Every household in the city will get a black bin or sack collection next week and after Christmas.
City of York Council has organised the extra black bin collections to help households manage the extra waste over the festive period.
Residents need to put their black bins out on their usual black bin collection day next week. With no normal collections over Christmas week, residents are also being urged to check which week their recycling collections are due.
There are also special arrangements for anyone whose bins would be collected on New Year’s Day – these will instead be collected on Friday 29 December.
The Christmas arrangements in full are:
Monday 18 – Friday 22 December
· Every household has a black bin collection on their normal black bin collection day
· Recycling collected as normal
Monday 25 – Friday 29 December
· No normal recycling or bin collections
Monday 1 January
· All collections due on Monday 1 January collected on Friday 29 December
(including the extra black bin collection)
Tuesday 2 – Friday 5 January
· Every household has a black bin collection on their normal black bin collection day
· Recycling collected as normal
Councillor Andrew Waller, interim deputy leader and executive member for waste, said:
“This extra festive black bin collection shows how the council is working residents to help with waste and recycling, and encouraging people to reduce waste.
“I’d like to wish everyone a happy Christmas, and remind them to check their calendars, our website and household waste centres to see just how much – from trees to wrapping paper – can be recycled.”
Residents can check their collection days using:
- · the calendar which the council distributed to households across the city in October and November
- · online at www.york.gov.uk/refuselookup
- · get free alerts to smartphones or tablets by downloading the OnePlanetYork app from itunes or google playstore.
The city’s household waste centres are open every day except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s day. To check what can go in your recycling boxes, visit www.york.gov.uk/waste