Changes to waste and recycling collection days in Powys for the festive period have been published.

Waste and recycling crews will be spending the Christmas and New Year bank holidays with friends and family, meaning there will be a change to the normal collection days over the festive period.

There will be no collections on Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Year’s Day.

Collection days for the first half of Christmas week (until Wednesday, December 25) will be one day earlier than normal. Collections for the second half of the week (from Thursday, December 26) will be one day later than normal, with crews working on both Sunday, December 22 and Saturday, December 28.

There will be no change to collections of the first two days of New Year week. But collections will be one day later than normal from January 1, with crews working on Saturday, January 4.

The council will endeavour to complete all collections, as planned, however, if you have not received a collection by 5pm, please check online for an update, at: www.powys.gov.uk/binday

All Household Waste Recycling Centres will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year’s Day.

Centres will be open as normal at other times, please check online for full details of the normal opening times, at: www.powys.gov.uk/recycle

Cllr Jackie Charlton, Cabinet Member for a Greener Powys said: “With collections scheduled throughout the festive period, we are encouraging households to make use of the service and reduce, reuse, and recycle as much of their household waste as possible.”

“We can all do our bit to make sure as much of our waste as possible is recycled.”

Check the council website and social media pages for any service changes needed because of extreme winter weather or other unforeseen circumstances.