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December 5, 2024

East Hampshire: Christmas bin update



Over the Christmas and New Year period 2024-25, bin collections will change around the bank holidays.

Refuse, recycling and glass collections
Please see below summary of changes to collections over the Christmas and New Year period.

Normal collection day – festive collection day
Mon 23 Dec – no change
Tue 24 Dec – no change
Wed 25 Dec – Fri 27 Dec
Thu 26 Dec – Sat 28 Dec
Fri 27 Dec – Mon 30 Dec

Mon 30 Dec – Tue 31 Dec
Tue 31 Dec – Thu 2 Jan
Wed 1 Jan – Fri 3 Jan
Thu 2 Jan – Sat 4 Jan
Fri 3 Jan – Mon 6 Jan

Mon 6 Jan – Tue 7 Jan
Tue 7 Jan – Wed 8 Jan
Wed 8 Jan – Thu 9 Jan
Thu 9 Jan – Fri 10 Jan
Fri 10 Jan – Sat 11 Jan
Normal service resumes Monday 13 January 2025.

Our bin calendars have been updated to include these changes.
Recycling crews will take any excess recycling in a dry cardboard box or clear plastic bag.
Glass crews will take any excess in a sturdy plastic box with handles, no larger than 38 litres and weighing less than 5.5kg.
For more information visit our what can (and can’t) go in your bins page.

Garden waste
Our garden waste service will be suspended from Monday 23 December and restart on Monday 6 January 2025. If you have a real Christmas tree and you're using the service, we’ll collect it on your first collection in the new year. Trees over 6ft tall should be cut into smaller pieces that can be lifted by one person.

Clinical waste collections
As regular clinical waste collections are on Mondays and Tuesdays, there will be no change to these collections over the Christmas and New Year period.

Find your bin calendar
If you don’t have your October 2024 to September 2025 bin calendar, visit our ‘find your bin calendar’ page.

Information provided by South East HIVE Hub