Christmas Waste and Recycling Collections

TAMESIDE bin crews will be working as hard as ever the festive season but collection days will change for some households.

There will be no brown bin collections at all across the borough from Christmas Day Monday, 25 December, 2023, until Friday, January 5, 2024.

In terms of other bins, the following arrangements apply:

Monday, December 25

If you are due a green (general waste) bin collection, it will be collected on Wednesday, December 27. If you are due a black (recycling) or a blue (paper) bin collection, it will be collected on Friday, December 29.

Tuesday, December 26

If you are due a green bin collection, it will be collected on Thursday, December 28. If you are due a black or a blue bin collection, it will be collected on Tuesday, 2 January.

Wednesday, December 27 to Friday, December 29.

Normal collections except for brown bins.

Monday, January 1, 2024

If you are due a green bin collection, it will be collected on Wednesday, January 3. If you are due a black and/or blue bin collection, they will be collected on Thursday, January 4.

Tuesday, January 2, to Friday, January 5.

Normal collections except for brown bins.

Real Christmas trees can be recycled in aid of Willow Wood Hospice, Ashton. Register for collection at www.just-helping.org.uk/register-tree. Alternatively, chop it up and put it in your brown bin. Don’t forget to take the decorations off first.

The council will collect any additional recyclable Christmas waste which is left out with your black or blue recycling bins if it’s in a clear or labelled bag.

If you don’t already have the council bin app, download it from Apple Store or the Google Play Store for updates and alerts for your Christmas waste and recycling collection arrangements.

Please park considerately so that waste vehicles have unimpeded access to all areas and roads where bins are kept.

You can also keep a check on Tameside Council’s Facebook page and on X (Twitter) @tamesidecouncil and @tmbc_waste

Cllr Denise Ward, Tameside Council’s executive member for environmental services, said: “There won’t be too much disruption to normal schedules over Christmas but please check so that you’re sure which days to put your bins out.

“I would like to offer my own and the council’s thanks to all residents who make the effort to recycle. By doing so you’re helping the environment by keeping the amount of waste sent to landfill to a minimum.

“Last, but certainly not least, I want to thank our bin crews who work so hard not only over Christmas, but throughout the year and in all weathers.”

For further information visit www.tameside.gov.uk/recycling