Carmarthenshire: Festive bin collections

Residents are being reminded that there are changes to bin collections over the festive period.

Collections will take place as follows:

Usual collection:                       Collection on:

Friday, December 25                     Sunday, December 27

Monday, December 28                     Tuesday, December 29

Tuesday, December 29                    Wednesday, December 30

Wednesday, December 30          Thursday, December 31

Thursday, December 31                   Saturday, January 2

Friday, January 1                       Sunday, January 3

All other days are as normal. These changes also affect council trade waste customers.

With all the eating and drinking we tend to produce a lot more rubbish at this time of the year which is why it’s important to try and recycle as much as possible.

Please use your blue bags for plastic bottles, cans, cardboard packaging, wrapping paper and cards.

Unavoidable Christmas food waste such as turkey bones and vegetable peelings should go in your green food bins so that it can be taken for composting.

Please use your local glass bank to recycle any glass bottles and jars; to find your nearest visit ilocal.carmarthenshire.gov.wales and click on My Nearest, then Recycling & Bins and select Recycling Banks.

You can also sign up for text or email alerts on a range of council services including recycling on i-Local and find out when your bins are being collected or if it is a blue or black bag week by clicking on My House.

Executive Board Member for the Environment Cllr Hazel Evans said: “We want to remind people about the changes to collections over the festive period. It is important people continue to recycle using their blue bags and food bins.”

Remember there are also changes to recycling centre opening times over the Christmas period.

Trostre (Llanelli), Wernddu (Ammanford), Nantycaws (Carmarthen) and Whitland are all closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. They are open 8.30am to 12noon on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.

Llangadog is closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Sunday December 27, Bank Holiday Monday (December 28) and New Year’s Day. It is open 8am to 12noon on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.

All other days are as normal. For further information please visit www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/recyclingcentres.