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GLOUCESTER
The day people’s rubbish is collected in Gloucester may change over Christmas and New Year.
Gloucester City Council has published its Christmas collection schedule to inform residents of the changes.
While residents’ black bin collection day may change over the Christmas period, it is still a fortnightly (alternate weeks) collection.
Residents have been asked to check whether or not it is their black bin collection week when looking at which of the below dates apply to their household for domestic waste collections.
The closed lid and no side waste policy still applies to all households in Gloucester throughout this time.
Christmas collection schedule
Normal collection day (black and recycling)
Black bin & food waste collections move to Recycling (green boxes & blue sacks) move to December 26 (bank holiday) December 28 January 3 December 27 (bank holiday) December 29 January 4 December 28 No change No change December 29 No change No change December 30 No change No change January 2 (bank holiday) January 3 January 3 January 3 January 4 January 4 January 4 January 5 January 5 January 5 January 6 January 6 January 6 January 7 January 7 All other collections as normal unless shown above
Weekly black sack collections where provided
Normal collection day Black sack & food waste collections move to Recycling (green boxes & blue sacks) move to December 26 December 28 January 3 December 30 No change No change January 2 January 3 January 3 January 6 January 7 January 7 Additional recycling
The council is also asking residents to hold onto recycling and spread it across collections where possible, however they will accept additional recycling from January 3 until January 7 2022. If residents have extra recycling over the Christmas period, please see below how to present it. The sorted recycling policy still applies:
Glass: Use recycling box(es) only (do not overfill, as heavy boxes will not be emptied). Plastic trays and bottles, cans, tins, foil and empty aerosols: Inside clear plastic bag (such as a carrier bag). Paper and thin card: Use your blue sack.
The council only accepts cards and wrapping paper that do not contain glitter or foil/plastic style. Some charities collect Christmas cards. Think about reusing wrapping paper and turning cards into gift tags
Cardboard: Cut down to size of sack and tied up, needs to be kept dry (in clear bag if possible). Food waste: Either present both (kitchen and outdoor) caddies or double bag (use a clear bag) and place on top of the outdoor caddy.
Small electrical items: Please present items on the lid of your recycling box ( order lid ), the council will make every effort to collect the small electrical items, but will be prioritising the collection of other recycling. If the small electrical item is not collected residents should not contact the council but re-present on the next collection.
Real Christmas Trees
Robinswood Hill
From January until January 15, 2023 between 8.30am to 4pm, people can take thier real tree (all decorations must be removed) to Robinswood Hill car park, GL4 6SX where they can leave it in an allocated location (do not leave it in any other place as this will be classed as fly-tipping).
Eastern Avenue Depot
From January 3 until January 13, 2023 between 9am to 3.30pm (excluding weekends), residents can take their real tree (all decorations must be removed) to the depot at Eastern Avenue, GL4 6PG where people will be able to leave it in an allocated location at the front of the main building.
Any trees that are left at either location will be chipped, composted and used in parks and open spaces. Residents who subscribe to the garden waste service, can chop up their real Christmas tree and put in the green garden waste bin. All decorations must be removed and the bin lid closed.
Collections are suspended in December and January the service will resume from February 1, 2023. Trees would be taken as part of residents’ first collection of 2023.
Longfield Charity
Longfield Community Hospice will collect and recycle real trees for a donation to their hospice care, from properties with the following postcodes from GL2 (2,3,4) GL3 (4) GL4 (0,3,4,5) on January 8, 9 and 10, 2023.
Artificial Christmas trees
The council encourages those who have artificial trees to store them to use next year. If it’s worn out and no longer needed they can be taken to Hempsted Recycling Centre, or arrange a chargeable bulky item collection
Bulky item collection
Collections are suspended from December 26 until January 6 the service will resume from January 9, 2023. Residents can still call during this time to arrange a collection once they resume.
FOREST OF DEAN
Bin collections in the Forest of Dean will change over Christmas and New Year. The table below shows Forest of Dean District Council schedule for waste collection.
Residents are reminded to make sure your bins are out by 7am on collection day.
Christmas and New Year Collections 2022/23
All collections for the week commencing December 19, 2022 will take place as normal. Refuse, food waste and recycling collections for week commencing December 26 will change.
Collection Due Revised Collection December 26 Residents due a refuse collection on this day will now see it collected on December 27. There is no catch up service for any food waste or recycling collections due on this day. Residents are asked to please present these on your next scheduled collection.
December 27 No change, December 28 No change December 29 No change December 30 No change Refuse, food waste and recycling collections for the week commencing January 2, 2023 will run a day late due to no collections taking place on the New Year bank holiday Monday. The garden waste service is suspended from December 26. Collections will resume on January 9, 2023.
STROUD
There will be no changes to waste and recycling collections in the Stroud district over Christmas and New Year.
Residents are asked to ensure containers are put out by 6am on their normal scheduled collection days, and to recycle as much Christmas waste as possible.
Stroud District Council’s environment committee chairman Chloe Turner (G, Minchinhampton) said: “Please spare a thought for the recycling crews who will be out working hard in the cold weather this year by flattening and folding large pieces of cardboard, and taking bins and recycling bags back in as soon as possible, especially during windy weather.”
Vice-chairman Robin Drury-Layfield (Community Independents, Rodborough) said: “On a personal note, I would like to say thanks to our Ubico waste disposal crews who have gone above and beyond, time and again to ensure we have a predictable, reliable and effective service that is the envy of many other councils.
“Please take a moment to thank your bin crew this Christmas when you see them.”
Here’s a guide to what can and can’t be recycled:
Wrapping paper
Some types of wrapping paper can be recycled, so it’s worth bearing this in mind before you buy. As a general rule, paper with glitter or foil can’t be recycled, If you’re unsure, take the scrunch test: first remove tape, bows, ribbons and tags, then scrunch the paper into a ball. If it keeps its shape it can be recycled, so put in your green recycling box. If it springs out it is not recyclable and should go in your general household waste wheelie bin or beige sack.
Christmas cards
Christmas cards that don’t have glitter, foil, bows and ribbons can be recycled along with your paper and cardboard.
Food
Make sure every last scrap goes in your food waste caddy as we’ll send it an anaerobic digester to be turned into biogas energy for the national gas grid. The liquid residue is used to fertilise local farmland. Food waste caddies, unlike other recycling containers, can be lined with newspaper or plastic bags, as this is sent to a different depot which can remove it. Most households buy too much food at Christmas, but buying only what you need will not only help reduce costs, but also the amount of waste: https://lovefoodhatewaste.com/
Real Christmas trees
If you have a real Christmas tree, you can arrange for it to be collected from your home by volunteers working with Longfield Hospice.
For a voluntary donation of £10 (or more) your tree will be recycled, and the money raised will help fund the hospice’s vital work supporting free-of-charge care and support to patients and their family and carers.
To arrange collection of your tree, visit www.just-helping.org.uk/register-tree where you can make a voluntary donation to your local community hospice. Bookings can be made until January 3, 2023.
Alternatively you can take your real tree by taking it to the Household Recycling Centre where it will be recycled. Visits must be pre-booked at www.gloucestershirerecycles.com
Glass, cans, plastic and foil
These can go in your recycling wheelie bin or green sack. Make more space by squashing soft plastic such as milk cartons. Please don’t put plastic bags or the clear plastic film that covers many plastic food containers in with your recycling as they cannot be recycled at our depot and there’s no easy way to remove them. Plastic bags can be recycled by many supermarkets – please check your local store.
Paper and cardboard
Large pieces of cardboard must be flattened and cut or folded to the approximate size of the recycling box and stacked under or behind the box. This will help the lorries carry more, reducing trips to the depot, thereby saving time, fuel and carbon emissions.
The Waste Wizard search on the SDC website will tell you which household items can be recycled, or if they can be given a new life through repair and reuse: https://www.stroud.gov.uk/environment/bins-rubbish-and-recycling/waste-wizard
Residents can download 2023 waste collection calendars, with the option of an easy- to-read accessible version via the My House function on the SDC website – www.stroud.gov.uk/my-house.
Anyone who doesn’t have online access or who cannot download the calendar can call the council on 01453 754 424 for a copy.
As usual, most Stroud District Council services will be closed as usual over Christmas and New Year. They will be closed from 4.30pm on December 23 and reopen at 8.45am on January 3.
TEWKESBURY BOROUGH
Gloucestershire residents who live in the Tewkesbury Borough will see their bin collections change over Christmas.
Tewkesbury Borough Council has set out the changes for the festive season in the table below.
During the week leading up to Christmas there will be no changes to collections.
But the week after Christmas Day, residents will see schedule changes until the New Year.
All services will return to the normal collection schedule on January 16.
Usual collection day Revised collection date December 23 All collections as normal. December 26 · If you had a refuse collection scheduled, please put your green bin out for collection on Wednesday, December 28. · If you had a recycling collection scheduled, please put your blue bin out for collection on Wednesday, December 28.
· Please put your food caddy out on Wednesday, December 28.
There will be no garden waste collections if your brown bin day would normally fall on Monday, December 26.
December 27 · If you had a refuse collection scheduled, please put your green bin out for collection on Thursday, December 29. · If you had a recycling collection scheduled, please put your blue bin out for collection on Thursday, December 29.
· Please put your food caddy out on Thursday, December 29.
There will be no garden waste collections if your brown bin day would normally fall on Tuesday, December 27.
December 28 · If you had a refuse collection scheduled, please put your green bin out for collection on Friday, December 30. · If you had a recycling collection scheduled, please put your blue bin out for collection on Friday, December 30.
· Please put your food caddy out on Friday, December 30.
There will be no garden waste collections if your brown bin day would normally fall on Wednesday, December 28.
December 29 · If you had a refuse collection scheduled, please put your green bin out for collection on Saturday, December 31. · If you had a recycling collection scheduled, please put your blue bin out for collection on Saturday, December 31.
· Please put your food caddy out on Saturday, December 31.
There will be no garden waste collections if your brown bin day would normally fall on Thursday, January 29.
December 30 · If you had a refuse collection scheduled, please put your green bin out for collection on Tuesday, January 3. · If you had a recycling collection scheduled, please put your blue bin out for collection on Tuesday, January 3.
· Please put your food caddy out on Tuesday, January 3.
There will be no garden waste collections if your brown bin day would normally fall on Friday, January 30.
January 2 · If you had a refuse collection scheduled, please put your green bin out for collection on Wednesday, January 4. · If you had a recycling collection scheduled, please put your blue bin out for collection on Wednesday, January 4.
· Please put your food caddy out on Wednesday, January 4.
There will be no garden waste collections if your brown bin day would normally fall on Monday, January 2.
January 3 · If you had a refuse collection scheduled, please put your green bin out for collection on Thursday, January 5 · If you had a recycling collection scheduled, please put your blue bin out for collection on Thursday, January 5.
· Please put your food caddy out on Thursday, January 5.
There will be no garden waste collections if your brown bin day would normally fall on Tuesday, January 3.
January 4 · If you had a refuse collection scheduled, please put your green bin out for collection on Friday, January 6. · If you had a recycling collection scheduled, please put your blue bin out for collection on Friday, January 6.
· Please put your food caddy out on Friday, January 6.
There will be no garden waste collections if your brown bin day would normally fall on Wednesday, January 4.
January 5 · If you had a refuse collection scheduled, please put your green bin out for collection on Saturday, January 7. · If you had a recycling collection scheduled, please put your blue bin out for collection on Saturday, January 7.
· Please put your food caddy out on Saturday, January 7.
There will be no garden waste collections if your brown bin day would normally fall on Thursday, January 5.
January 6 · If you had a refuse collection scheduled, please put your green bin out for collection on Monday, January 9. · If you had a recycling collection scheduled, please put your blue bin out for collection on Monday, January 9.
· Please out your food caddy out on Monday, January 9.
There will be no garden waste collections if your brown bin day would normally fall on Friday, January 6.
January 9 · If you had a refuse collection scheduled, please put your green bin out for collection on Tuesday 10 January. · If you had a recycling collection scheduled, please put your blue bin out for collection on Tuesday 10 January.
· Please put your food caddy out on Tuesday 10 January.
· If you are in the Garden Waste Club and had a garden waste collection scheduled today, please out your bin out on January 10.
January 10 · If you had a refuse collection scheduled, please put your green bin out for collection on Wednesday, January 11. · If you had a recycling collection scheduled, please put your blue bin out for collection on Wednesday, January 11.
· Please put your food caddy out on Wednesday, January.
If you are in the Garden Waste Club and had a garden waste collection scheduled today, please out your bin out on January 11.
January 11 · If you had a refuse collection scheduled, please put your green bin out for collection on Thursday, January 12. · If you had a recycling collection scheduled, please put your blue bin out for collection on Thursday, January 12.
· Please put your food caddy out on Thursday, January 12 January.
If you are in the Garden Waste Club and had a garden waste collection scheduled today, please out your bin out on January 12.
January 12 · If you had a refuse collection scheduled, please put your green bin out for collection on Friday, January 13. · If you had a recycling collection scheduled, please put your blue bin out for collection on Friday, January 13.
· Please put your food caddy out on Friday, January 13.
If you are in the Garden Waste Club and had a garden waste collection scheduled today, please out your bin out on Friday, January.
January 13 · If you had a refuse collection scheduled, please put your green bin out for collection on Saturday, January 14. · If you had a recycling collection scheduled, please put your blue bin out for collection on Saturday, January 14.
· Please put your food caddy out on Saturday, January 14.
If you are in the Garden Waste Club and had a garden waste collection scheduled today, please out your bin out on January 14.
January 16 · All services return to the normal collection schedule. COTWOLDS
Bin collections for residents will run a day late for the week after Christmas.
Waste collections will run as normal in the New Year but the garden waste servicewill be suspended from December 26 until January 9.
Christmas and New Year Collections 2022/23
Refuse, food waste and recycling collections for week commencing Monday 26 December 2022 will run one day late due to no collections taking place on Boxing Day.
Collections for week commencing Monday 2 January 2023 will take place as normal, including on Bank Holiday Monday.
Please note: the garden waste service is suspended from Monday 26 December 2022. Collections will resume on Monday 9 January 2023.
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