Recycling and refuse times

ALTERNATE arrangements for recycling and refuse collections over the festive period have now been announced.

For collections due on Tuesday December 25, Wednesday December 26 and Tuesday January 1, there have been adjustments to collection dates for refuse (black bins) and recycling (blue-lid bins) which are as follows;

Refuse due on Tuesday December 25 will be collected on Monday December 24

Recycling (blue-lid) due on Tuesday December 25 will be collected on Friday December 21

Refuse due on Wednesday December 26 will be collected on Thursday December 27

Recycling (blue-lid) due on Wednesday December 26 will be collected on Friday December 28

Refuse due on Tuesday January 1 will be collected on Monday December 31

Recycling (blue-lid) due on Tuesday January 1 will be collected on Wednesday January 2

For residents living in rural west areas of the borough who usually have garden and refuse bins collected on the same day, collection arrangements will be:

Recycling (blue-lid) due on Tuesday December 25 moves to Monday December 24

Recycling (blue-lid) due on Wednesday December 26 moves to Thursday December 27

Refuse due on Tuesday January 1 moves to Monday December 31

All other refuse and recycling collections will continue as usual during the Christmas and New Year period.

However, the garden waste (brown bin) collection service will be suspended for two weeks during Christmas and New Year with the last collection on Thursday December 20, to re-start again on Friday January 4 2019.

Residents can find full details of collection dates on their collection calendars or on-line at http://www.hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk/collections.