Christmas recycling and rubbish collections

Residential recycling and rubbish collections

This information is for residents who receive kerbside collections only.

If your kerbside food waste, mixed recycling or rubbish collection is usually on a Monday, there will be changes to your collections during the festive season.

Your regular collection day	Seasonal collection day
Monday 25 December 2023, Christmas Day	You will receive a special collection on Wednesday 27 December 2023
Tuesday 26 December 2023, Boxing Day	No change
Wednesday 27 December 2023	No change
Thursday 28 December 2023	No change
Friday 29 December 2023	No change
Saturday 30 December 2023	No change
Monday 1 January 2024, New Year’s Day	You will receive a special collection on Wednesday 3 January 2024

Check your regular collection day

Report a missed rubbish or mixed recycling collection

Report a missed food waste collection

The changes to Monday collections are as follows:

Christmas Day, Monday 25 December 2023

There will be no residential kerbside food waste, mixed recycling or rubbish collections. Please do not leave your recycling and waste out for collection.

On Wednesday 27 December 2023 our crews will collect your food waste, mixed recycling and rubbish as a special collection.

If you normally receive two or more rubbish collections a week, one on a Monday, one on another day, you will not have a Monday rubbish collection but you will receive your other collections as normal.

New Year's Day, Monday 1 January 2024

There will be no residential kerbside food waste, mixed recycling or rubbish collections. Please do not leave your recycling and waste out for collection.

On Wednesday 3 January 2024, our crews will collect your food waste, mixed recycling and rubbish as a special collection.

If you normally receive two or more rubbish collections a week, one on a Monday, one on another day, you will not have a Monday rubbish collection but you will receive your other collections as normal.

On-demand food waste collections

Residents will not be able to book an on-demand food waste collection for Monday 25 December 2023 or Monday 1 January 2024.

Please note the Recycling Team has limited access to the [email protected] and [email protected] over the festive period. If your enquiry is urgent please call the call centre on 0207 641 2000

What can't be recycled

Please remember that the following items cannot be put in the mixed recycling and need to be put in the general rubbish, please reuse items if possible:

• glitter and foil wrapping paper
• glitter Christmas cards
• non-paper gift wrapping and gift bags
• tinsel
• baubles
• polystyrene
• bubble wrap
• plastic bags and film
• Christmas crackers
• ribbons and bows
• food wrappers and packets

Find further information about how to recycle in Westminster.

Commercial recycling and rubbish collections over Christmas

Please visit the commercial waste website for further information.

Real Christmas Tree Recycling Points

Westminster has over 25 recycling points for real Christmas trees. You can take your tree to a drop-off point from the start of Wednesday 27 December 2023 to the end of day on Wednesday 10 January 2024. Opening hours are 8am to 8pm unless they are in parks, which close at 4.30pm.

Please remove all decorations, stands and netting from the tree before bringing it to a recycling point.

Only trees taken to recycling points will be turned into woodchip and soil improver.

Find your nearest tree recycling point

Tips for an environmentally friendly Christmas

• Reuse your wrapping paper and cards by cutting them up to make gift tags for next year!
• All your jars, from cranberry sauce to mincemeat, can be recycled. Just give them a rinse and recycle with your other glass. No need to remove the labels, they’ll come off in the recycling process.