Christmas waste and recycling collections will be collected every day as normal throughout the Christmas and New Year period, except for Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

There will be no rubbish, clinical waste, recycling or garden waste collections on Christmas Day or Boxing Day.

If your garden waste or recycling collection is due on either Christmas Day or Boxing Day, it will be collected on Saturday 27 December. Rubbish and clinical waste will be collected on your scheduled collection day the following week. Please note that collection times may vary over the Christmas period, please ensure that your waste is available for collection form 7am

You can download a rubbish and recycling collection day calendar by entering your postcode in the My Area box on our website www.cornwall.gov.uk

 

After Christmas recycling – what can I recycle and where?

Christmas trees

Cornwall Council will be collecting real Christmas trees on the alternative week to your recycling collection day (garden waste collection day) in the weeks of Monday, January 12 and Monday, January 19. Put your tree out for collection beside your rubbish and it will be collected separately and composted.  

Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) Christmas opening hours

The HWRC sites will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.

Christmas cards and envelopes

While many high street stores will have charity collection points for Christmas cards for charity, you can put your cards you recycling collection. Cards should be placed in the sack for cardboard. White envelopes should go into the sack provided for, coloured or brown envelopes should go with the cardboard.
 
Wrapping paper

Most Christmas wrapping paper can be recycled, although we cannot accept paper coated with foil or plastic.  All non-shiny paper (without the ribbons, sticky tape or string) can go into the sack provided for paper.
 
Cardboard

Cardboard boxes should be flattened and put into the cardboard recycling sack. Big pieces of cardboard or large amounts can be flattened and bundled together and put out next to the recycling, or taken to the Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC).
 
Chocolate and biscuit tins

You can put empty metal chocolate and biscuit tins into the sack for plastic bottles and cans. We cannot recycle plastic containers.
 
Additional recycling
Extra recycling that does not fit into your recycling box and sacks can be put it into carrier bags and put out with the rest of your items to be recycled. Please be extra careful with glass and put it in a rigid or sturdy box.

 

Have you thought about composting?

This year, why not think about composting your left over food waste? Around 30% of domestic waste is compostable and this figure rises over the Christmas period. The Council currently have an offer available on Green Johanna’s compost bins which convert cooked food into useful compost.  For more details call 0844 571 4444 or visit www.getcomposting.com

For more information on waste and recycling collections visit www.cornwall.gov.uk or call 0300 1234 141.