Festive bin collection arrangements announced
Arrangements for bin collections over Christmas and New Year 2024/25 have been announced by the council.
Public holidays on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day and January 2 will affect the delivery of refuse collections due to take place on these days. But due to the build-up of waste in the back courts and bins rooms in January in recent years, this year will see a focus on minimising the impact of the festive holidays on residents of flatted properties, where most of the city's waste is generated.
All recycling bins for flatted properties will be emptied in advance of Christmas Day to free up bin capacity for paper, cardboard, plastic bottles and tins or cans generated by festive celebrations. Staff will also be deployed on Boxing Day and January 2 and where ever possible will target domestic waste bins stored on the street, multi-storey flats and households with vulnerable people or that generate large amounts of medical waste.
Residents living in houses with a kerbside collection that are due to present any bin for collection on December 25 or 26 or January 1 or 2 are advised that these collections will not take place. Residents in these properties are asked to present those bins on the next collection day for that bin. These properties will receive hand delivered leaflets with details of the revised dates for collection services that are affected, which can be seen in the picture on this page.
Those living in affected houses will see any excess waste removed at their next collection day. But residents are also being urged to use the full extent of the recycling capacity available to them for general waste, glass, food and garden waste (where a permit applies) and options for recycling paper and cardboard as well as plastic and metal containers.
The on-going roll-out of a new grey bin for recycling plastic and metal containers means households in the North West and South Glasgow now have access to 1200 litres of bin capacity across their collection schedule. Information on how to recycle effectively is available on the council's website at https://glasgow.gov.uk/article/4486/Residents-Bins
Residents are also urged to use the additional support available at the city's Household Waste and Recycling Centres, which will re-open on Boxing Day and January 2.
A spokesman said: "We know that stopping bin collection services over the Christmas and New Year period can cause a lot of disruption for affected residents, especially those living in flats and tenements.
"We are aiming to minimise the overall impact felt by the loss of service this festive season by focusing additional effort on back courts and public sites, where excess waste can build-up quickly and cause environmental problems.
"To support this approach we are asking residents who are scheduled to receive a kerbside collection on any of the public holidays to wait until their next scheduled dates before putting their bins on the pavement for collection.
"We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause for those affected, but residents can be assured any excess or build-up of waste will be removed on their next collection day. We hope these residents will make full use of their recycling bins and compact their waste as far as possible to make the most of their available bin capacity.
"Opening for our public waste centres will be also extended to help residents manage any build-up of waste over the holiday period."
Additional street cleansing resources are also expected to be deployed on Boxing Day in high footfall areas such as the city centre and Byres road ahead of the end of the two day holiday on Friday, December 27.
In Glasgow almost 68% of homes are flats with houses or bungalows making up just over 31% of the city's housing stock.
More information is available on our Bins and Recycling pages.