IN an effort to reduce the number of people affected by changes to their waste and recycling collections over Christmas and New Year only those with Thursday and Friday collections will be directly affected – weather permitting.
Christmas Day and Boxing Day (Thursday and Friday 25 and 26 December) collections will be cancelled, but collections will be as usual on Monday, 29 December.
There will be no collection on Thursday, 1 January, but those who usually have a Thursday collection will be picked up on Friday, 2 January – Friday’s collections will be on Saturday, 3 January.
Christmas often generates extra waste and for two weeks from 29 December (until 12 January) extra refuse will be collected if it is contained in refuse sacks placed next to the residual waste bins (green or grey).
Real Christmas trees will be collected if cut down and placed in your brown bin with the lid closed.
Thurrock Council is giving away free plastic bags for people’s extra Christmas recycling and residents can collect them from libraries or area offices and staff will also be giving away bags at supermarkets across the borough ().
The bags will be taken with Christmas and New Year waste and recycling between Monday, 29 December and Monday. 12 January.
Bags should be tied and left next to the blue bin for collection.
Only recyclable waste should be put in these bags and people are reminded to put in all their extra paper, card and glass in the recycling.
Collection dates:
Monday, 22 December normal
Tuesday, 23 December normal
Wednesday, 24 December normal
Thursday, 25 December no collection
Friday, 26 December no collection
Monday, 29 December normal
Tuesday, 30 December normal
Wednesday, 31 December normal
Thursday, 1 January moves to Friday, 2 January
Friday, 2 January moves to Saturday, 3 January
Monday, 5 January normal
Tuesday, 6 January normal
Wednesday, 7 January normal
Thursday, 8 January normal
Friday, 9 January normal
Monday, 12 January normal
Tuesday, 13 January normal
Wednesday, 14 January normal
Thursday, 15 January normal
Friday, 16 January normal
Monday, 19 January normal
