MINCE pies, Mariah Carey and… changes to bin collections.
It’s that time of year again.
Changes to when your rubbish is collected are on their way as the council’s bin men work around the upcoming bank holidays.
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Collection dates will be affected from Christmas Day (a Friday this year) to Saturday, January 16.
Bracknell Forest is split into two zones for waste collection, so make sure you know which zone you are in here before we delve into all the changes.
If you’re in Zone 1 and expecting your green non-recycling bin to be collected on Friday, December 25, this will now be collected on Tuesday, December 29, instead. If you’re in zone two, the same change applies but for your blue bin.
The second week of the affected period impacts blue bins in zone one and green bins in zone two, and they will be collected two to four days later than usual.
Collections originally scheduled for the 28th and 29th will now take place on the 30th and the 31st respectively.
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Blue bins in zone one expected to be collected on Wednesday the 30th will now be collected on Saturday, January 2nd, and this is the same for green bins in zone two.
Bins set to be emptied on Thursday, December 31 and Friday, January 1 will now be collected on Monday, January 4 and Tuesday, January 5 instead for blue bins in zone one and green bins in zone two.
Week three of the affected period brings the focus back to green bins in zone one and blue bins in zone two.
From the fourth until the eighth of January, non-recycling and recycling bins will be collected two days later than usual.
The fourth and final week of the Christmas period will see blue recycling bins in zone one and green non-recycling bins in zone two collected one day later than usual (from Monday, January 11 to Friday, January 15).
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Bin collections will return to normal after this.
Bracknell Forest Council is advising adverse weather may cause delays to collection days.
For updates, check the council’s website throughout the Christmas period.
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