Overview
- Both councils will collect Thursday 25 December rounds on Saturday 27 December and Friday 26 December rounds on Monday 29 December.
- Collections cascade by one day through Saturday 10 January, with normal schedules resuming on Monday 12 January.
- New Forest will pause garden waste from Monday 22 December to Friday 2 January, restarting on Monday 5 January, while Dorset pauses from Christmas Day until Wednesday 7 January.
- New Forest glass collections shift to Saturday 27 December for Thursday 25 December, to Saturday 3 January for Friday 26 December, and to Saturday 10 January for Thursday 1 January.
- Dorset will take up to two extra sacks on the first rubbish collection after Christmas and will open household recycling centres 9am–4pm daily except on 25 and 26 December and 1 January, with extra recycling accepted if separated in sturdy, liftable containers.