Christmas bins: All you need to know about collections in Peterborough over the festive period
With Christmas fast approaching, the changes to the bin collection times have been announced by Peterborough City Council.
With a number of bank holidays – Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day – all falling in the space of a few days, there are a number of changes to the collection schedule that need to be made to ensure everyone’s rubbish is collected.
Normally in Peterborough, there are no bin collections on Mondays or weekends – but for the Christmas period, that will change.
This is the list of changes – with the normal collection listed on the left, and the new collection date listed on the right.
Tuesday 23 December changed to Monday 22 December
Wednesday 24 December changed to Tuesday 23 December
Thursday 25 December changed to Wednesday 24 December
Friday 26 December changed to Saturday 27 December
Tuesday 30 December (no change)
Wednesday 31 December (no change)
Thursday 1 January changed to Friday 2 January
Friday 2 January changed to Saturday 3 January
Peterborough City Council has also confirmed that the last brown bin collection of the year will take place on December 12.
The brown bin collections will re-start on January 13 2026.
For more information visit https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/bins-waste-and-recycling/household-waste/bin-collection-days