Changes to waste and recycling collection days over Christmas and New Year
News from our partners, Veolia
The build up to Christmas is always hectic and with so much going on the last thing you need to worry about is when to put your bins and recycling boxes out. So, to make life a little easier, Veolia – Shropshire Council’s waste contractor – is delivering a Christmas collection day leaflet to all residents across Shropshire.
The handy leaflet sets out the changes to collection days over the festive period, with the first change taking place on Christmas Eve (Saturday 24 December).
Angela James, communications officer for Veolia, explains:
“Christmas can be stressful enough, without having to worry about when to put your recycling and rubbish out. So we’ve produced a useful leaflet for residents to have as a guide so they know when they can expect to see their rubbish collected.
“However, we know that with lots of Christmas presents and extra dinner guests comes more recycling and rubbish, so if you can’t wait till your collection day then don’t forget that our five Household Recycling Centres are open from 9am – 5pm each day (except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day). The centres are located at Oswestry, Bridgnorth, Shrewsbury, Whitchurch and Craven Arms.”
The revised collection days are:
Normal day of collection / Revised day of collection
Monday 26 December / Saturday 24 December
Tuesday 27 December / Wednesday 28 December
Wednesday 28 December / Thursday 29 December
Thursday 29 December / Friday 30 December
Friday 30 December / Saturday 31 December
Monday 2 January / Tuesday 3 January
Tuesday 3 January / Wednesday 4 January
Wednesday 4 January / Thursday 5 January
Thursday 5 January / Friday 6 January
Friday 6 January / Saturday 7 January
Collections will return to normal from Monday 9 January 2017.
Information about the collection days over Christmas can also be found online at shropshire.gov.uk/binday
Recycle your Christmas tree to raise money for charity
Once Christmas is over Veolia is appealing for residents to ‘tree-cycle’ their natural trees.
For every tree recycled, Veolia will make a generous donation to local charity – The Lingen Davies Cancer Fund – which looks after cancer patients, from all over Shropshire, and is located at Shrewsbury Hospital.
Angela James says:
“During the first few weeks of January, residents can recycle their real Christmas trees by simply putting them out for collection next to their garden waste bin. If their tree is over five feet tall, they just need to cut it into sections to fit into the garden waste bin. All real Christmas trees collected will be ‘recycled’ (sent for composting) and turned into valuable soil improver for local farmers and gardeners.”
For further information about general waste and recycling visit www.recycleforshropshire.com.
