Changes to usual rubbish and recycling collections will take place over the Christmas period in Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham .

There will be no collections in either borough on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day, with normal services resuming soon into January.

This year, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day fall on a Monday, with the Boxing Day bank holiday on Tuesday.

In both Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham, rubbish and recycling collections will run as normal up to and until Friday December 22.

Here’s how the services will alter in the two boroughs over the festive season.

Kensington and Chelsea

Recycling and rubbish normally collected Monday December 25 will be collected on Thursday December 28 ; normally collected on Tuesday December 26 will be Friday December 29 ; Thursday December 28 will remain Thursday December 28 ; Friday December 29 will remain Friday December 29 ; Monday January 1 will be Thursday January 4 ; and Tuesday January 2 will remain Tuesday January 2 .

Hammersmith and Fulham

Recycling and rubbish normally collected on Monday December 25 will be collected on Wednesday December 27 ; normally collected on Tuesday December 26 will be Thursday December 28 ; on Wednesday December 27 will be Friday December 29 ; Thursday December 28 will be Saturday December 30 ; Friday December 29 will be Sunday December 31 ; Saturday December 30 will be Saturday December 30 ; and Monday January 1 will be Tuesday January 2 .

Tuesday January 2 will be collected on Wednesday January 3 ; Wednesday January 3 will be Thursday January 4 ; Thursday January 4 will be Friday January 5 ; Friday January 5 will be Saturday January 6 ; and Saturday January 6 will remain Saturday January 6 .

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