All you need to know about bins collections in Suffolk over the Christmas and New Year period
Christmas bin collection dates for Suffolk’s councils have been published.
Collated below are all the changes you need to know, broken down by district council.
Where dates are not listed those days have collections as normal. Tables pertain to collections of both waste and recycling bins.
Ipswich Borough Council
Ipswich has asked for bins to be out by 6am as some collection times will vary.
Normal collection day / Christmas collection date
Thursday December 24 (Christmas Eve) / No change
Friday December 25 (Christmas Day) / Monday December 28
Thursday December 31 (New Year’s Eve) / No change
Friday January 1 (New Year’s Day) / Saturday January 2
Brown bin collections will take place as normal until Christmas Day, with those normally collected then being picked up on Monday December 28.
There are no brown bins collections planned between Tuesday, December 29 and Saturday, January 9.
Babergh District Council
Babergh has asked for bins to be out by 6.30am on the day of collection.
Normal collection day / Christmas collection date
Thursday December 24 (Christmas Eve) / No change
Friday December 25 (Christmas Day) / Monday December 28
Monday December 28 / Tuesday December 29
Tuesday December 29 / Wednesday December 30
Wednesday December 30 / Thursday December 31 (New Year’s Eve)
Thursday December 31 (New Year’s Eve) / Saturday January 2
Friday January 1 (New Year’s Day) / Monday January 4
Monday January 4 / Tuesday January 5
Tuesday January 5 / Wednesday January 6
Wednesday January 6 / Thursday January 7
Thursday January 7 / Friday January 8
Friday January 8 / Saturday January 9
From Monday, January 11, collections for both waste and recycling resume on normal days.
Garden waste collections will not take place in the weeks commencing December 21 and December 28.
Mid Suffolk District Council
Bins should be ready for emptying from 6.30am on the day of collection.
Normal collection day / Christmas collection date
Thursday December 24 (Christmas Eve) / No change
Friday December 25 (Christmas Day) / Monday December 28
Monday December 28 / Tuesday December 29
Tuesday December 29 / Wednesday December 30
Wednesday December 30 / Thursday December 31 (New Year’s Eve)
Thursday December 31 (New Year’s Eve) / Saturday January 2
Friday January 1 (New Year’s Day) / Monday January 4
Monday January 4 / Tuesday January 5
Tuesday January 5 / Wednesday January 6
Wednesday January 6 / Thursday January 7
Thursday January 7 / Friday January 8
Friday January 8 / Saturday January 9
From Monday, January 11 collections will return to the normal schedule.
Again, garden waste collections will not take place for the weeks commencing December 21 and December 28.
East Suffolk Council
East Suffolk has requested bins are out for 6am on collection days.
Normal collection day / Christmas collection date
Thursday December 24 (Christmas Eve) / No change
Friday December 25 (Christmas Day) / Monday December 28
Monday December 28 / Tuesday December 29
Tuesday December 29 / Wednesday December 30
Wednesday December 30 / Thursday December 31 (New Year’s Eve)
Thursday December 31 (New Year’s Eve) / Saturday January 2
Friday January 1 (New Year’s Day) / Monday January 4
Monday January 4 / Tuesday January 5
Tuesday January 5 / Wednesday January 6
Wednesday January 6 / Thursday January 7
Thursday January 7 / Friday January 8
Friday January 8 / Saturday January 9
Normal collection schedules resume from Monday, January 11.
West Suffolk Council
West Suffolk has requested bins are kerbside by 6.15am on the day of collection.
Normal collection day / Christmas collection date
Thursday December 24 (Christmas Eve) / No change
Friday December 25 (Christmas Day) / Tuesday December 29
Monday December 28 / Wednesday December 30
Tuesday December 29 /Thursday December 31 (New Year’s Eve)
Wednesday December 30 / Saturday January 2
Thursday December 31 (New Year’s Eve) / Monday January 4
Friday January 1 (New Year’s Day) / Tuesday January 5
Monday January 4 / Wednesday January 6
Tuesday January 5 / Thursday January 7
Wednesday January 6 / Friday January 8
Thursday January 7 / Saturday January 9
Friday January 8 / Monday January 11
Monday January 11 / Tuesday January 12
Tuesday January 12 / Wednesday January 13
Wednesday January 13 / Thursday January 14
Thursday January 14 / Friday January 15
Friday January 15 / Saturday January 16
For more information and full details visit your council’s website.
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