Festive bin collection changes - Cheshire East
Cheshire East Bin Collections Over the Festive Period
Cheshire East residents are being encouraged to check the council’s website for changes to their bin collection schedule during the festive period.
There will be no black or silver bin collections on any of the Bank Holidays – Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Year’s Day. Residents who would usually have their bins collected on these days will have their collections rescheduled as follows:
If your BLACK bin was due for collection on Thursday 25 December (Christmas Day), it will now be collected on Tuesday 23 December.
If your SILVER bin was due for collection on Thursday 25 December (Christmas Day), it will now be collected on Monday 22 December.
If your BLACK bin was due for collection on Friday 26 December (Boxing Day), it will now be collected on Monday 29 December.
If your SILVER bin was due for collection on Friday 26 December (Boxing Day), it will now be collected on Tuesday 30 December.
If your BLACK bin was due for collection on Thursday 1 January (New Year’s Day), it will now be collected on Monday 5 January 2025.
If your SILVER bin was due for collection on Thursday 1 January (New Year’s Day), it will now be collected on Tuesday 6 January.
Garden waste collections for subscribers to the council’s Garden Waste Recycling Scheme will finish on Friday 19 December. They will restart for subscribers to the 2026 scheme from the week commencing 19 January.
More information about bin collection changes and how to check collection dates
Residents are asked to ensure their bin is out for 6:30am on collection days.
Household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) will remain open over the festive season, with the exception of Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day when they will be closed.
The sites will close at 1pm on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.
The mobile HWRC will be in Middlewich on 13 December and 10 January, and in Poynton on 31 January.