Flintshire County Council’s executive member for Waste Management, Strategy and Function, Councillor Nancy Matthews, has been out with the refuse collection team in Connah’s Quay this week.
Councillor Matthews said: “They will be working hard over the Christmas period to collect your waste. Please make sure you check the collection dates. Recycling sites are only closed on Christmas Day.”
Refuse collection and recycling over the Christmas and New Year period
DOMESTIC BLACK SACK REFUSE COLLECTION
NORMAL COLLECTION DAY
REVISED COLLECTION DAY
Monday 21December
No Change
Tuesday 22 December
No Change
Wednesday 23 December
No Change
Thursday 24 December
No Change
Friday 25 December (Bank Holiday)
Tuesday 29 December
Monday 28 December (Bank Holiday)
Collection on Monday 4 January
Tuesday 29 December
Tuesday 29 or Wednesday 30 December
Wednesday 30 December
Wednesday 30 or Thursday 31 December
Thursday 31 December
No Change
Friday 1January (Bank Holiday)
Collection on Friday 8 January
Monday 4 January
Normal service resumed
RECYCLING PARKS
All Recycling Parks (Household Waste Sites) will be open every day from 8.00am until 6.00pm (Saltney: 9.00am until
5.00pm) apart from Christmas Day when all sites are closed.
BLUE BOX / BLUE BAG FORTNIGHTLY COLLECTIONS
No change to usual collection days other than Christmas Day, Bank Holiday Monday (28 December) and 1 January 2010 when there will be no collection. Normal Service will be resumed on Monday 4 January.
BROWN BIN RECYCLING – FORTNIGHTLY COLLECTIONS
No change to usual collections between Monday 21 December and Thursday 24 December. No collections of garden waste on Christmas Day or New Year’s Day – please refer to schedule.
Normal service will resume on Monday 11 January 2010.
BAD WEATHER
Schedules may be affected in the event of bad weather, when collections could be curtailed or stopped.
CHRISTMAS TREES
Christmas trees can be taken to any of the eight Council Recycling Parks.
The names of all customers who bring trees to be recycled at these locations will be entered into a Free Prize Draw – with a first prize at each site of a £25 garden centre gift voucher.
