Waste and recycling collection dates
Waste and recycling collections in B&NES will pause on Christmas Day (Friday 25 December 2026) and New Year's Day (Friday 1 January 2027). This means your collection days will be different to normal for a few weeks.
Garden waste collections
Garden waste collections are suspended from 6 December 2026 to 15 February 2027.
Recycling centre and reuse shop closures
All recycling centres are closed on the following dates:
- 25 December (Christmas Day)
- 26 December (Boxing Day)
- 27 December
- 28 December (Bank Holiday)
- 1 January (New Years Day)
The Keynsham Reuse Shop is closed from 21 December 2026 to 5 January 2027. We cannot accept items while the shop is closed.
Recycling reminders for festive waste
Wrapping paper
We can only recycle plain brown wrapping paper. Most wrapping paper, even when labelled recyclable, contains additives such as glitter or foil which cannot be recycled.
We now collect card and paper, including brown wrapping paper, in your blue bag.
Christmas tree recycling
Dorothy House charity collections
These are available, for a charity donation, for households in the following postcodes: BA1, BA2, BA3, BA15, BS31, BS39 and BS40.
Register for a Dorothy House collection
B&NES council collections
You can book a council collection from 4 January. Collections will take place from 18 January to 12 February 2027.
Book your council collection
Recycle your tree
Take your tree to one of our recycling centres for composting. You will need to make an appointment if you're visiting Bath or Midsomer Norton centres.
New plastic and cans container coming in 2027
Following a successful trial, we’ll be delivering a new red bag for plastic and cans to all households with a kerbside collection in early 2027. The bags are easier to store than boxes and provide more capacity to help make recycling even easier.
Find out more about the red recycling bag.
Keep up to date
There are lots of ways you can keep information on our services current and handy:
- Download our festive leaflet
- Be sure which containers to put out by downloading your personalised calendar. Just enter your address into our Collection Day Finder.
- Follow us on Facebook for regular updates