Revised Christmas and New Year Collection Days
Your recycling and waste collection day will change over the Christmas holiday period. Please see the changes that apply to kerbside collection days and communal bin collection days below.
Revised Christmas and New Year kerbside collections
Normal collection day - Tuesday 25 December, Collection day is now - Thursday 27 December
Normal collection day - Wednesday 26 December, Collection day is now - Friday 28 December
Normal collection day - Thursday 27 December, Collection day is now - Saturday 29 December
Normal collection day - Friday 28 December, Collection day is now - Monday 31 December
Normal collection day - Tuesday 1 January, Collection day is now - Wednesday 2 January
Normal collection day - Wednesday 2 January, Collection day is now - Thursday 3 January
Normal collection day - Thursday 3 January, Collection day is now - Friday 4 January
Normal collection day - Friday 4 January, Collection day is now - Saturday 5 January
Please put everything out by 7am. Collections continue until 6pm.
Please put the right thing in the right bag, box or bin!
If you have a real Christmas tree we'll collect it for recycling between the 7th and 19th January 2019. Please place alongside your other recycling on your collection day. Remember to remove all decorations and tinsel.
You can also download the revised dates as a pdf below.
You can find out more about what to do with cards, wrapping paper and other Christmas recycling on Southend-on-Sea Borough Council's Christmas-on-Sea pages.
If you have a communal bin collection (for example you live in a block of flats or multi occupancy building) please see below:
Revised Christmas and New Year communal bin collections
Normal collection day - Tuesday 25 December, Collection day is now - Thursday 27 December
Normal collection day - Wednesday 26 December, Collection day is now - Friday 28 December
Normal collection day - Thursday 27 December, Collection day is now - Saturday 29 December
Normal collection day - Friday 28 December, Collection day is now - Monday 31 December
Normal collection day - Monday 31 December, Collection day is now – Wednesday 2 January
Normal collection day - Tuesday 1 January, Collection day is now – Thursday 3 January
Normal collection day - Wednesday 2 January, Collection day is now – Friday 4 January
Normal collection day - Thursday 3 January, Collection day is now – Saturday 5 January
Normal collection day - Friday 4 January, Collection day is now – Monday 7 January
Normal collection day - Monday 7 January, collection day is now Tuesday 8 January
Normal collection day - Tuesday 8 January, collection day is now Wednesday 9 January
Normal collection day - Wednesday 9 January, collection is now Thursday 10 January
Normal collection day - Thursday 10 January, collection is now Friday 11 January
Normal collection day - Friday 11 January, collection is now Saturday 12 January
Between the 7 and 9 January we’ll collect your real Christmas trees and recycle them. Please contact Veolia on 0203 567 6955 to arrange a collection. Please do not block bin areas or sheds with your trees as vehicles may not be able to get to the bins. Remember to remove all decorations and tinsel.
You can also download the revised dates as a pdf below.