Collections will take place throughout the festive period, with the service only closing on Boxing Day this year, with Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve falling on a Sunday.
Your bin day will be different in the week before Christmas this year, with collections taking place one or two days earlier this year, starting from Sunday 18 December, with normal collection days resuming from December 27.
| If your normal bin day would have been… | Your amended collection day will be… |
| Monday 19 December | One day early on Sunday 18 December |
| Tuesday 20 December | One day early on Monday 19 December |
| Wednesday 21 December | One day early on Tuesday 20 December |
| Thursday 22 December | One day early on Wednesday 21 December |
| Friday 23 December | One day early on Thursday 22 December |
| Saturday 24 December | One day early on Friday 23 December |
| Monday 26 December | Two days early on Saturday 24 December |
For bin collection from Tuesday 27 December and onwards there will be no change to collection days.
Leeds’ household recycling centres will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day but will otherwise be open and operating as normal. Glass jars and bottles can be recycled at any of our 700 recycling banks throughout the festive period across the city, which can be found via this map.
