As Christmas comes to an end, many of us will start thinking of how to get rid of the rubbish we accumulate over the festive period.
Many timetables for regular services, such as bin collections, sometimes amend their dates for pick ups around this time of year.
Here are the revised collection dates in south Essex:
Southend
Kerbside collections:
Christmas day - No Service
Boxing day - No Service
Tuesday December 27 (Bank Holiday) - Revised collection will be on Wednesday 28
Wednesday December 28 - Collection will be on Thursday 29
Thursday December 29 - Revised collection will be on Friday 30
Friday December 30 - Revised collection will be on Saturday 31
New Year's Eve - No Service
New Year's Day - No Service
Monday January 2 (Bank Holiday) - No Service
Normal Service resumes on Tuesday January 3.
Christmas collections for flats (communal bins):
No Service on Christmas day and Boxing day
Tuesday December 27 (Bank Holiday) - Revised collection will be on Wednesday 28
Wednesday December 28 - Collection will be on Thursday 29
Thursday December 29 - Revised collection will be on Friday 30
Friday December 30 - Revised collection will be on Saturday 31
New Year's Eve - No Service
New Year's Day - No Service
Monday January 2 (Bank Holiday) - Revised collection will be on Tuesday 3
Tuesday January 3 - Revised collection will be on Wednesday 4
Wednesday January 4 - Revised collection will be on Thursday 5
Thursday January 5 - Revised collection will be on Friday 6
Friday January 6 - Revised collection will be on Saturday 7
Saturday January 7 - No Service
Sunday January 8 - No Service
Normal Service resumes on Monday January 9.
Basildon
No collections on Christmas day and Boxing day.
Revised black sack, pink sack and green bin collection days:
Monday December 27 - Wednesday December 29
Tuesday December 28 - Thursday December 30
Wednesday December 29 - Friday December 31
Thursday December 30 - Tuesday January 4
Friday December 31 - Wednesday January 5
No collections on New Year's Day and January 2
Monday January 3 - Thursday January 6
Tuesday January 4 - Friday January 7
Wednesday January 5 - Saturday January 8
Thursday January 6 - Monday January 10
Friday January 7 - Tuesday January 11
Monday January 10 - Wednesday January 12
Tuesday January 11 - Thursday January 13
Wednesday January 12 - Friday January 14
Thursday January 13 - Saturday January 15
Friday January 14 - Monday January 17
Monday January 17 - Tuesday January 18
Tuesday January 18 - Wednesday January 19
Wednesday January 19 - Thursday January 20
Thursday January 20 - Friday January 21
Friday January 21 - Saturday January 22
Collections return to normal on Monday January 24.
To get your Christmas tree recycled, leave it out next to your green wheeled bin on your collection day from January 4.
Castle Point
Revised Christmas collections:
Boxing day collections (usual collection date) will be collected on Christmas Eve (December 24).
Tuesday December 27 - Revised collection will be on Wednesday December 28
Wednesday December 28 - Thursday December 29
Thursday December 29 - Friday December 30
Friday December 30 - Saturday December 31
Revised New Year collections:
Monday January 2 (Bank Holiday) - Revised collection will be on Tuesday 3
Tuesday January 3 - Wednesday January 4
Wednesday January 4 - Thursday January 5
Thursday January 5 - Friday January 6
Friday January 6 - Saturday January 7
Normal collections resume on January 9
Rochford
There will be no compostables collections from Boxing Day, there will only be recyclable bin collections from Boxing Day to Friday December 30.
Normal collections will resume from Monday January 2.
Boxing day - Revised collection on Tuesday December 27
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