Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council announce festive bin collection schedule

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council has announced that it will collect extra rubbish sacks on the first bin collection day after Christmas.

The council has also announced updated collection days over the festive period.

With Boxing Day falling on a Monday, that week’s bin collection will begin a day later on Tuesday, December 27, and it will end on Saturday, December 31.

Each household's first collection day after December 27 will be the only day that extra rubbish sacks will be collected.

Unless adverse weather affects bin rounds, collections should return to normal from Monday, January 2.

There will be a two-week break for garden waste collections over the festive period as well. Collections will stop after Friday, December 23 and will resume on Monday, January 9.

Residents will be able to put their real Christmas trees out for collection with their garden waste from this day. If they are taller than 6ft they must be chopped in half and all decorations must be removed.