Waste collection days for Wealden residents are changing over the Christmas and New Year period.

The revised collection dates are in the table below. All rubbish or recycling needs to be out by 7am on the collection day.

Normal Collections Revised Collections

As normal, there will be no garden waste collections over the festive period between Wednesday 25 December and Tuesday 7 January. The garden waste collections will return to the normal collection days from Wednesday 8 January 2025.

New collection calendars for 2025 are now available online. Residents can download the calendars on the Bin Day Search at www.wealden.gov.uk and can also receive free weekly reminders of bin collections by signing up to Wealden Weekly. Visit www.wealden.gov.uk/wealden-weekly .

Don’t forget, all wrapping paper and cards, except foil/glitter, can be placed in the recycling bin and real Christmas trees can be cut up and put inside the brown garden waste bin with the lid closed. Alternatively, residents can take their tree to the local Household Waste Recycling Site.

Many of us produce extra waste throughout the festive period, a lot of which can be recycled. Extra recycling can be placed out in non-black plastic bags next to the recycling bin for collection - except for glass which should only be put into the recycling bin.

Councillor James Partridge, Alliance for Wealden (Liberal Democrat), lead councillor for Governance, Waste & Local Economy, and deputy leader of the council, said, “The collection crews will be working hard over the Christmas period to ensure a continuous service of everyone’s rubbish and recycling bins. Many of us produce extra recycling and waste throughout the festive period, a lot of which can be recycled, so please put it in the right bin. In Wealden, we have excelled in our recycling again this year with almost 50% of our waste being recycled. I would like to thank everyone for the effort put into helping Wealden to achieve this amazing recycling rate.”

For further information on what can and cannot be recycled, visit www.wealden.gov.uk/recycling-and-waste/