Published 18th December 2020

With the festive season approaching, Southend Council and their recycling and waste contractor Veolia are encouraging residents to think green and do Earth a favour over this festive season. Most of the seasonal items such as Christmas cards, cardboard and wrapping paper can all be added to your blue box, whereas sweet tins, glass jars and drinks bottles are 100% recyclable and should be added to your pink sacks, along with your usual plastic recycling.

Leftover food can be frozen for use on another day. You can find some delicious leftovers’ recipes on www.lovefoodhatewaste.com. Any unavoidable food waste, like turkey carcasses, vegetable peelings and all other cooked or uncooked food waste can be recycled using your blue food waste bin.

Veolia will be collecting recycling and waste on an amended timetable over Christmas and New Year – see the post above this one.

Residents can also get their real Christmas trees collected for free, but please remember to remove all decorations. Real Christmas trees will be collected from Tuesday 5 January to Friday 29 January 2021. Please leave on the edge of your property.

For those who are already signed up to the garden waste collection service, Veolia will collect the tree on their scheduled collection day.

Residents are also reminded that bulky waste should be taken to either of the household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) within the Borough. Alternatively, a bulky waste collection can be arranged by calling Veolia on 0203 567 6955, or visiting www.southend.gov.uk/bulkywaste

PLEASE DO NOT FLY TIP. Fly-tipping is always antisocial and takes time to clear up – it takes even longer over Christmas and New Year. To report fly-tipping please use ‘My Southend’ https://my.southend.gov.uk

CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR WASTE AND RECYCLING ARRANGEMENTS
Household Recycling and Waste Collections
Normal Collection Day Revised Collection Day
Thursday 24 December No Change
Friday 25 December Tuesday 29 December
Tuesday 29 December Wednesday 30 December
Wednesday 30 December Thursday 31 December
Thursday 31 December Saturday 2 January
Friday 1 January Monday 4 January

Then back to the normal days

Communal Bin Recycling and Waste Collections (Blocks of flats)
Normal Collection Day Revised Collection Day
Thursday 24 December No change
Friday 25 December Monday 28 December
Monday 28 December Tuesday 29 December
Tuesday 29 December Wednesday 30 December
Wednesday 30 December Thursday 31 December
Thursday 31 December Saturday 2 January
Friday 1 January Monday 4 January
Monday 4 January Tuesday 5 January
Tuesday 5 January Wednesday 6 January
Wednesday 6 January Thursday 7 January
Thursday 7 January Friday 8 January
Friday 8 January Saturday 9 January
Recycling Centres – Stock Road & Leigh Marshes
Normal Collection Day Revised Collection Day
Wednesday 23 December 9am – 4pm
Thursday 24 December 9am – 4pm
Friday 25 December Closed
Saturday 26 December Closed
Sunday 27 December 8am – 4pm
Monday 28 December 9am – 4pm
Tuesday 29 December 9am – 4pm
Wednesday 30 December 9am – 4pm
Thursday 31 December 9am – 4pm
Friday 1 January Closed
Saturday 2 January 8am – 4pm
Saturday 3 January 8am – 4pm

Sunday 4 January                          9am – 4pm

Massive thanks to all the workers who will be putting in all the time and effort to get collections done just one day later than normal so soon after Christmas Day, and for opening the recycling centres every day apart from the normal bank holidays – which is a break they very much deserve.
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