Christmas is under a week away! Yep, under a week. And you know what that means: family, presents, general wholesomeness and… remembering any changes to the bin timetable.
This time of year is full of celebration, but the festivities come with some less glamorous changes too. Like bus and transport timetable tweaks, for instance. And as this year Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day all fall on Mondays and Tuesdays (ie normal bin days), so there’s quite a bit of shake-up to usual rubbish collection schedules.
Fortunately, we’ve rounded-up all the changes to bin collections in London over the next couple of weeks, with the lowdown for each borough. To avoid you having your bins overflowing this Crimbo, here’s everything you need to know about rubbish collections in the capital.
Barking and Dagenham, Bromley, Croydon, Ealing, Havering, Kingston, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Sutton, Waltham Forest
Christmas Day collections move to December 27
Boxing Day collections move to December 28
December 27 collections move to December 29
December 28 collections move to December 30
December 29 collections move to January 2
New Year’s Day collections move to January 3
January 2 collections move to January 4
January 3 collections move to January 5
January 4 collections move to January 6
January 5 collections move to January 8
January 8 collections move to January 9
January 9 collections move to January 10
January 10 collections move to January 11
January 11 collections move to January 12
January 12 collections move to January 13
Bexley, Camden, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Haringey, Lewisham, Richmond, Southwark
Christmas Day collections move to December 27
Boxing Day collections move to December 28
December 27 collections move to December 29
December 28 collections move to December 30
December 29 collections move to December 31
New Year’s Day collections move to January 2
January 2 collections move to January 3
January 3 collections move to January 4
January 4 collections move to January 5
January 5 collections move to January 6
Barnet, Hillingdon, Hounslow
Christmas Day collections move to December 23
Boxing Day collections move to December 27
December 27 collections move to December 28
December 28 collections move to December 29
December 29 collections move to December 30
New Year’s Day collections move to January 2
January 2 collections move to January 3
January 3 collections move to January 4
January 4 collections move to January 5
January 5 collections move to January 6
Lambeth, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth
Christmas Day collections move to Boxing Day
Boxing Day collections move to December 27
December 27 collections move to December 28
December 28 collections move to December 29
December 29 collections move to December 30
New Year’s Day collections move to January 2
January 2 collections move to January 3
January 3 collections move to January 4
January 4 collections move to January 5
January 5 collections move to January 6
Brent, Islington
From December 25 to December 29 and from January 1 to January 5, collections will take place one day after normal collection days.
City of London
No collections on December 24, 25, 26 and January 1. Normal collections from January 2.
Harrow
Harrow’s bin service changes depend on the day you usually get your bin collected, not the date.
- Monday collection days will be moved to December 27 and January 2
- Tuesday collection days will move to December 27 and 28, and January 2 and 3
- Wednesday collection days will move to December 28 and 29, and January 3 and 4
- Thursday collection days will move to December 29 and 30, and January 4 and 5
- Friday collection days will move to December 30 and January 6
Kensington and Chelsea
Christmas Day collections move to December 28
Boxing Day collections move to December 29
New Year’s Day collections move to January 4
Westminster
Christmas Day collections move to December 27
New Year’s Day collections move to January 3
For up-to-date info, check your local council website.
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