Refuse and recycling collections will change over the Christmas and New Year period.

To ensure that services are back to normal by Saturday 2 January, most collections will be brought forward in the run-up to Christmas Day.

The changes affect the period from Monday 21 December 2009 to Friday 1 January 2010.

Usual collection day	Revised collection day
Saturday 19 December	Saturday 19 December (no change)
Monday 21 December	Saturday 19 December
Tuesday 22 December	Monday 21 December
Wednesday 23 December	Tuesday 22 December
Thursday 24 December	Wednesday 23 December
Friday 25 December	Thursday 24 December
Saturday 26 December	Monday 28 December
Monday 28 December	Monday 28 December (no change)
Tuesday 29 December	Tuesday 29 December (no change)
Wednesday 30 December	Wednesday 30 December (no change)
Thursday 31 December	Thursday 31 December (no change)
Friday 1 January	Saturday 2 January
Saturday 2 January	Saturday 2 January (no change)