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)