Christmas and New Year waste and recycling collections will be on different dates to the usual Wednesday and Thursday collections in Saltford (depending which side of the A4 you live).
This will affect collections which would normally be scheduled from December 26 to January 6.
The quickest way to find out when your next collection will take place is to enter your post code into the B&NES Council collection day finder webpage.
Or view the Christmas and New Year recycling and rubbish collection changes 2022-23 leaflet:
My collection day should be: Revised collection day:
Wednesday 28/12/2022 Friday 30/12/2022
Thursday 29/12/2022 Saturday 31/12/2022
Wednesday 04/01/2023 Thursday 05/01/2023
Thursday 05/01/2023 Friday 06/01/2023
Garden Waste:
B&NES Council stopped collecting Garden Waste on Monday 5th December, collections will start again w/c Monday 16th January (pending area).
Garden waste can be brought to recycling centres throughout the period except for the dates below:
Recycling Centres are closed on these days:
• Christmas Day Sunday 25 December
• Boxing Day Monday 26 December
• New Years Day Sunday 1 January
Recycling Centres will be open for all other days
Real Christmas Trees
Real Christmas trees can be recycled at the council’s recycling centres or put out for collection from January 16. Collections must be booked in advance here and trees that have not been booked for collection will not be collected.
Dorothy House are again offering a Christmas tree collection to residents living in the BS31 post code for a small donation to their Charity. Visit: https://just-helping.org.uk/register-tree/ and enter your post code to register your tree for collection.
When recycling Christmas trees either at recycling centres or by pre-booked collections, all decorations must be removed and the tree should be cut in half, to less than 1.2m tall.
Garden waste collections re-start from Monday 16 January 2023.
Don’t forget to book a collection at https://beta.bathnes.gov.uk/garden-waste if you would like your Christmas Tree or Garden Waste sacks collected.
Remember to recycle this Christmas – Let’s get it right!
With more rubbish thrown away over the festive period than at any other time of year, residents are being urged to recycle as much waste as possible and to avoid creating waste in the first place by using sustainable alternatives.
As well as sorting your boxes, it is also important to only put in what B&NES Council crews can collect (and not what you hope we can recycle). Crews may not empty it if they have to spend too much time taking out what cannot be recycled. If you are in doubt about what you should put out, please check our website. Remember the following cannot be recycled so please do not leave out for recycling:
X Wrapping paper
X Soft plastics (such as bags and cling film)
X Drinking glasses
X Clothes hangers
For more tips to help you reduce your waste please visit the B&NES Council facebook page at www.facebook.com/recycleforbathnes
Bad Weather Updates – Should there be any disruptive weather, please check for collection problems at www.bathnes.gov.uk/collectionproblems or on facebook or the Council’s twitter @bathnes
Top tips for sorting out your recycling
Check you are recycling all you can at: www.bathnes.gov.uk/recyclemore
The Love Food Hate Waste website www.lovefoodhatewaste.com has plenty of seasonal tips to help reduce food waste and save money this Christmas.
Please click on this link for a copy of B&NES Council’s Annual Recycling Waste Leaflet 2022, which has helpful tips on effective recycling. A copy of this leaflet will be sent to all residences via Royal Mail.
Useful links
For general service information www.bathnes.gov.uk/wasteservices
Order recycling containers www.bathnes.gov.uk/orderacontainer
For help with waste enquiries contact Council Connect: council_connect@bathnes.gov.uk. Twitter @ccbathnes
Disruptions to waste collections are updated on this page: https://beta.bathnes.gov.uk/waste-disruptions
If your street has been missed and it is not listed under ‘waste disruptions’, please report to B&NES Council directly at https://beta.bathnes.gov.uk/report-missed-bin-collection
Lost track of which bin needs to be put out when? B&NES Council collection day finder is at https://www.bathnes.gov.uk/webforms/waste/collectionday/
