Please find below and attached information on the Christmas period bin collections. There is also a note about the intention to change the bin collection routes in 2024:
Dear Councillor,
Please find attached the leaflet that will start to be delivered to all Leeds households week commencing 4th December, informing residents of bin collection dates over Christmas and New Year (24th – 7th January).
The service is only closing on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve, with crews operating throughout the rest of the festive period including Sundays. So no-one misses out on their bin being emptied, collection days will change from Christmas Eve (Sunday 24th December), with those scheduled for Christmas Day being made a day early.
Collections will then take place a day later than usual from Tuesday 26 December until Sunday 7 January, returning to normal from Monday 8th January.
These date changes will ensure everyone receives their usual number of collections over the festive period and our hard working staff can have Christmas and Boxing Day off.
The key message is: If your bin collection day falls on Christmas Day, it will be made a day earlier. If you are due a collection from Boxing Day onwards, that collection will be made a day later instead. All collections return to their normal scheduled days from Mon 8th January.
The 8 Household Waste and Recycling Centres will only be closed on the 25th and 26th December and 1st January.
Christmas is always our busiest time of year and we usually see a big increase in cardboard, paper and plastic recycling. This year we’ve again highlighted the wide range of common household items that can go in the Leeds green bin.
We’ve also added an advance notice to residents that the city’s bin collection routes will be changing in 2024. The public will receive a written notification of the exact date of the change closer to the time but can still check their bin collection days by scanning the QR codes that point to www.leeds.gov.uk/mybinday or the Leeds Bins app
- Our 8 household waste and recycling centres are open through the winter, only being closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day: www.leeds.gov.uk/recycling
- Residents can still check their bin collection dates online at www.leeds.gov.uk/mybinday or download the Leeds Bins app
I hope this is useful and thanks for supporting residents to recycle for Leeds.
