Christmas waste collections

Collection dates

There will be collection changes to domestic, recycling, food and garden waste between Wednesday 25 December 2024 and Monday 13 January 2025. Find out more about what Christmas items you can recycle on our Christmas recycling webpage.

For the week beginning Monday 6 January 2025, all collections are delayed by one day. For example, Monday 6 January 2025 will be collected Tuesday 7 January and so on during the week. Friday collections will also be one day late and collected on Saturday.

Find your bin day

Garden waste

Garden waste will be suspended from Friday 27 December 2024 until Monday 13 January 2025.

Bulky collections

Bulky collections will be suspended from Monday 23 December 2024 until Monday 13 January 2025.

Clinical collections

Our clinical collections will run as normal over the Christmas period.

Christmas trees

Our collections

Real Christmas trees can be recycled. Please remember to remove all tinsel, decorations and any pots or stands.

If you subscribe to our collections you can place your tree next to your garden bin and it will be collected with your normal collection. If you do not subscribe you'll need to take your real tree to Tovil or Allington tip.

If your artificial tree can still be used and you no longer want it you could take it to a local charity shop. Alternatively, you can take it to the tip.

Heart of Kent Hospice charity collections

Volunteers are collecting real trees from five postcode areas in exchange for donations to the Heart of Kent Hospice.

Collections will take place between Friday 3 January 2025 and Sunday 5 January 2025 from the following:

ME5 9, ME6 5, ME14, ME15, ME16, ME17 3, ME17 4, ME18, ME19, ME20, TN12 5, TN15 7, TN15 8, TN15 9, Shipbourne, Plaxtol, Hadlow, Burham, Wouldham.

You can make a booking using their website and these must be made before Tuesday 31 December 2024.