HOUSEHOLDS accumulate lots of rubbish around the festive period when there's so much food and presents to buy.

As we count down to Christmas, the rubbish is already starting to pile up from those delivery boxes and wrapping paper offcuts.

It can be a nuisance when there's no space left in the bins to throw your rubbish away, especially as bin collections are reduced around the holidays.

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Here's when your bins will be collected over the festive period to save you the headache.

Re3 recycling centres in Reading and Bracknell will be closed on Boxing Day, and New Year's Day remainining open on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.

Reading area garden waste collections will be suspended from Monday, December 13, 2021, until Monday, January 10, 2022.

Below is a list of the revised bin collection dates in Bracknell Forest:

  • Normal day - Monday, December 27. Revised day - Tuesday, December, 28.
  • Normal day - Tues, December 28. Revised day - Wednesday, December 29.
  • Normal day - Wednesday, December 29. Revised day - Thursday, December 30
  • Normal day - Thursday, December 30. Revised day - Friday, December 31
  • Normal day - Friday, December 31. Revised day - Tuesday, January 4
  • Normal day - Monday, January 3. Revised - Wednesday, January 5
  • Normal day - Tuesday, January 4. Revised - Thursday, January 5
  • Normal day - Wednesday, January 5. Revised - Friday, January 7
  • Normal day - Thursday, January 6. Revised - Saturday, January 8
  • Normal day - Friday, January 7. Revised - Monday, January 10
  • Normal day - Monday, January 10. Revised - Tuesday, January 11
  • Normal day - Tuesday, January 11. Revised - Wednesday, January 12
  • Normal day - Wednesday, January 12. Revised - Thursday, January 13

Christmas trees will be collected as garden waste if cut up and put in your brown bin or council garden waste sack. Please make sure the lid or sack is closed and all decorations and lights are removed.

Revised bin collection dates in Windsor and Maidenhead

  • Normal day - Monday, December 27. Revised - Wednesday, December 29
  • Normal day - Tuesday, December 28. Revised - Thursday, December 30
  • Normal day - Wednesday, December 29. Revised - Friday, December 31
  • Normal day - Thursday, December 30. Revised -Tuesday, January 4
  • Normal day - Friday, December 31. Revised - Wednesday, January 5
  • Normal day - Monday, January 3. Revised - Thursday, January 6
  • Normal day - Tuesday, January 4. Revised - Friday, January 7
  • Normal day - Wednesday, January 5. Revised - Saturday, January 8
  • Normal day - Thursday, January 6. Revised - Monday, January 10
  • Normal day - Friday, January 7. Revised - Tuesday, January 11
  • Normal day - Monday, January 10. Revised -Wednesday, January 12
  • Normal day - Tuesday, January 11. Revised Thursday, January 13
  • Normal day - Wednesday, January 12. Revised - Friday, January 14
  • Normal day - Thursday, January 13. Revised - Saturday, January 15
  • Normal day - Friday, January 14. Revised - Monday, January 17
  • Normal day - Monday, January 17. Revised - Tuesday, January 18
  • Normal day - Tuesday, January 18. Revised - Wednesday, January 19
  • Normal day - Wednesday, January 19. Revised - Thursday, January 20
  • Normal day - Thursday, January 20. Revised - Friday, January 21
  • Normal day - Friday, January 21. Revised - Saturday, January 22

There are no collections of green bins week commencing Monday, December 27, 2021 or Monday, January 3, 2022.

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Normal collection days resume from Monday, January 24, 2022.

Revised bin collection dates in Slough

  • Normal day - Monday, December 27. Revised - Wednesday, December 29
  • Normal day - Tuesday, December 28. Revised - Thursday, December 30
  • Normal day - Wednesday, December 29. Revised - Friday, December 31
  • Normal day - Thursday, December 30. Revised -Tuesday, January 4
  • Normal day - Friday, December 31. Revised - Wednesday, January 5
  • Normal day - Monday, January 3. Revised - Thursday, January 6
  • Normal day - Tuesday, January 4. Revised - Friday, January 7
  • Normal day - Wednesday, January 5. Revised - Saturday, January 8
  • Normal day - Thursday, January 6. Revised - Monday, January 10
  • Normal day - Friday, January 7. Revised - Tuesday, January 11
  • Normal day - Monday, January 10. Revised -Wednesday, January 12
  • Normal day - Tuesday, January 11. Revised Thursday, January 13
  • Normal day - Wednesday, January 12. Revised - Friday, January 14
  • Normal day - Thursday, January 13. Revised - Saturday, January 15
  • Normal day - Friday, January 14. Revised - Monday, January 17
  • Normal day - Monday, January 17. Revised - Tuesday, January 18
  • Normal day - Tuesday, January 18. Revised - Wednesday, January 19
  • Normal day - Wednesday, January 19. Revised - Thursday, January 20
  • Normal day - Thursday, January 20. Revised - Friday, January 21
  • Normal day - Friday, January 21. Revised - Saturday, January 22

Wokingham bin collections relatively stay the same over the Christmas period, expect on the normal days Saturday, December 25, there will be no collections nor on Sunday, December 26, due to Boxing Day.

Saturday, January 1 there will be no bin collections.