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Christmas bin collections 2026

Find out which councils are collecting bins on different days over Christmas and New Year, or enter your postcode to see your own dates.

The bank holidays are Friday 25 December, Monday 28 December and Friday 1 January, and in Scotland also Monday 4 January. Councils publish their Christmas dates from about November, and we update this page every day as they do.

  • 8 councils have changed collection days
  • 8 councils are collecting as usual on the bank holidays
  • 321 councils haven't published their Christmas dates yet

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