Christmas waste and recycling collections
Don’t forget to check your collection calendar as there will be changes over the Christmas period to your normal waste and recycling collection days.
There will be no collections on the 25 and 26 December and 1 January. Please see the table below to check your revised Christmas collection dates.
| Your normal collection day | Your revised collection day |
|---|---|
| Monday 23 December | Saturday 21 December |
| Tuesday 24 December | Monday 23 December |
| Wednesday 25 December | Tuesday 24 December |
| Thursday 26 December | Friday 27 December |
| Friday 27 December | Saturday 28 December |
| Monday December 30 | No change |
| Tuesday December 31 | No change |
| Wednesday 1 January | Thursday 2 January |
| Thursday 2 January | Friday 3 January |
| Friday 3 January | Saturday 4 January |
If in doubt you should refer to your waste and recycling collection calendar. If you have misplaced it, visit www.lancaster.gov.uk/bins or download and use the ilancaster app, available at www.lancaster.gov.uk/app
Trade waste collection service
There will also be changes to our commercial waste and collection service over the Christmas and New Year period. For more information visit www.lancaster.gov.uk/tradewaste
Christmas Tree Recycling Collections
For a small donation to St John’s Hospice, you can have your real Christmas trees collected from your doorstep by hospice volunteers in the new year. For more information or to book yourself a collection, visit: www.sjhospice.org.uk/recycletrees, or call 01524 382538 during office hours.
Suspension of garden waste collections
Residents in the Lancaster district who have subscribed to the council’s garden waste collection service are being reminded that collections will be suspended over the winter months in what is traditionally the quietest time for gardeners.
There will be no collections of garden waste from Monday, December 16 until collections resume on Monday, February 10 2020. During this time, people are being encouraged to either compost the green waste which may accumulate over this period or dispose of it at a local recycling centre.
However, people who wish to subscribe to the garden waste collection service provided by the council from Monday, April 1 2020, will be able to do so from January at a cost of £40 per green bin. There will be no increase in fees for this collections service for 2020/21.
Last updated: 20 December 2019