Southampton City Council (SCC) has announced changes to bin and garden waste collections over the Christmas and New Year period, and given details of Christmas tree collections.

 

Pic under CC2 by Ann Oro

 

 

Here are the collection date changes over Christmas and New Year. You can look up your property on the council’s website to check which collection is on which week.

The council says garden waste collections will finish on Friday December 18, 2020 and resume Monday January 4, 2021. 

 

Usual collection day	Collection over Xmas/NY
Monday 28 December 2020	Tuesday 29 December 2020
Tuesday 29 December 2020	Wednesday 30 December 2020
Wednesday 30 December 2020	Thursday 31 December 2020
Thursday 31 December 2020	Saturday 02 January 2021
Friday 01 January 2021	Monday 04 January 2021
Saturday 02 January 2021	Monday 04 January 2021
Monday 04 January 2021	Tuesday 05 January 2021
Tuesday 05 January 2021	Wednesday 06 January 2021
Wednesday 06 January 2021	Thursday 07 January 2021
Thursday 07 January 2021	Friday 08 January 2021
Friday 08 January 2021	Saturday 09 January 2021
Saturday 09 January 2021	Saturday 09 January 2021
Monday 11 January 2021	Usual schedules resume

 

‘Real’ Christmas trees can be taken to the Millbrook recycling centre, or left with your garden waste bin, if you subscribe. The tree has to be cut into “manageable pieces” for it to be collected.

Between January 4-15 you can also put your tree out with your general waste bin – again, having cut it into manageable pieces.

The council says trees taken to the recycling centre are recycled into compost, while energy from those collected is converted into electricity.

Source: SCC website – there’s more information about city services over the festive period on this page.