THE August bank holiday is a chance to have a day off and enjoy the summer weather.
But the bank holiday might mean your rubbish collectors will come at a different time.
So how will your local council deal with the public holiday?
Here’s everything you need to know about when your bins will be collected.
When are the bin collection dates over the bank holiday?
Most refuse collection services run as normal on the August bank holiday.
But this can differ between councils, as some have different approaches.
If your refuse is usually collected on any day of the week apart from Monday, there is a high probability that there will be no change to the service.
It is always best to check for your address on your council’s website to confirm the dates for refuse collection.
Southwark Council and Tower Hamlets Council have said it is best to check their websites.
What different types of bins are used for:
Black Rubbish Bins / Recycling Bins: For general waste that cannot be recycled or composted.
Blue Recycling Bins: To collect ‘dry’ recyclables – including paper, boxes, cans and tins.
Red Recycling Bins: For plastics, although many councils will allow you to collect plastics in your ‘dry’ recycling bin, whatever colour it may be.
However, some plastic items cannot been recycled and should be disposed in the black wheelie bin. These include plastic carrier bags, packaging, hard plastics and polystyrene.
Brown Recycling Bins: For mixed recyclables including plastic bottles, food tins, drink cans, aerosols, tin foil and glass bottles and jars.
Green Recycling Bins: To collect glass recyclables such as glass bottles and jars.
Yellow Recycling Bins: To collect textiles such as clothes, bed linens, and towels.
Grey Recycling Bins: For general household waste or for dry recyclables such as paper and food cans or mixed recyclable waste.
Purple Recycling Bins: In Liverpool they are used for general household waste, food waste, and pet food, while in Ayrshire, purple recycling bins are reserved for recyclables such as glass, plastics, cans, and cartons.
When will my bin collection resume?
This depends on your local council and what they have decided.
Some collections will take place a day later when it falls on a bank holiday.
Councils who aren’t collecting over the August bank holiday will push their days back or forward by 24 hours to accommodate this.
For example, if your collection day is usually a Monday, your waste and recycling collection scheduled for Monday, May 27 would move to Tuesday, May 28.
Remember to put your sacks and garden waste out by 7pm on your collection day.
Bank holiday opening times for your fave shops
Make sure you read this before heading out on a bank holiday.
- Supermarket opening times on bank holidays
- When will my Universal Credit or child benefit be paid?
- Are banks open on bank holidays?
- Are petrol stations open on bank holidays?
- Tesco opening times on bank holidays
- Are pubs open on bank holidays?
- Aldi opening times on bank holidays
- Asda opening times on bank holidays
- Sainsbury’s opening times on bank holidays
- Is the Post Office open on bank holidays?
- Are doctors open on bank holidays?
- Are newspapers published on bank holidays?
Get all the other opening times and bank holiday news here.