With Christmas just around the corner, now is the perfect time to double-check your festive bin collection dates as this year they could be earlier than usual.
The Council’s waste service will not be operational on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, 1 January 2026 and 2 January 2026.
And - in a change to previous years - residents who receive a collection on a Thursday (Christmas Day and 1 January) or a Friday (Boxing Day and 2 January), refuse and recycling collections will be running two days earlier than normal on the Tuesday and Wednesday respectively.
Arrangements for food waste recycling are slightly different. Residents who receive a food waste collection on a Thursday or Friday should present their food caddy on the kerbside on Saturday 27 December and Saturday 3 January and it will be collected by the service at the earliest opportunity.
Collections on all other days will remain the same.
Possible delays in the service provision are expected during this busy period, so residents are advised to leave bins on the pavement until the collection has taken place, the time of collections may vary from normal.
Festive collection days
| Normal Collection Day | Festive Collection Day |
|---|---|
|
Thursday 25 December |
Tuesday 23 December |
|
Friday 26 December |
Wednesday 24 December |
|
Thursday 1 January |
Tuesday 30 December |
|
Friday 2 January |
Wednesday 31 December |
Normal collections will resume on 3 January 2026.
The Mavis Valley Refuse and Recycling Centre site will also be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, 1 and 2 January 2026.
Over the rest of the festive period, the site will be open to the public Monday to Friday, from 8am to 5pm and between 9am and 4.30pm Saturday and Sunday.
Residents are reminded to book Mavis Valley prior to visiting.
Councillor Paul Ferretti, Convener of the Council’s Place, Neighbourhood & Corporate Assets Committee, said, “Waste and recycling is always a key service, and never more when there is the excess of the Christmas period to deal with.
This year is different from previous years with collections being made two days earlier than normal. I’d encourage everyone to share this information where they can, so that no-one is taken by surprise by the change to the festive schedules.
“Please ensure you have put the right stuff in the right bin and also have your bin out for collection the night before your revised collection day as this will allow our crews to get through the collections as quickly as possible.
"As ever, our Waste teams will be working hard to ensure that disruption during the festive season is kept to a minimum and that collections affected by the public holidays are swiftly caught up upon.”
From Monday 5 January 2026, you can also dispose of your real Christmas tree in a skip at the following locations:
- William Patrick Library car park, Kirkintilloch
- Mavis Valley Recycling Centre, Bishopbriggs
- Milngavie Community Education Centre, Milngavie.
