Residents in Liverpool are being reminded that a revised bin collection service will be in place over the Christmas and New Year period.
Stickers have already been placed on bins around the city to make people aware of the changes.
The alterations mean that all collections will be moved back by between one and three days. Crews will be working on three Saturdays in the post-Christmas period to ensure that all waste is collected at the earliest possible opportunity.
Changes will take place from Christmas Day, with normal service resuming on Monday, 13 January 2025.
People can check their next collection dates by entering their postcode online at www.liverpool.gov.uk/bins. Alternatively, find the complete list of changes below.
Usual collection day > Revised day
Monday 30 December > Tuesday 31 December
Monday 6 January > Tuesday 7 January
Tuesday 31 December > Thursday 2 January
Tuesday 7 January > Wednesday 8 January
Wednesday 25 December > Friday 27 December
Wednesday 1 January > Friday 3 January
Wednesday 8 January > Thursday 9 January
Thursday 26 December > Saturday 28 December
Thursday 2 January > Saturday 4 January
Thursday 9 January > Friday 10 January
Friday 27 December > Monday 30 December
Friday 3 January > Monday 6 January
Friday 10 January > Saturday 11 January
Liverpool City Council is also encouraging all residents to recycle over the Christmas break by placing dry recyclables in their blue bin.
This includes plastic bottles, glass jars and bottles, paper, and crushed cardboard. Food waste should not be thrown into the blue bin and bottles or jars should be rinsed before being binned.
Visit www.recycleright.org.uk to check whether specific items can be recycled.
Anyone with excess waste can take it to one of the city’s household waste recycling centres. The centres in Otterspool and Old Swan are open from 8am to 5pm on all days except for Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.
People can find their closest centre by visiting www.merseysidewda.gov.uk/find-a-local-recycling-centre.
Green bin collections for garden waste have been suspended over the winter period and will restart at the end of February 2025.
