Festive waste collection dates

Perth and Kinross Council has reminded residents that it will not collect real Christmas trees left at the side of the road.

It comes as the local authority releases its adjusted schedule for refuse collection over the festive period.

There will be no kerbside bin collections on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and January 1 and 2.

On the same days all nine recycling centres and all public toilets in the region will be closed.

The last special uplift collection will be on Christmas Eve, and the service will then resume on January 5.

Unless householders are written to advising otherwise, those scheduled to have their green or blue bins emptied on December 25 and January 1 will instead have them emptied on December 27 and January 3 respectively.

Similarly, households scheduled to have their green and blue bins emptied on December 26 and January 2 will instead also have them emptied on December 27 and January 3.

There will be no brown bin collections after December 20, with this service returning to normal from January 4.

Mark Butterworth, head of environmental and consumer services at the council, said: “As ever, our refuse collection crews will continue to work throughout the festive period with the exception of Christmas Day and Boxing Day, as well as January 1 and 2.

“Plans are in place to make sure we pick up bins on other days.

“We would continue to encourage everyone to consider ways to reduce waste.

“These help to save money and also help to reduce climate change – with less food waste disposed of.”

Real Christmas trees can be chopped up and added to home compost bins, placed in brown bins or taken to a recycling centre.

For more information, www.pkc.gov. uk/recycle, email recycle@pkc.gov.uk or call 01738 476476.