Festive bin collection changes - Trafford
As the festive season approaches, One Trafford are reminding residents of temporary changes to bin collections over Christmas and New Year. There will be no collections on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, or New Year’s Day, so residents should check their new 2025-26 bin collection calendar, or visit: www.trafford.gov.uk/christmasbincollections for details.
Christmas Week (22 - 27 December)
Collections on Monday 22, Tuesday 23, and Wednesday 24 December will remain unchanged. Bins normally collected on Thursday 25 (Christmas Day), and Friday 26 (Boxing Day) will instead be collected on Saturday 27 December. Please note that green bins and garden waste will not be collected during this week, and the service will resume on Monday 29 December.
New Year’s Week (29 December - 3 January)
Collections on Monday 29, Tuesday 30, and Wednesday 31 December will remain unchanged, while from Thursday 1 January, all collections will take place one day later than usual, e.g. Thursday collections will move to Friday, and Friday collections to Saturday. Green bin collections will resume as normal, and regular schedules return from Monday 5 January 2026.
Recycling over Christmas
With more time at home, residents are producing more household waste, and recycling correctly is essential. Trafford Council’s Executive Member for Highways, Environmental, and Traded Services, Cllr Stephen Adshead, said: "Our aim this Christmas is to make recycling easy. We’ll collect extra cardboard placed next to your blue bin on the first collection after Christmas. Remember you can put plastic pots, tubs and trays in the black recycling bin - items like chocolate tubs, meat and fruit trays and yogurt pots.
For excess waste, visit recycling centres at Chester Road, Stretford or Woodhouse Lane, Altrincham (open 8am - 6pm daily, except Christmas Day and New Year’s Day). More info: www.recycleforgreatermanchester.com.”
Christmas tree recycling
Real trees can be placed in the green bin (without a garden waste permit) once the decorations and support blocks have been removed. Please chop the tree up and ensure the lid closes.
Trees left beside bins will not be collected.
Alternatively, you can take your tree to a collection centre in the new year (details will be available on our website).
Residents can also support charity through Just Helping, which last year recycled 5,309 trees, saved 84,944 kg of CO₂, and raised £117,675.20 for St Ann’s Hospice, Francis House Children’s Hospice, and other vital local charities. To arrange a collection, residents can register their tree online at: https://just-helping.org.uk/.
For further information please visit: www.trafford.gov.uk/christmasbincollections.
For more details about Christmas tree recycling visit: www.trafford.gov.uk/christmastrees.
