Usual Collection Day | New Collection Day | Usual Collection Day | New Collection Day |
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21 to 24 Dec | No change | Thu 31 Dec | Mon 4 Jan |
Fri 25 Dec | Tue 29 Dec | Fri 1 Jan | Tue 5 Jan |
Mon 28 Dec | Wed 30 Dec | Mon 4 to Thu 7 Jan | Two days late |
Tue 29 Dec | Thu 31 Dec | Fri 8 Jan | Mon 11 Jan |
Wed 30 Dec | Sat 2 Jan | ||
Week beginning 11 January - All collections will run 1 day late | |||
Collections will return to normal in the week beginning 18 January 2021 |
Don't Forget!♲ Christmas Trees up to 6ft can be put out for collection alongside your brown bin.♲ Use your brown bin or food caddy for peelings and unwanted food.♲ Unfortunately we cannot take wrapping paper in your blue sack.♲ |
There are lots of things you can do to produce less waste during the festive season. We've collected some hints and tips for the most common items. ❄ Avoid single use calendars ❄ Buy a reusable calendar and add homemade sweets and treats ✔ Cardboard - Blue sack ✔ Foil - Clear sack (scrunch it into a ball first) ✔ Plastic trays - Take these to your local recycling centre ❄ Send an e-card instead ❄ Old cards can be reused as gift tags - just cut them up ✔ Cards with no glitter, stuck on bits or shiny bits - Blue sack ✕ Glittery cards, cards with shiny bits or stuck on decorations - Grey Bin ❄ Avoid single use trays ❄ Use a reusable roasting tin ✔ Foil trays - Clear sack (please rinse to remove grease) ✔ Foil wrappers - Clear sack (please scrunch into a ball) ✕ Plastic lined foil - Grey bin (If you can't scrunch it into a ball or it doesn't stay scrunched, it's probably plastic lined) ❄ Try options with less packaging ✕ Crisp packets, sweet wrappers and film wrappers - Grey bin ❄ This year, why not gift experiences rather than 'stuff' ❄ Reusable gift wrapping is a good option, and there are lots of choices available ✔ Brown paper - Blue sack ✕ All other wrapping paper and sticky tape - Grey bin ❄ Plan your portions with this handy planner from Love Food Hate Waste ❄ Be creative and cook up your leftovers into something new ✔ Turkey, chicken or meat carcasses - Brown bin ✔ Uncooked or cooked food waste - Brown bin ✔ Fruit and veg peelings, nut shells and fruit stones - Brown bin ❄ Make mince pies at home ❄ Make leftover mince pies into something new - what about mince pie crumble for Boxing Day? ✔ Leftover mince pies - Brown bin ✔ Cardboard packaging - Blue sack ✔ Foil cases (please rinse them and scrunch them together into a ball) - Clear sack ✔ Take plastic trays to the local recycling centre ❄ Make your own sweets and treats at home. ❄ Tubs and tins can be reused for storage ✔ Foil cases (please rinse them and scrunch them together into a ball) - Clear sack ✔ Take metal and plastic containers to the local recycling centre ✕ Plastic wrappers - Grey bin ❄ Buy local ❄ Use cardboard for crafts, or upcycle it into storage around the house ✔ Cardboard - Blue sack ✕ Bubble wrap, plastic packaging and polystyrene - Grey bin Can't decide between a real tree or an artificial one? See the pros and cons of each at Recycle Devon. ✔ If your real tree is six foot or less, it can go alongside your Brown bin for collection. ✔ If it's more than six foot, please take it to your local recycling centre. ✔ If your artificial tree has reached the end of its life, please take it to your local recycling centre. ❄ Glass bottles can make lovely vases, or you could insert fairy lights to make a light feature. ✔ Plastic bottles, their lids and metal lids from glass jars and bottles - Clear sack ✔ Juice cartons - Blue sack ✔ Please take glass bottles and jars to a recycling bank. ✕ Corks (natural and plastic) - Grey bin ❄ Make your own at home ❄ Look for sustainable alternatives, and avoid buying new decorations every year ✔ Crackers with no glitter, foil or stuck on decorations - Blue sack ✔ Please take broken fairy lights to the local recycling centre. ✕ Crackers with glitter, foil or stuck on decorations - Grey bin ✕ Tinsel and damaged baubles - Grey bin ✕ Homemade decorations (treated with paint or preservatives) that have reached the end of their life - Grey bin
How can I reduce, reuse and recycle this Christmas?
Advent Calendars
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Cards
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Aluminium Trays & Packaging
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Food Packaging
Reduce
Recycle
Wrapping Paper
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Leftovers
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Mince Pies
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Sweet Tubs
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Online Delivery Packaging
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Christmas Trees
Recycle
Drinks Containers
Reuse
Recycle
Decorations
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle