Recycling and refuse collections for Powys householders and the council’s trade waste customers will be later than usual during Christmas and the New Year, the County Council has confirmed.

Crews will be working throughout the weekends to ensure that the collections will take place only two days later during Christmas week and then only one day later during New Year week.

Collections due on Christmas Eve (Tuesday, December 24) and New Year’s Eve (Tuesday, December 31) will take place as usual, otherwise, please remember to put out your bins on the following days:

Christmas week:

  • Monday, December 23 - No change
  • Tuesday, December 24 (Christmas Eve) - No change
  • Wednesday, December 25 (Christmas Day) - Friday, December 27
  • Thursday, December 26 (Boxing Day) - Saturday, December 28
  • Friday, December 27 - Sunday, December 29

New Year week:

  • Monday, December 30 - No change
  • Tuesday, December 31 (New Year’s Eve) - No change
  • Wednesday, January 1 (New Year’s Day) - Thursday, January 2
  • Thursday, January 2 - Friday, January 3
  • Friday, January 3 - Saturday, January 4

With collections scheduled throughout the festive period, the Council is encouraging households to make use of the service and reduce, reuse and recycle as much of their household waste as possible.

Adrian Jervis, head of highways, transport and recycling, said: “We have heard in good faith that the busiest man at this time of year, Father Christmas, is doing his bit to recycle this Christmas, so we’re hoping that households will follow suit to recycle as much as possible this festive period.”

“Not only will recycling as much of your Christmas waste as possible ensure that you don’t run out of space in your wheelie bins or purple sacks, it also reduces the amount of rubbish we are all sending to landfill.”

For details of the household waste and recycling centre Christmas opening times and/or in the event of extreme weather, please check Powys County Council's website and social media pages.