Christmas waste collections
Christmas Eve collections
Our crews will be out earlier than normal at 5am . Please leave your bins out available for collection from this time.
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.
| Normal collection date | Rescheduled date |
|---|---|
| Wednesday 25 December | Friday 27 December |
| Thursday 26 December | Saturday 28 December |
| Friday 27 December | Monday 30 December |
| Monday 30 December | Tuesday 31 December |
| Tuesday 31 December | Thursday 2 January 2025 |
| Wednesday 1 January 2025 | Friday 3 January 2025 |
| Thursday 2 January 2025 | Saturday 4 January 2025 |
| Friday 3 January 2025 | Monday 6 January 2025 |
| Monday 6 January 2025 | Tuesday 7 January 2025 |
| Tuesday 7 January 2025 | Wednesday 8 January 2025 |
| Wednesday 8 January 2025 | Thursday 9 January 2025 |
| Thursday 9 January 2025 | Friday 10 January 2025 |
| Friday 10 January 2025 | Saturday 11 January 2025 |
Garden waste
Garden waste will be suspended from Friday 27 December 2024 until Monday 13 January 2025. If you are due a collection on Friday 27 December this will be collected on Saturday 28 December.
Bulky collections
Bulky collections will be suspended from Tuesday 24 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.