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Council not giving extra allowance for those whose bin dates not changed

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Cozc · 29/12/2025 07:30

Depending on your bin day and when Christmas falls, your bin day can change. Those who have theirs changed, council allows residents put up to 3 bags of black bags by their rubbish wheelie bin.

Then what happens in areas of the town where the bin days are unchanged, people are putting excess rubbish in street litter bins or fly tip bags. Litter bins are not designed for rubbish.

If you do host Christmas gatherings at your home, you produce the same amount of rubbish regardless of the day of the week Christmas Day falls on. Then tip has reduced hours for the Xmas/NY period.

My parents were able to their late neighbours’ wheelie bin. As both died this year. Probably won’t have the opportunity again as the property has gone onto the market.

If councils allow all households an extra allowance for rubbish, there would be less rubbish about

OP posts:
tigger1001 · 29/12/2025 07:46

No extra allowance here either. The only time that's happened is if the collection is missed, for example bad weather) and it waits until the next usual collection date.

QuietLifeNoDrama · 29/12/2025 07:43

Our bin days are only ever changed by a max of 2 days if your affected by Christmas but no one gets an extra allowance. No one has piles of additional rubbish on the street either. Most of the Christmas present rubbish is recycling so it either goes to the tip or out with the next recycling collection

Barrellturn · 29/12/2025 07:39

We have less rubbish as we've essentially only eaten one meal. Turkey Turkey Turkey Turkey.

TheNightingalesStarling · 29/12/2025 07:39

@Caspianberg most wrapping paper is not considered recyclable and has to be kept separate.
Same with most plastics.

TheNightingalesStarling · 29/12/2025 07:37

Our bins were collected Saturday not Thursday (same this week) and we've no change to the allowance.

Tryingtokeepgoing · 29/12/2025 07:37

Surely the logic is just that if the collection is later than usual then there are more days rubbish to put in the bin, not that it’s an allowance for Christmas. So if your collection day is unaffected yous till have the normal number of days rubbish and don’t need any extra?

Caspianberg · 29/12/2025 07:37

Sorry, I don’t get how people have so much black bin rubbish, regardless of time of year.

Ours is collected monthly where we live. And it’s rarely half full

Almost all Christmas related waste surely is recycled? ( paper or plastic), or extra compost ( own garden compost or in food waste bin). Very little goes in black bin