Special Christmas dates for waste collections
Published Thursday 3rd December 09
The Council has made special arrangements for waste and recycling collections over Christmas and Hogmanay.
Due to the holidays, household collections of refuse bins and recycling boxes due on Friday 25 December will instead be collected on Sunday 27 December. Similarly the collection due on Friday 1 January will take place on Sunday 3 January.
Householders are asked to use the blue box or bin to recycle greetings cards, envelopes, non-foil wrapping paper, cardboard packaging and Yellow Pages.This service can also collect large cardboard boxes if they are flattened and tied in a bundle or placed inside another cardboard box so they are easy to collect.
There will be no brown bin collections of garden refuse from Friday 25 December to Thursday 7 January 2010 inclusive.
The recycling centres which are normally open seven days a week during the winter from 8.30 am to 4.15 pm, will be closed on 25 and 26 December and 1 and 2 January. They will also close early at 2.30 pm on Christmas Eve and Hogmanay.
Once the holiday season is over, residents can compost their natural Christmas trees by taking them to a recycling centre, leaving them beside their brown bins on collection day, or phoning 01875 824 305 to request a collection.
Council's environment spokesman Councillor Barry Turner said:
"If householders have any queries about our holiday arrangements they can contact Council's Waste Services on 01620 827 580. However, the Council's offices will be closed from 25 December to 4 January, so best go to the Council's website at www.eastlothian.gov.uk for any information you require during this time."
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