Broadland Christmas bin collections and recycling
Collection days for rubbish, recycling and food waste bins over the Christmas period
| Normal collection day | Revised collection day |
|---|---|
| Monday 21 December | Saturday 19 December (2 days earlier) |
| Tuesday 22 December | Monday 21 December (1 day earlier) |
| Wednesday 23 December | Tuesday 22 December (1 day earlier) |
| Thursday 24 December | Wednesday 23 December (1 day earlier) |
| Friday 25 December | Thursday 24 December (1 day earlier) |
| Monday 28 December | Tuesday 29 December (1 day later) |
| Tuesday 29 December | Wednesday 30 December (1 day later) |
| Wednesday 30 December | Thursday 31 December (1 days later) |
| Thursday 31 December | Saturday 2 January (2 days later) |
| Friday 1 January | Monday 4 January (3 days later) |
| Monday 4 January | Tuesday 5 January (1 day later) |
| Tuesday 5 January | Wednesday 6 January (1 day later) |
| Wednesday 6 January | Thursday 7 January (1 day later) |
| Thursday 7 January | Friday 8 January (1 day later) |
| Friday 8 January | Saturday 9 January (1 day later) |
Christmas recycling tips
| Item | Please DO | Please DON'T |
|---|---|---|
| Christmas cards and envelopes | Do recycle if made of paper. | Don’t recycle if covered in glitter or foil. Dispose of these in your rubbish bin. |
| Wrapping paper | Do remove all tags, bows, ribbons and Sellotape and try the ‘scrunch test’. If it stays in a ball once scrunched it can go into your recycling bin. | Don’t put it in recycling if it doesn’t stay scrunched, pop it in your rubbish bin. If it’s glittery or has foil on it, it can’t be recycled. |
| Advent calendars | Do separate out all parts, then recycle the outer cardboard box, and all paper and recyclable plastic elements. | Don’t put the plastic film your advent calendar is wrapped in, in the recycling bin, put this in your rubbish bin. If there is any bubble wrap, please put this in your rubbish bin also. |
| Christmas crackers | Do separate your crackers out once you’ve used them. Any cardboard and paper can be recycled if they don’t have glitter or foil on them. | Don’t put other items in the recycling bin, such as plastics, ribbons, any foil or glittery card, these need to go in your rubbish bin. |
| Food waste and vegetable peelings | Do put all cooked and raw food leftovers, peelings and cores into your food waste caddy. | Don’t put any oils, liquids, food packaging, cling film or foil into your food waste caddy. |
| Food and takeaway plastic and foil containers | Do rinse any plastic food trays, pots, and foil containers make sure they are dry and put them in your recycling bin. | Don’t put dirty, food-stained containers in the recycling bin. |
| Glass bottles and jars for drinks | Do rinse glass bottles and jars, make sure they are dry, put the lids on, and put them in your recycling bin. | Don’t put wine or drinking glasses, or broken glass into recycling. It should be carefully wrapped and placed in your rubbish bin or taken to your nearest recycling centre. |
| Foil | Do rinse or wipe off any crumbs or food residue from the foil. Scrunch clean kitchen foil, chocolate foil, aluminium pot lids and sparkling wine foil together to form a golf ball - the bigger the better, making it easier to recycle. | Don’t put dirty, food-stained foils in the recycling bin. No foil pouches or sweet wrappers. |
| Electrical items and batteries | Do use our weekly collection service to dispose of old electricals and batteries on your rubbish and recycling bin collection day. | Don’t put any electrical items or batteries in your rubbish or recycling bin. This can cause fires. |
| Old Christmas jumpers, textiles and shoes | Do put your unwanted textiles or shoes in a waterproof bag and leave out for our weekly collection service on your rubbish or recycling. bin collection day. Charity shops will also be happy to receive clothes, shoes and textiles that are in good condition. | Don’t put old clothes, shoes and textiles in your recycling bin. |
| Real Christmas trees | Do recycle your real Christmas tree by leaving it beside your garden waste bin on your normal collection day from 5 January. No decorations, string lights or tinsel should be left on the Xmas tree. | Don’t put your Christmas tree in your rubbish or recycling bin. |
| Christmas bathroom gift sets | Do recycle all perfume, aerosol, bubble bath bottles, hand soap bottles and jars. Also any cardboard or plastic packaging they are in can be recycled. | Don't place any soft plastic or pouches in your recycling bin. |
Useful links
Use the Recycle Now locator to:
- see your nearest places to recycle
- find out how to recycle a specific item
- check what you can recycle at home
Visit recycle your electricals to find out where to recycle and donate your electricals. Remember, small electrical items can be recycled next to your bins. for further information see Broadland electrical, battery and textile service.
For hints and tips on how to reduce food waste this festive period visit Food Savvy and Love Food Hate Waste.
Bin FAQs
The crews where they can, will take excess recycling waste. Extra cardboard and paper can be put by the recycling bin in a box. Excess recycling must be dry, clean, not bagged and must be able to fit into the bin. If it rains or snows, and the excess recycling is cardboard, or in a cardboard box and gets wet, then it won’t be taken.
Glass bottles or jars are not accepted as side waste.
* If there is more recycling than you can manage this Christmas, take it down to your local recycling centre, by Norfolk County Council.
For any recycling centre queries, contact Norfolk County Council Customer Service on 0344 800 8020.
For excess glass bottles and jars, textiles and paper - please take to your nearest mini recycling centre.
Freezing temperatures may cause your rubbish to stick to the inside of your waste bins. Crews will try their best to remove this, however should the material not come out, crews will leave a tag explaining that they have tried to empty the bin. We are unable to return in these circumstances, but will attempt to empty the bin again on the next scheduled collection. During cold weather you can take a few simple measures to reduce the risk of your bin becoming frozen:
- if you have lots of garden waste do not compress it into your bin as this leads to a greater chance of freezing
- store your bin in a warmer spot or close to a wall (or if possible, storing in a garage or shed) and then putting it out on the morning of collection by 6:30am
- loosen the contents by sliding a spade, or similar, between the contents and the inside of the bin on the morning of collection
- do not put liquid into your garden waste bin
We advise not to pour hot water over your bin lids as this can make the problem worse if it refreezes.