Garbage assortment days will likely be altering irrespective of the place you reside in Wales
Christmas and New Yr festivities are quick approaching for individuals throughout Wales, and everyone seems to be eagerly anticipating a well-deserved break – refuse collectors included. Over the interval, garbage assortment dates will likely be altered wherever you reside in Wales.
Councils nationwide have issued notices detailing the modifications residents can anticipate through the weeks surrounding Christmas Day and New Yr’s Day. Right here, we have compiled all of them to offer a fast reference information for when it is best to put your bins out within the coming days and weeks. For the most important tales in Wales first, signal as much as our every day publication right here
Anglesey
Blaenau Gwent
Bridgend
Wednesday 24 December 2025
Assortment as regular
Saturday 27 December 2025
Friday 26 December 2025
Sunday 28 December 2025
Monday 29 December 2025
Assortment as regular
Tuesday 30 December 2025
Assortment as regular
Wednesday 31 December 2025
Assortment as regular
Thursday 1 January 2026
Friday 2 January 2026
Friday 2 January 2026
Saturday 3 January 2026
Caerphilly
Monday 22 December 2025
Regular collections
Tuesday 23 December 2025
Regular collections
Wednesday 24 December 2025
Regular collections
Thursday 25 December 2025
Saturday 27 December 2025
Friday 26 December 2025
Sunday 28 December 2025
Monday 29 December 2025
Regular collections
Tuesday 30 December 2025
Regular collections
Wednesday 31 December 2025
Regular collections
Thursday 1 January 2026
Friday 2 January 2026
Friday 2 January 2026
Saturday 3 January 2026
Monday 5 January 2026
Regular collections resume
Cardiff
Cardiff Council web site states: “Resulting from Christmas and New Yr financial institution holidays, some assortment days will change.
“Backyard waste collections will pause for 2 weeks over Christmas. Please test your assortment days.”
Carmarthenshire
Monday 22 December
Sunday 21 December
Tuesday 23 December
Monday 22 December
Wednesday 24 December
Tuesday 23 December
Thursday 25 December
Wednesday 24 December
Friday 26 December
Sunday 28 December
Monday 29 December
Monday 29 December
Tuesday 30 December
Tuesday 30 December
Wednesday 31 December
Wednesday 31 December
Thursday 1 January
Friday 2 January
Friday 2 January
Saturday 3 January
Ceredigion
- Waste collections that often fall on Thursday, December 25, 2025 will likely be collected on Saturday, December 27, 2025
- Waste collections that often fall on Friday, December 26, 2025 will likely be collected on Sunday, December 28, 2025.
- Waste collections that often fall on Thursday, January 1, 2026 will likely be collected on Saturday, January 3, 2026.
- All waste collections on Monday 29, Tuesday 30, Wednesday 31 of December, and Friday, January 2, 2026 will likely be collected as scheduled.
The Cumbersome Family Waste and Backyard Waste collections will likely be suspended from December 19, 2025 and can restart on the week commencing January 5, 2026.
Conwy
Denbighshire
- Monday December 22, 2025 will likely be collected on Saturday, December 2025.
- Tuesday December 23, 2025 will likely be collected on Monday, December 22, 2025.
- Wednesday December 24, 2025 will likely be collected on Tuesday, December 23, 2025.
- Thursday December 25, 2025 will likely be collected on Wednesday, December 24, 2025.
- Friday December 26, 2025 no change (regular assortment day).
- Monday December 29, 2025 no change (regular assortment day).
- Tuesday December 30, 2025 no change (regular assortment day).
- Wednesday December 31, 2025 no change (regular assortment day).
- Thursday January 1, 2026 will likely be collected on Saturday, January 3, 2026.
- Friday January 2n 2026 no change (regular assortment day).
Please make sure that your containers are out by 6.30am.
Regular collections resume from January 5, 2026.
Flintshire
- In case your assortment falls on Thursday, 25 December it will likely be collected on Saturday, 27 December
- In case your assortment falls on Friday, 26 December, it will likely be collected on Sunday, 28 December
- In case your assortment falls on Thursday, 1 January, it will likely be collected on Saturday, 3 January
Gwynedd
Collections as traditional over Christmas aside from December 25 and 26.Inexperienced wheelie bin / Black bin baggage
- December 25: Inexperienced wheelie bin collections due on 25 December will likely be collected a week earlier on Thursday, 18 December.
- December 26: Inexperienced wheelie bin collections due on 26 December will likely be collected a week earlier on Friday, 19 December.
Blue recycling field / brown meals bin / nappies
- December 25: Recycling, meals and nappy collections due on 25 December will likely be collected on Thursday, 1 January.
- December 26: Recycling, meals and nappy collections due on 26 December will likely be collected on Friday, 2 January.
Merthyr Tydfil
Monmouthshire
You could find out bin data by placing your tackle into the web site right here.
Neath Port Talbot
The council shared on Fb: “We recognise that there will likely be extra waste at Christmas.
“Numerous the additional waste may be recycled, and there’s no restrict to the quantity of recycling you’ll be able to current. Please recycle what you’ll be able to.
“For those who produce extra non-recyclable waste for assortment instantly after Christmas you’ll be able to put out as much as three additional black baggage in your refuse assortment day between December 27 to January 7.
“Throughout this time solely, residents ought to current no more than 1 wheeled bin with three black baggage subsequent to their bin or, the equal for homes with out wheeled bins, a most of six black baggage in your refuse assortment day.
“To make sure that we are able to accumulate from all households and restrict delays, we could not be capable of accumulate greater than three additional black baggage.
“Regular restrictions will resume on January 8.” Extra data is accessible by way of the bin day calendar right here.
Newport
The waste and recycling service will function with regular working hours till December 25, 2025 the place there will likely be no service.
Collections will resume on December 26 however will likely be amassing someday late, collections will happen on Friday and Saturday.
The service will function with regular working hours till January 1, 2026.
Collections will resume on January 2, 2026, however will likely be amassing someday late, collections will happen Friday and Saturday.
Pembrokeshire
There will likely be no waste and recycling collections on Christmas Day (Thursday 25 December), Boxing Day (Friday 26 December) or New Yr’s Day (Thursday 1 January).
- Collections due Thursday 25 December (Christmas Day) will likely be collected 2 days later on Saturday 27 December.
- Collections due Friday 26 December (Boxing Day) will likely be collected 2 days later on Sunday 28 December
Powys
Christmas Week
Collections days for the primary three days of Christmas week (as much as and together with Wednesday 24 December) will likely be as regular. Collections for final two days of the week (Thursday 25 and Friday 26 December) will likely be two days later than regular, with crews planning on working over the weekend.
Regular assortment day – Deliberate assortment dayMon 22 Dec – Mon 22 DecTue 23 Dec – Tue 23 DecWed 24 Dec – Wed 24 DecThu 25 Dec – Sat 27 DecFri 26 Dec – Solar 28 Dec
New Yr Week
There will likely be no change to collections on the primary three days of New Yr week, with collections someday later than regular from 1 January, with crews engaged on Saturday 3 January.
Normal assortment day – Deliberate assortment dayMon 29 Dec – Mon 29 DecTue 30 Dec – Tue 30 DecWed 31 Dec – Wed 31 DecThu 1 Jan – Fri 2 JanFri 2 Jan – Sat 3 Jan
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Monday 22 December
No Change
Tuesday 23 December
No Change
Wednesday 24 December
No Change
Thursday 25 December
Saturday 27 December
Friday 26 December
Sunday 28 December
Collections will happen as traditional on Monday 29 December, Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 December.
Collections will then skip someday from New Years Day (Thursday) – so Thursday’s assortment will likely be collected on Friday and so forth.
This is applicable to ALL your scheduled collections for recycling, meals, nappies and black bag waste from Thursday 1 January (New Yr week).
Please observe there will likely be NO COLLECTION on New Yr’s Day.
Swansea
Torfaen
Thursday 25 December
Saturday 27 December
Friday 26 December
Sunday 28 December
Monday 29 December
Regular
Tuesday 30 December
Regular
Wednesday 31 December
Regular
Thursday 1 January 2026
Friday 2 January
Friday 2 January
Saturday 3 January
Vale of Glamorgan
The council posted on Fb: “Through the week commencing December 23 some refuse and recycling collections will likely be two days later than traditional assortment days.
“Through the week commencing December 30 some refuse and recycling collections will likely be someday later than traditional assortment days.
“From December 30 to January 17, households will be capable of place six black baggage out on their assortment day.
“Recycling collections will proceed to be limitless on a weekly foundation. If you’re uncertain what you’ll be able to recycle this Christmas, check out our on-line A-Z information.
“We will likely be amassing Christmas bushes from designated assortment factors once more from Monday, January, 13 to Saturday, January 25.
“Alternatively, they are often taken to a HWRC with out an appointment, or backyard waste subscribers can chop their tree down and guide a winter backyard waste assortment.”
Wrexham
There aren’t any collections on…
- Thursday, December 25 (Christmas Day)
- Friday, December 26 (Boxing Day)
- Thursday, January 1(New Yr’s Day)
Which implies…
- In case your traditional assortment was December 25 or 26, your black/blue bins (non-recyclable waste) will likely be collected on December 29 (Monday) or December 30 (Tuesday) as a substitute. Your meals waste and recycling will likely be collected on January 2.
- In case your traditional assortment was January 1 your meals waste and recycling will likely be collected on January 2.
