Other waste collections this Christmas period

Other waste collections this Christmas period can be found below:

Garden waste collections

Please be aware there will be no garden waste collections for the weeks commencing Monday December 25 and Monday January 1, 2024. The service will resume from Monday January 8, 2024. This means the final garden waste collections of 2023 will take place the week commencing Monday December 18, 2023.

Real Christmas tree collections

We will collect real trees from subscribers to our garden waste service. Customers with a garden waste bin can present the tree at the side of the bin and it will be taken. Trees should be no bigger than 6ft (1.8m) and placed next to the bins at the edge of the property for 6am on collection day.

Collection dates will be between Monday, January 8 to Friday, January 19, 2024.

Please check My Charnwood to find out when your next garden waste collection will be. 

More information on how to dispose of real Christmas trees can be found at www.charnwood.gov.uk/christmas_tree_collections.

Bulky waste collections

Bulky waste collections can be made online via the bulky waste collections webpage.

Standard bulky waste collection

This is for items such as tables, wardrobes, fridge freezers. A full list of what items are included can be found on the main bulky waste collections webpage.

Standard bulky waste collections booked before 2pm on Friday December 22 will be collected from 6am on Saturday December 23.

Customers will be unable to make online bookings for standard bulky waste collections from 2pm on Friday December 22, 2023 until Tuesday January 2, 2024 at 9am.

The first standard bulky waste collections of 2024 will be made from 6am on Saturday January 6, 2024.

Please ensure your bulky items are out by 6am on your collection day.

Upholstered/soft furnishing bulky waste collection

This is for items including armchairs, chairs/stools, corner sofas and sofa beds. A full list of what items are included can be found on the main bulky waste collections webpage.

The final upholstered/soft furnishing bulky waste collections of 2023 will be made on Monday December 18 from 6am.

Customers will be able to make online bookings for upholstered/soft furnishing bulky waste collections from Tuesday January 2, 2024 at 9am.

The first upholstered/soft furnishing bulky waste collections of 2024 will be made from 6am on Monday January 8, 2024.

Please ensure your bulky items are out for collection by 6am on your collection day.

Clinical waste collections

Clinical waste collections will take place on Wednesday December 21 and Wednesday December 28, 2023. The first collection of 2024 will take place on Wednesday January 4.

Commercial/trade waste collections

Commercial/trade waste collections will take place on Saturday December 23 and Saturday December 30, 2023. This is due to the Monday collection dates being on Christmas Day and New Years Day.