Christmas and New Year’s are just days away and with all that festive cheer it’s important to remember when to take the bins out as there will be changes to services.
The end of December and the start of January are extremely busy times for refuse workers and street cleaners, and collections are postponed on bank holidays.
For Newham residents, the council has announced the following revised dates for bin collections across the borough:
Week commencing Monday, 25 December
- If your normal collection date is on Monday, 25 December (Christmas Day) your bins will instead be collected on Wednesday, 27 December
- If your normal collection date is on Tuesday, 26 December (Boxing Day) your bins will instead be collected on Thursday, 28 December
- If your normal collection date is on Wednesday, 27 December your bins will instead be collected on Friday, 29 December
- If your normal collection date is on Thursday, 28 December your bins will instead be collected on Saturday, 30 December
- If your normal collection date is on Friday, 29 December your bins will instead be collected on Tuesday, 2 January
Week commencing Monday, 1 January
- If your normal collection date is on Monday, 1 January (New Year’s Day) your bins will instead be collected on Wednesday, 3 January
- If your normal collection date is on Tuesday, 2 January your bins will instead be collected on Thursday, 4 January
- If your normal collection date is on Wednesday, 3 January your bins will instead be collected on Friday, 5 January
- If your normal collection date is on Thursday, 4 January your bins will instead be collected on Saturday, 6 January
- If your normal collection date is on Friday, 5 January your bins will instead be collected on Monday, 8 January
Week commencing Monday, 8 January
- If your normal collection date is on Monday, 8 January your bins will be collected on Tuesday, 9 January
- If your normal collection date is on Tuesday, 9 January your bins will be collected on Wednesday, 10 January
- If your normal collection date is on Wednesday, 10 January your bins will be collected on Thursday, 11 January
- If your normal collection date is on Thursday, 11 January your bins will be collected on Friday, 12 January
- If your normal bin collection date is on Friday, 12 January your bins will be collected on Saturday, 13 January
Commercial waste
The council has also announced some changes to commercial waste collections across the borough:
Week commencing Monday, 25 December
- If your normal collection date is on Monday, 25 December (Christmas Day) commercial waste will instead be collected on Saturday, 23 December
- If your normal collection date is on Tuesday, 26 December (Boxing Day) commercial waste will instead be collected on Saturday, 24 December
- There will be no changes to commercial waste collections on Wednesday, 27 December
- There will be no changes to commercial waste collections on Thursday, 28 December
- There will be no changes to commercial waste collections on Friday, 29 December
- There will be no changes to commercial waste collections on Saturday, 30 December
Week commencing Monday, 1 January
- If your normal collection date is on Monday, 1 January (New Year’s Day) commercial waste will instead be collected on Tuesday, 2 January
- If your normal collection date is on Tuesday, 2 January commercial waste will instead be collected on Wednesday, 3 January
- If your normal collection date is on Wednesday, 3 January commercial waste will instead be collected on Thursday, 4 January
- If your normal collection date is on Thursday, 4 January commercial waste will instead be collected on Friday, 5 January
- If your normal collection date is on Friday, 5 January commercial waste will instead be collected on Saturday, 6 January
Christmas tree collections
Real Christmas trees will be taken away for recycling by crews over the festive period.
Newham residents will need to book their Christmas tree collection with the council, which takes place between Wednesday, 27 December and Monday, 14 January. Head over to the council’s website to find out more.
