Overview
- Swindon has shifted every household’s collection two days later from December 25, with a clear mapping (Monday to Wednesday, Tuesday to Thursday, Wednesday to Friday, Thursday to Monday, Friday to Tuesday) introduced to avoid crews having to catch up.
- Swindon’s garden waste service is paused through January 2 and resumes January 5, with Waterside Park HRC visits by booking only, and Prospect Hospice will collect real trees in SN1–SN6, SN25 and SN26 on January 9–11 with a suggested donation and a January 5 booking deadline.
- Oxfordshire councils have published revised rounds over Christmas and New Year, with examples including Oxford City moving December 25 collections to December 27 and December 26 to December 29, plus widespread temporary suspensions of garden waste services.
- Cumberland has moved Christmas Day and Boxing Day collections to December 27 and 28 respectively, and shifted New Year’s Day rounds to January 2 with January 2 rounds on January 3, while HWRCs are closed on December 25, December 26 and January 1 and close early on December 31.
- Westmorland and Furness has locality-specific changes—such as moving December 25 rounds to December 24 in Eden and South Lakeland and to December 27 in Barrow—with HWRC closures on December 25, December 26 and January 1 and a one-day-later pattern around New Year.