Details of this year's Christmas and New Year changes to waste and recycling collections have been announced by Thanet District Council.
The focus this year, particularly for those on the wheeled bin collection, is on waste collections, in response to feedback from local people in previous years. The details of the waste and recycling collections during the Christmas and New Year period in Thanet are as follows:
If your usual day of collection is.
Black sack collection
If you would normally have your BLUE bin collected this week.
If you would normally have your BLACK bin collected this week.
Monday 21 December
No change - Normal collections
BLACK bin collected today
No change - Normal collections
Tuesday 22 December
No change - Normal collections
BLACK bin collected today
No change - Normal collections
Wednesday 23 December
No change - Normal collections
BLACK bin collected today
No change - Normal collections
Thursday 24 December
(Christmas Eve)
No change - Normal collections
BLACK bin collected today
No change - Normal collections
Friday 25 December (Christmas Day)
Will be collected on Tuesday 29 December
BLACK bin will be collected on Tuesday 29 December
BLACK bin will be collected on Tuesday 29 December
Monday 28 December
NO COLLECTIONS
NO COLLECTIONS
NO COLLECTIONS
Tuesday 29 December
NO COLLECTIONS
(Except for homes who were due to have their black sacks collected on Christmas Day)
NO COLLECTIONS
(Except for homes due to have their
wheeled bin collected on Christmas Day)
NO COLLECTIONS
(Except for homes due to have their
wheeled bin collected on Christmas Day)
Wednesday 30 December
NO COLLECTIONS
NO COLLECTIONS
NO COLLECTIONS
Thursday 31 December (New Year's Eve)
NO COLLECTIONS
NO COLLECTIONS
NO COLLECTIONS
Friday 1 January
(New Year's Day)
NO COLLECTIONS
NO COLLECTIONS
NO COLLECTIONS
Monday 4 January
No change - Normal collections
BLACK bin collected today
No change - Normal collections
Tuesday 5 January
No change - Normal collections
BLACK bin collected today
No change - Normal collections
Wednesday 6 January
No change - Normal collections
BLACK bin collected today
No change - Normal collections
Thursday 7 January
No change - Normal collections
BLACK bin collected today
No change - Normal collections
Friday 8 January
No change - Normal collections
BLACK bin collected today
No change - Normal collections
From Monday 11 January, all collections will return to normal. All waste should be out at the front of your property by 6am on your collection day.
Bottles, paper, tins and cans can also be taken to the recycling banks across Thanet in local car parks and at supermarkets and the Kent County Council recycling sites at Manston Road, Margate and Ramsgate Road, Richborough. These sites are open every day over Christmas, except for Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day. They are open Monday to Saturday from 8am to 4.30pm and on Sundays between 9am and 4pm.
Properties that receive a fortnightly paper and cardboard collection will not have this service from Thursday 24 December 2009 until 3 January 2010. Normal collections will resume from Monday 4 January 2010.
The green waste collection service will be suspended for a three week period from Friday 25 December to Friday 15 January. From Monday 18 January, green waste collections will return to normal.
For homes on the wheeled bin scheme, excess household waste securely contained in standard black sacks will be collected as side waste with your black bin for two weeks only from Monday 4 to Friday 15 January. Excess recycling in clear plastic sacks or shopping carrier bags will also be collected alongside your blue bin during this period. Please do not use black sacks or cardboard boxes for your recycling material.
Cllr. Shirley Tomlinson, Cabinet Member for Environmental Services, said: "It's always a challenge to arrange the waste and recycling collections over the Christmas and New Year period, and of course, we understand that this will not please all of our residents but we do hope that over the festive period you will all accept that our hard working refuse crews, who work in all weather on every other Bank Holiday throughout the year are able to enjoy a Christmas break with their families . This year, we've been able to give them a long Christmas weekend, and another period around New Year. which most people take for granted so please do bear with us during these times.
"As a result of this, we are aware that this may mean no collections for the best part of a week for most people. Taking on board feedback we've had in previous years from our residents, what we've tried to do this year is prioritise waste collections, particularly for those on the wheeled bin collection. It does mean that some people will be going a little longer without a recycling collection, but there are alternatives available, including the recycling banks dotted across the whole of Thanet and the recycling sites at Richborough and Manston Road, which are open over much of Christmas."
For more information, call 01843 577115
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