Wealden District Council have announced the dates of bin collections over the Christmas and New Year period for 2024/25, outlined in the attached calendar (right).
Between Wednesday, 25 December 2024 and Friday, 10 January 2025, collections will be later than they normally would be for residents.
Normal collections then resume on Monday, 13 January 2024.
Garden waste collections will face a slightly different revision, as they are suspended from Wednesday, 25 December 2024 and resume on your usual collection day, from Wednesday, 8 January 2025.
As the District Council are not producing physical copies of Waste and Recycling Collection Calendars or bin hangers with the Christmas collection dates on, we ask that, where possible, residents keep digital copies or print out physical versions at home.
For those unable to do so, we will have some copies available in A5 format in The Civic Centre Uckfield, both in the foyer and outside the Town Council office upstairs.
New collection calendars for 2025 are now available online. Residents can download the calendars on the Bin Day Search at www.wealden.gov.uk and can also receive free weekly reminders of bin collections by signing up to Wealden Weekly. Visit www.wealden.gov.uk/wealden-weekly.
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 trees to the local Household Waste Recycling Site.
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.
Councillor James Partridge, Alliance for Wealden (Liberal Democrat), lead councillor for Governance, Waste & Local Economy, and deputy leader of WDC, 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/
We thank residents in advance for their patience and understanding.