REMEMBERING when to put your bins out is often one of the biggest burdens of the holiday season.

With Christmas Day landing on a Monday, Cheshire East Council has made some big changes to the bin collection schedule.

Some collection days will be brought forward and others pushed back.

Councillor Mick Warren, chair of the council’s environment and communities committee, said: “I’d like to extend my gratitude to all our colleagues, who continue to provide an outstanding service collecting the borough’s waste and recycling.

“We have started to issue our Christmas collection stickers. We would like to remind residents that collection days and changes to these dates can be found online. Please check these new bin collection arrangements, to see if collections are due to fall on the bank holidays over the festive period. It’s also important to note that it will take a few weeks to sticker bins and that not all households will be affected. 

“Some collections will be brought forward, and others pushed back, depending on your normal bin collection day.”

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Changes to Cheshire East’s bin collection schedule

The changes over the festive season will only affect households that have their recycling or black bins collected on Mondays or Tuesdays.

These bins will not be collected on Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Year’s Day.

  • If your black bin was due for collection on Monday 25 December, it will now be collected on Thursday 21 December.
  • If your silver bin was due for collection on Monday 25 December, it will now be collected on Wednesday 20 December.
  • If your black bin was due for collection on Tuesday 26 December, it will now be collected on Wednesday 27 December.
  • If your silver bin was due for collection on Tuesday 26 December, it will now be collected on Thursday 28 December.
  • If your black bin was due for collection on Monday 1 January, it will now be collected on Tuesday 2 January.
  • If your silver bin was due for collection on Monday 1 January, it will now be collected on Wednesday 3 January.

Stickers with these details will be placed on black bins of affected households from Wednesday (December 13) onwards. 

Local household waste and recycling centres will remain open over the festive season with the exception of Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

However, there will be no garden waste collections from Monday (December 18) until Monday (January 15, 2024), when they will resume for subscribers to the council’s Garden Waste Subscription Scheme.