FESTIVE WASTE, 2019–20

This may not be the most exciting item we bring you this Christmas, but it may yet prove to be among the more useful. 

Below we reproduce a briefing issued by the Place Management part of the Place Directorate bit within City of Edinburgh Council. 

Bin-collection arrangements have been confirmed for the festive period as follows:

• There will be no collections on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, instead residents due a collection on those dates should put their bins out on the dates shown in the table below.
• There will be extended collection days for residents due to have kerbside collections on 26 December 2019 and 2 January 2020.
• There will be no garden waste collections between 16 December 2019 and 13 January 2020.
• All other collections will run as normal.
• We’ll accept small amounts of extra waste that can’t fit in bins, but it must be placed neatly beside the bin.
• Changes to kerbside collections and when residents should put their bins out are outlined in the table below.

Christmas tree recycling

• Residents don’t need a garden waste permit to have their tree recycled.
• Trees can be taken to any of our three recycling centres.
• We’ll also be collecting trees on designated dates for each street. Residents should look up their street on our festive dates web page later in December to find out which day we’re collecting in their street and what they need to do.
• Christmas trees will be collected in streets that have no garden waste collections between 7 and 10 January 2020. Trees should be put out on the pavement without blocking access, with their bases removed, for collection by 6am on 7 January and we will collect them by 10 January 2020.
• Christmas trees will be collected in streets that have a garden waste collection between 13 and 31 January 2020. Trees should be cut up, base removed, and put in the brown bin for collection by 6am on the street’s designated collection day.