Christmas waste collection changes for Wealden residents

As normal, there will be no garden waste collections over the festive period between Thursday 25 December and Wednesday 7 January inclusive. Garden waste collections will return to the normal collection days from Thursday 8 January 2026.

New collection calendars for 2026 are now available and residents can download it via the Bin Day Search on the council’s website. 

Residents who would like regular weekly reminders of bin collections can sign up to the council’s weekly newsletter.  The revised collection dates for rubbish and recycling are in the table below. Bins must be out by 7am on the collection day.

 

           Normal collection                              Revised collection

Thursday 25 December	Saturday 27 December
Friday 26 December	Monday 29 December
Monday 29 December	Tuesday 30 December
Tuesday 30 December	Wednesday 31 December
Wednesday 31 December	Friday 2 January
Thursday 1 January	Saturday 3 January
Friday 2 January	Monday 5 January
Monday 5 January	Tuesday 6 January
Tuesday 6 January	Wednesday 7 January
Wednesday 7 January	Thursday 8 January
Thursday 8 January	Friday 9 January
Friday 9 January	Saturday 10 January
Monday 12 January	Collections Resume on your normal collection day

Many of us produce extra waste throughout the festive period, a lot of which can be recycled. Extra recycling can be placed out in non-black plastic bags next to the recycling bin for collection – except for glass which should only be put into the recycling bin.

Don’t forget, all wrapping paper and cards, except foil/glitter, can be placed in the recycling bin and real Christmas trees can be cut up and put inside the brown garden waste bin with the lid closed.  Alternatively, residents can take their tree to the local Household Waste Recycling Site  – slots at the waste sites are available by a bookable system through the county council’s website.

Councillor James Partridge, Alliance for Wealden (Liberal Democrat), lead councillor for Governance, Waste & Local Economy, and leader of the council, said, “The collection crews will be working hard over the Christmas period to ensure a continuous service of everyone’s rubbish and recycling bins. Many of us produce extra recycling and waste throughout the festive period, a lot of which can be recycled, so please put it in the right bin. In Wealden, we have excelled in our recycling again this year with almost 50% of our waste being recycled. I would like to thank everyone for the effort put into helping Wealden to achieve this amazing recycling rate.”

For further information on what can and cannot be recycled, visit www.wealden.gov.uk/recycling-and-waste/