Refuse collection details for Babergh and Mid Suffolk areas over Christmas and New Year period

Refuse collections from homes across the Babergh and Mid Suffolk areas will take place as normal up to, and including, Friday December 22, in the run up to Christmas.

But collections will be on an amended schedule from Christmas Day, Monday, December 25, to Saturday, January 13.

The schedule for the Babergh area is below with some being four days later.

Usual collection date                     Amended collection date             Change

Monday 25 December 2023

Wednesday 27 December 2023

2 days later

Tuesday 26 December 2023

Thursday 28 December 2023

2 days later

Wednesday 27 December 2023

Friday 29 December 2023

2 days later

Thursday 28 December 2023

Saturday 30 December 2023

2 days later

Friday 29 December 2023

Tuesday 2 January 2024

4 days later

Monday 1 January 2024

Wednesday 3 January 2024

2 days later

Tuesday 2 January 2024

Thursday 4 January 2024

2 days later

Wednesday 3 January 2024

Friday 5 January 2024

2 days later

Thursday 4 January 2024

Saturday 6 January 2024

2 days later

Friday 5 January 2024

Monday 8 January 2024

3 days later

Monday 8 January 2024

Tuesday 9 January 2024

1 day later

Tuesday 9 January 2024

Wednesday 10 January 2024

1 day later

Wednesday 10 January 2024

Thursday 11 January 2024

1 day later

Thursday 11 January 2024

Friday 12 January 2024

1 day later

Friday 12 January 2024

Saturday 13 January 2024

1 day later

From Monday, January 15, collections return to the normal refuse and recycling collection schedule.

Meanwhile, the schedule for the Mid Suffolk area is below with some being four days later.

Usual collection date                    Amended collection date            Change

Monday 25 December 2023

Wednesday 27 December 2023

2 days later

Tuesday 26 December 2023

Thursday 28 December 2023

2 days later

Wednesday 27 December 2023

Friday 29 December 2023

2 days later

Thursday 28 December 2023

Saturday 30 December 2023

2 days later

Friday 29 December 2023

Tuesday 2 January 2024

4 days later

Monday 1 January 2024

Wednesday 3 January 2024

2 days later

Tuesday 2 January 2024

Thursday 4 January 2024

2 days later

Wednesday 3 January 2024

Friday 5 January 2024

2 days later

Thursday 4 January 2024

Saturday 6 January 2024

2 days later

Friday 5 January 2024

Monday 8 January 2024

3 days later

Monday 8 January 2024

Tuesday 9 January 2024

1 day later

Tuesday 9 January 2024

Wednesday 10 January 2024

1 day later

Wednesday 10 January 2024

Thursday 11 January 2024

1 day later

Thursday 11 January 2024

Friday 12 January 2024

1 day later

Friday 12 January 2024

Saturday 13 January 2024

1 day later

From Monday, January 15, 2024, collections return to the normal refuse and recycling collection schedule.

Collections for garden waste will also take place as normal up to, and including, Friday, December 22.

There will be no garden waste collections during the weeks commencing December 25 and January 1, 2024.

From Monday, January 8, collections return to the normal garden waste collection schedule.

Real Christmas trees can be taken to local recycling centres but some may be placed in garden waste (brown) bins, during January. Just leave your real Christmas tree beside your brown bin on collection day.

However, large trees – over 7ft tall or have a trunk thicker that 7cm – cannot be collected. Instead, they can be taken to a recycling centre or a collection point.

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