When to put your bins out over Christmas and New Year

24 Dec 2025
FESTIVE BIN COLLECTION SCHEDULE

Every year, bin collections in Portsmouth change over Christmas and New Year. This is temporary to make sure refuse collectors can spend time with their families, and to make sure everyone still gets their bins collected.

Make sure you put your bins out on the right day so you don't miss a week. You can find the changed dates below. 

Look for your normal collection day on the left, and on the right you will find the changed date for the festive period.

Normal collection dayChanged to
Thursday 25 December 2025Saturday 27 December 2025
Friday 26 December 2025Monday 29 December 2025
Monday 29 December 2025Tuesday 30 December 2025
Tuesday 30 December 2025Wednesday 31 December 2025
Wednesday 31 December 2025Friday 2 January 2026
Thursday 1 January 2026Saturday 3 January 2026
Friday 2 January 2026Monday 5 January 2026
Monday 5 January 2026Tuesday 6 January 2026
Tuesday 6 January 2026Wednesday 7 January 2026
Wednesday 7 January 2026Thursday 8 January 2026
Thursday 8 January 2026Friday 9 January 2026
Friday 9 January 2026Saturday 10 January 2026

Back to normal

If you think your bin collection might have been missed, you can report it here: https://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/services/recycling-and-rubbish/

If you need help reporting a missed collection, contact your Liberal Democrat team. If you aren't sure who that is, you can drop us a line at office@portsmouthlibdems.org.uk, but it may take us a bit longer than usual to get back to you over the Christmas period.

We wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

 

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