Refuse and recycling collection day changes over Christmas and New Year
We wish to advise residents across Lichfield District and Tamworth Borough that their refuse and recycling collection days are temporarily changing over the Christmas and New Year Period and tags featuring the details are being attached to bins as a reminder.
Collections due on Monday 25 December will be made on Saturday 23 December.
From Tuesday 26 December 2023 to Saturday 6 January 2024 all collections by the Joint Waste Service will be made one day later than usual.
Bins which would have been collected on Tuesday 26 December will be collected on Wednesday 27 December and those which would have been collected on Wednesday 27 December will be collected on Thursday 28 December and so on.
Friday collections within this period – 29 December and 5 January – will be made on Saturday, 30 December and 6 January respectively. Bins due for collection on Monday 1 January will be collected on Tuesday 2 January.
Over the festive period recycling bins and bags may be collected by separate crews at different times of the day. Collection days will return to normal on Monday 8 January.
As such, some of the online web calendar features are not functioning properly, which will be resolved after the festive period.
Lichfield District Council’s Cabinet Member for Waste, Recycling, Ecology & Climate Change, said:
“Temporary changes are being made to residents’ bin collection days over the festive period. They will be emptied one day later than usual apart from those that were due on Christmas Day. They will be emptied the preceding Saturday, 23 December.
“Tags are being attached to residents’ bins to confirm the collection changes.
“On behalf of the Waste and Recycling Team I would like to wish all residents a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.”
For more information on recycling, bins and waste call 0345 002 0022 or access online.