Rubbish and recycling collections across west London are being amended over the Christmas period.

With December 25 falling on Sunday and subsequent bank holidays on Monday (Boxing Day) and Tuesday (December 27), refuse collections will change across our boroughs.

Here is a break down of how each council is affected:

Kensington & Chelsea

There will be no rubbish, recycling or garden waste collections on Boxing Day, December 27 or January 2, with services returning to normal on January 3.

Residents are being encouraged to still recycle responsibly during the festive period and the council is also running a Christmas tree collection service .

Kensington and Chelsea say the following clean items can be placed in residents’ clear recycling bags or local recycling bank:

  • Old cards and wrapping paper as well as newspapers, magazines or junk mail
  • Glass bottles, jars, drinks cans and tins - no lids
  • Plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays. Please remove the lids, and rinse clean
  • Empty aerosol cans and Tetra Packs, without the lids, can also be recycled

Hammersmith & Fulham

Normal collection date Revised collection date
Monday December 26 Tuesday December 27
Tuesday December 27 Wednesday December 28
Wednesday December 28 Thursday December 29
Thursday December 29 Friday December 30
Friday December 30 Saturday December 31
Saturday December 31 Saturday December 31
Monday January 2 Tuesday January 3
Tuesday January 3 Wednesday January 4
Wednesday January 4 Thursday January 5
Thursday January 5 Friday January 6
Friday January 6 Saturday January 7
Saturday January 7 Saturday January 7

Hillingdon

Collection days for your general waste, dry recycling, garden, textiles and food waste over the Christmas and New Year period for 2016/17.

This revised schedule does not apply to wheeled bin collections.

Normal collection date Revised collection date
Monday December 26 Wednesday December 28
Tuesday December 27 Wednesday January 4
Wednesday December 28 Thursday December 29
Thursday December 29 Friday December 30
Friday December 30 Saturday December 31
Monday January 2 Tuesday January 3
Tuesday January 3 Wednesday January 4
Wednesday January 4 Thursday January 5
Thursday January 5 Friday January 6
Friday January 6 Saturday January 7

Ealing

Refuse and recycling collections will change from Boxing Day and return to normal service on Monday January 16.

Normal collection date Revised collection date
Monday December 26 Wednesday December 28
Tuesday December 27 Thursday December 29
Wednesday December 28 Friday December 30
Thursday December 29 Saturday December 31
Friday December 30 Tuesday January 3
Monday January 2 Wednesday January 4
Tuesday January 3 Thursday January 5
Wednesday January 4 Friday January 6
Thursday January 5 Saturday January 7
Friday January 6 Monday January 9
Monday January 9 Tuesday January 10
Tuesday January 10 Wednesday January 11
Wednesday January 11 Thursday January 12
Thursday January 12 Friday January 13
Friday January 13 Saturday January 14
Monday January 16 Collections return to normal

Westminster

There will be no changes to rubbish and recycling collection dates in Westminster.

Hounslow

In Hounslow, there will be no collections on Boxing Day of January 2, with collections pushed back a day on those weeks. This means Monday collections will become Tuesday, Wednesdays will become Thursday and so on.

Harrow

Details not available at the time of publication.

Brent

There will be no collections on Monday December 26, with collections taking place one day later for all residents for that week. If a collection is due on Monday 26th, it will take place instead on Tuesday 27th. If a collection is due on Friday December 30, it will take place on Saturday December 31.

Collections revert to their correct day from January 2.

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