaning new dates will be different across each part of the city and county. Some are allowing residents to leave out more waste than normal.
Here are the plans for every part of Nottinghamshire for December 23 2024 to January 6 2025.
Nottingham City Council area
Collections for Tuesday December 24 and Wednesday December 25 will be moved ahead by a day.
Thursday December 26 and Friday December 27 collections will be collected the following day.
Monday December 30 and Tuesday December 31 bin collection days will remain unaffected.
Collections between Wednesday January 1 and Friday January 3 will be collected the day after.
Ashfield District Council area
Tuesday December 24 and Wednesday December 25 collections will take place a day ahead.
Thursday’s and Friday’s (December 26 and 27) rubbish will be taken the day after.
Collections on Monday December 30 and Tuesday December 31 have not been impacted.
Collections between Wednesday January 1 and Friday January 3 will be collected the day after.
Blue-lidded bin collections are in line with these amended dates.
Bassetlaw District Council area
Collections for today (December 23) and tomorrow (December 24) remain the same.
Collections for Wednesday (December 25) will be taken on Friday (December 27).
Those with a collection falling on Boxing Day will have their rubbish collected on Saturday (December 28).
Collections for Friday (December 27) will be taken on Monday (December 30) and collections for Monday will be taken the following day (December 31).
Waste to be collected on New Year’s Eve will be taken on Thursday, January 2.
Collections for Wednesday, January 1 and Thursday, January 2 will be collected two days after.
Waste for Friday, December 3 will be collected on Monday, January 6.
Between Monday January 6 until Friday January 10, collections will be taken one day after.
Normal waste services resume from Monday, January 13 2025.
Broxtowe Borough Council area
Waste collections for Tuesday, December 24 and Wednesday, December 25 will be taken a day earlier.
Collections for Thursday, December 26 and Friday, December 27 will be taken one day after.
Normal collection remains for Monday, December 30 and Tuesday, December 31.
Collections between Wednesday, January 1 and Friday, January 3 will be collected the day after.
Gedling Borough Council area
Tuesday’s (December 24) and Wednesday’s (December 25) collections are set for one day ahead.
Thursday’s (December 26) and Friday’s (December 27) collections will be taken the following day.
Collections between Wednesday, January 1 and Friday, January 3 will be collected one day later.
The council will take extra waste between December 21 and January 10 2025- residents can have a maximum of two extra black bin bags and have extra recycling.
Mansfield District Council area
For households whose bin collection falls on Christmas Day, this was collected on Saturday, December 21.
Collections falling on Boxing Day will be taken on Saturday, December 28.
New Year’s Day collections will be emptied on Saturday, January 4 2025.
The council’s website says all other collections over the festive period will take place as normal.
Newark and Sherwood District Council area
Collections for Tuesday December 24 and Wednesday December 25 will be taken a day ahead.
Collections scheduled for Thursday and Friday this week will be taken the day after.
Collections between Wednesday January 1 and Friday January 3 will be collected the day after.
Rushcliffe Borough Council area
For grey bins, Wednesday, December 25 collections will be collected tomorrow (December 24).
Grey bins due to be collected on Thursday, December 26 and Wednesday, January 1 will be collected the following day.
For blue bins, Wednesday, December 25 will be collected today (December 23), Boxing Day’s bin will be collected next Monday (December 30) and New year’s day’s bin collections will be collected next Tuesday (December 31).
On green bin collections, the council’s website states: “Refer to your collection calendar for dates when green bin collections stop and re-start over the Christmas and New Year period.”
Recycling Centre Opening Times
Household waste and recycling centres in Nottinghamshire county are closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day, but otherwise are open as normal on every day, from 8am to 4pm.
Nottingham City Council’s recycling centre at Lenton Industrial Estate is also shut on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day but otherwise open every day from 8am to 4pm.
