Christmas waste collection changes for Wealden residents

Wealden residents are being informed of changes to waste collection dates over the festive period.

As normal, there will be no garden waste collections over the festive period between Thursday 25 December and Wednesday 7 January inclusive. Garden waste collections will return to the normal collection days from Thursday 8 January 2026.

New collection calendars for 2026 are now available and residents can download it via the Bin Day Search on the council’s website. https://www.wealden.gov.uk/recycling-and-waste/bin-search/

Residents who would like regular weekly reminders of bin collections can sign up to the council’s weekly newsletter here. www.wealden.gov.uk/wealden-weekly.

The revised collection dates for rubbish and recycling are in the table below. Bins must   be out by 7am on the collection day.

     Normal collection                              Revised collection

Many of us produce extra waste throughout the festive period, a lot of which can be recycled. Extra recycling can be placed out in non-black plastic bags next to the recycling bin for collection – except for glass which should only be put into the recycling bin.

Don’t forget, all wrapping paper and cards, except foil/glitter, can be placed in the recycling bin and real Christmas trees can be cut up and put inside the brown garden waste bin with the lid closed.  Alternatively, residents can take their tree to the local Household Waste Recycling Site  - slots at the waste sites are available by a bookable system through the county council’s website.

Councillor James Partridge, Alliance for Wealden (Liberal Democrat), lead councillor for Governance, Waste & Local Economy, and leader of the council, said, “The collection crews will be working hard over the Christmas period to ensure a continuous service of everyone’s rubbish and recycling bins. Many of us produce extra recycling and waste throughout the festive period, a lot of which can be recycled, so please put it in the right bin. In Wealden, we have excelled in our recycling again this year with almost 50% of our waste being recycled. I would like to thank everyone for the effort put into helping Wealden to achieve this amazing recycling rate.”

For further information on what can and cannot be recycled, visit www.wealden.gov.uk/recycling-and-waste/