As Christmas is complete, it might be time to check if there are any changes to bin collection dates across the North East and North Yorkshire over the festive period.

Not knowing when to put your bins out or missing a collection date can leave your bin unusable for weeks.

However, there is no need to worry as we outline bin collection times across the region.

County Durham

In County Durham, bins will be collected and emptied as normal until Friday, December 22.

Over Christmas and New Year, the following changes will apply:

  • If your normal collection is on a Tuesday, the revised collection day will be on Wednesday, December 27
  • If your normal collection is on a Wednesday, the revised collection day will be on Thursday, December 28
  • If your normal collection is on a Thursday, the revised collection day will be on Friday, December 29.

Darlington

Darlington Borough Council says bin collection days will change during Christmas week.

It advises residents to put their bins out by 7am as collection times may also vary.

The changes to bin collections over Christmas and New Year are as follows:

  • Tuesday, December 26 bins will be collected on Wednesday, December 27
  • Wednesday, December 27 bins will be collected on Thursday, December 28
  • Thursday, December 28 bins will be collected on Friday, December 29
  • Friday, December 29 bins will be collected on Saturday, December 30

South Tyneside

GMB and Unite trade union members in the Council's waste and recycling collection services are taking full scale industrial action for a second time.

Aside of the full industrial action, union members have been working short of strike since November.

The next round of full strike action is running for four days, from Wednesday 27 December to Saturday 30 December 2023 inclusive.

There will be no bin collections during the period of industrial action (Wednesday 27 December to Saturday 30 December 2023 inclusive).

Residents are advised to reduce their waste as much as possible and recycle responsibly.

Normal collections will resume from Tuesday 2 January.

From this date, please present the bin which is due for collection.

It is hoped that the bin not collected during the strike period will be emptied on its next scheduled collection day.

However, due to the impact of long-term action short of strike, please present your bin from 7.30am, Tuesday to Friday, until it is collected.

North Tyneside

Your bin collections will take place one day later than usual on the week commencing 25 December then return to normal on Tuesday 2 January 2024.

Middlesbrough

Collections will be delayed by one day between Tuesday, December 26, and Friday, December 29.

Normal collections resume on Tuesday, January 2.

Bulky waste collections will be suspended from Friday, December 22, resuming on Tuesday, January 9.

Redcar and Cleveland

With Christmas Day falling on a Monday and Boxing Day on a Tuesday, the only changes to collections will only impact residents in Zone 1a and Zone 1b, whose collections normally take place on a Tuesday. These collections have been rescheduled to:

  • Zone 1a - recycling collection to take place on Thursday, December 28.
  • Zone 1b - household waste collection to take place on Wednesday, December 27.

Stockton

Stockton Council says collections will be delayed by one day, while collections normally collected on Monday, will also be collected on Wedneaday. Collections will return to normal on Tuesday, January 2.

Christmas trees will be collected on your normal waste collection day commencing 2 January 2024. Please leave your tree next to your wheelie bin and it will be collected. You can also recycle your tree at the Haverton Hill household waste recycling centre in Billingham.

Hartlepool

Collections will be delayed by one day before returning to normal on Tuesday, January 2.

You can dispose of your real Christmas tree at the Household Waste Recycling Centre free of charge – Christmas trees will be accepted from Wednesday 27 December. Residents must book an appointment to dispose of their tree at the HWRC.

North Yorkshire

In the Craven area, collections in the week commencing Monday 25 December will take place one day later than normal.

For example, if your bin is due to be collected on Tuesday 26 December it will be collected on Wednesday 27 December.

In the Hambleton area, collections in the weeks commencing Monday 25 December and Monday 1 January will take place a day later than normal, however, if your collection is due on Monday 25 December this will now be collected Saturday 23 December.

In the Harrogate area, collections in the weeks commencing Monday 25 December and Monday 1 January will take place two days later than normal.

In the Richmondshire area, collections in the weeks commencing Monday 25 December and Monday 1 January will take place two days later than normal.

In the Ryedale area, collections in the week commencing Monday 25 December will be one or two days later than normal.

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In the Scarborough area collections in the weeks commencing Monday 25 December and Monday 1 January will take place two days later than normal.

In the Selby area, there are minimal changes to collections. Collections from Wednesday 27 December will take place as normal.

Newcastle

Customers who would normally have collections on Tuesday 26th December will have their collection on Saturday 30th December. 

There are no other changes to bin collections during Christmas Week.

There will be no changes to bin collection days over New Year.

Sunderland

Waste collections will change over Christmas week, with collections scheduled between Tuesday 26 December and Friday 29 December moving back one day.

Sunderland residents are asked to present their waste for collection one day later than usual during this time.

Bins will be collected as usual up to Friday 22 December, and normal collections will resume from Tuesday 2 January.