THERE will be no recycling collections for four weeks in parts of York under changes to bin collections over the festive period.

City of York Council says that the majority of collections in York, for both household waste and recycling will take place the day after their normal collection date.

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However, to enable crews to take leave over the holiday season, they say there will be changes to some collection dates, as there will be staff shortages, and this will mean a month-long break between recycling collections for some households.

A council spokesperson said: "To minimise disruption as much as possible, crews will be working Saturdays to ensure household waste, for all 96,000 properties in York, continues over this period.

"The most significant changes are collections due on Christmas Day (Wednesday, December 25), with household waste brought forward to Saturday, December 21.

"The last recycling collection for these households will be Wednesday, December 11, before Christmas and then after Christmas on Wednesday, January 8.

"Household waste collections for households due on Friday, December 27 will take place the day after, on Saturday, December 28. But, the last recycling collection for these households will be Friday, December 13 before Christmas and on Friday, January 10  after Christmas.

"Household waste for households due on Friday, January 3 will take place the day after, Saturday, January 4. But, the last recycling collection for these households will be Friday, December 20 before Christmas and Friday, January 17 after Christmas.

"Normal collections will resume from Monday, January 6."

Around 2,000 households in the city centre have their recycling collected by St Nicks. These households are urged to check their website for any date changes: https://www.stnicks.org.uk

Hazel Court HWRC and Towthorpe Strensall HWRC are open every day apart from Wednesdays, Christmas Day, Boxing Day New Year’s Day.

Residents are asked to please put all bins and boxes out at the front edge of their property unless otherwise stated in the online waste calendar, between 7pm on the day before their collection, and 7am on their collection day. 

Paper copies of the calendar are available at Explore Libraries or by calling Customer Services on telephone: 01904 551550.

They are also available in alternative formats such as braille or large print by emailing cycaccessteam@york.gov.uk, or contacting Customer Services on telephone on 01904 551550.

Last year a row erupted in York over Christmas and New Year bin collections when similar changes were brought in.