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