Waste and recycling festive collections

In preparation for the festive season during Christmas and New Year, we are implementing temporary adjustments to your waste and recycling collection schedule.

If your bin collection day falls on one of the dates below use our online collection postcode finder to check when your collection date has been moved.

There will be no waste and recycling collections on the following dates:

• Wednesday 25 December 2024
• Thursday 26 December 2024
• Wednesday 1 January 2025
• Thursday 2 January 2025 

To accommodate these adjustments and prioritise grey bin collections there will be no brown bin or blue bin collections between:

• Monday 23 December and Sunday 29 December 2024
• Monday 30 December 2024 and Sunday 5 January 2025

To maximise space in your blue bin, please wash and squash items before placing it in your bins.

Excess waste and recycling can be taken to your nearest Household Waste Recycling Centre.

The household waste recycling centres will be open and operating as normal, under winter hours, except on the following dates where they will be closed:

• Wednesday 25 December 2024
• Thursday 26 December 2024
• Wednesday 1 January 2025
• Thursday 2 January 2025 

Follow the link below for Household Waste Recycling Centre locations, opening times or to make a booking.

There will be temporary adjustments to some commercial waste collections to accommodate the festive period. Check the tables below to see your collection days.

Urban General Waste

Rural General Waste

Recycling

The last special uplift collections prior to the festive period will take place on Friday 20 December 2024. The service will open for business as usual on Monday 13 January 2025.

The festive period is a time where households might have more waste than usual, Zero Waste Scotland provide helpful information on ways to have a less wasteful Christmas

Below is some advice on the best way to dispose of common waste and recycling items you may have at this time of year.

Wrapping paper and gift cards

Standard paper, wrapping paper and gift cards should be placed in your green recycling bin. Wrapping paper or gift cards containing foil, glitter, ribbons or felt coatings are not recyclable and should be placed in your grey, non-recyclable bin.

Cardboard collection

If you have excess paper or cardboard during the festive period, you can take it to any of our three Household Recycling Centres.

Christmas trees

You can recycle real Christmas trees within the garden waste skips at any of our three recycling centres, or you can chop them up and place in your brown bin, if you have a valid garden waste permit.