Refuse & recycling collections for Christmas and New Year

Changes to refuse and recycling collections over the Christmas and New Year will only affect some households in the District this festive season.

Only properties due for a collection on a Bank Holiday will have a day change.

Previously it has taken three weeks for collections to return to normal and every household has been affected, but following the District Council and Biffa's innovative approach to collections last year, only two collection days will be affected this year.

Cllr Mike Brain, Technical Services Portfolio says: “The festive season is the only time refuse and recycling collections are affected in Stratford District.  By only changing the collections that fall on Bank Holidays, this ensures that residents have the least amount of disruption possible."

There will be no collections of rubbish, recyclables or green waste on Friday 25 or Friday 1 January 2016. 

Revised arrangements are shown in the table below. 

On all other dates collections will take place as normal.

Week commencing Monday 4 January 2016 collections will return to normal.

Extra waste If you have additional recycling, you can place in it a box or rigid container next to your blue-lidded wheeled bin for collection.

Please note: No additional general waste (refuse) placed by or on your grey refuse bin will be collected.

In the event of adverse weather affecting collections please check the District Council's website at www.stratford.gov.uk/winter or Twitter on @StratfordDC for all the latest updates.

The revised collection information is available in the Council Tax booklet distributed in March this year, the Stratford View magazine distributed in November and is available on the District Council's website.