A Rubbish Press Release

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**HARTLEPOOL COUNCIL PRESS RELEASE**

Festive refuse and recycling arrangements

RESIDENTS are asked to ensure that they put out their bins and recycling containers on the correct days over Christmas and New Year.

The dates for household green/brown bin and grey bin/blue box collections are:

Regular collection date                                    Revised collection date

Tuesday December 23                                     No change

Wednesday December 24                                 No change

Thursday December 25                                    Saturday December 27

Friday December 26                                        Sunday December 28

Tuesday December 30                                     No change

Wednesday December 31                                No change

Thursday January 1                                        Friday January 2

Friday January 2                                            Saturday January 3

The above arrangements will also apply to trade waste collections.

Residents are being urged to make every effort to minimise the amount of waste they put in their green bins by making full use of the Council's kerbside recycling collections.

However, it must be stressed that Christmas wrapping paper, greetings cards containing glitter and polystyrene packaging are amongst the items that CANNOT currently be recycled in your grey bin. For full details of what can and cannot be recycled please go to the Council's website at www.hartlepool.gov.uk/recycle

Residents are also reminded that the Household Waste Recycling Centre in Burn Road will be open 8am-4.30pm every day, except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

The Council will be collecting residents' unwanted real Christmas trees for recycling from January 6-30. Please put out your tree next to your brown bin on your green/brown bin collection day during this period.

For further information about the operation of a range of Council services/buildings over the festive season go to http://www.hartlepool.gov.uk/downloads/download/3395/christmas_and_new_year_opening_times

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The Council will be collecting residents' unwanted real Christmas trees for recycling from January 6-30. Please put out your tree next to your brown bin on your green/brown bin collection day during this period.

Anyone else not had their Tree collected ?

[TSteels]

I did - great service