The Council have issued a statement reminding residents that there will be no rubbish, recycling or green bin collections between Monday 26 and Friday 30 December.
Residents are advised to refer to their collection calendars, which were delivered to all households recently, to find out what their collection arrangements are this Christmas.
For more information visit www.york.gov.uk/environment/waste/greenxmas/ for details about changes to the rubbish, garden waste and recycling collections over the festive period.
If residents have not received a copy of their calendar please email recycling.team@york.gov.uk or contact Smarter York at the York Customer centre on 01904 551551 for a new one (between 8:30am to 7pm weekdays.)
Household Waste Recycling Centres will be closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day. The sites will be open as usual on all other days for residents to bring their excess festive rubbish for recycling.
Recycling and composting: After Christmas remember to take real Christmas trees for composting.
Alternatively, real Christmas trees can go in the green wheeled bins for composting so long as the tree fits inside the bin with the lid closed shut.
Christmas cards and non-metallic wrapping paper can be put out for recycling in your paper and card recycling box. Make sure you also recycle all your wine bottles, cardboard boxes, beer cans and sauce jars.
Residents can also use home compost bins to discard of any Christmas dinner leftovers or non-metallic wrapping paper, envelopes, burst balloons and corks.
For the latest news and information:
– follow the council’s Waste Services Team Facebook www.facebook.com/ZeroWasteYork
– Twitter@ZeroWasteYork
– Or at the Zero Waste York website www.zerowasteyork.wordpress.com
Council offices will be closed over the Christmas period from Saturday 24 December to Tuesday 27 December inclusive and on Monday 2 January.
The council’s offices, reception points and call centre will close from 4pm on Friday 23 December and Friday 30 December.
Out-of-hours and emergency contact numbers can be found at www.york.gov.uk/ycc/emergencies/ or by calling 01904 551550.