Christmas 2024 Refuse & Recycling Collection Date Changes
| Normal Collection Day | Rescheduled day | |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 23 December 2024 | now collecting on | Saturday 21 December 2024 |
| Tuesday 24 December 2024 | now collecting on | Monday 23 December 2024 |
| Wednesday 25 December 2024 | now collecting on | Tuesday 24 December 2024 |
| Thursday 26 December 2024 | now collecting on | Friday 27 December 2024 |
| Friday 27 December 2024 | now collecting on | Saturday 28 December 2024 |
| Monday 30 December 2024 | now collecting on | Monday 30 December 2024 |
| Tuesday 31 December 2024 | now collecting on | Tuesday 31 December 2024 |
| Wednesday 1 January 2025 | now collecting on | Thursday 2 January 2025 |
| Thursday 2 January 2025 | now collecting on | Friday 3 January 2025 |
| Friday 3 January 2025 | now collecting on | Saturday 4 January 2025 |
There are no other changes to your collection days and the normal refuse & recycling collections will resume on Monday 6th January 2025.
Garden Waste Collection Service
- Please note the subscriptions for the 2024/25 garden waste collection service close on 30th November 2024
- Please note there will be no green wheeled bin collections between Saturday 21st December 2024 and Saturday 4th January 2025 and collections recommence on Monday 6th January 2025.
- Your 2024/25 garden waste subscription expires on 31st March 2025. In the new year you will be invited to renew your subscription for the 2025/26 collection service.
- If you are signing up for the first time you will need to register and pay for this collection service.
- The end of the month garden sack collections will also be suspended in December 2024 for the weekly sack collection properties, and these will resume in January 2025.
Recycle Your Real Christmas Tree
- Volunteers will be collecting real Christmas trees on 10th, 11th, 12th January 2025 from households in exchange for a donation to Trinity Hospice. Please visit https://just-helping.org.uk/register-tree/ to book.
- Real Christmas trees can be taken to designated collection points at North Beach car park in St Annes or William Hodgson playing fields in Kirkham between 3rd & 13th January 2025.
- Alternatively, if you have a garden waste collection subscription, you can chop up your real Christmas tree and place in your green wheeled bin ensuring the lid is fully closed.
Bulky Item Collection Service
- The bulky item collection service will be suspended from 12:00 on Monday 23rd December until 9am on Thursday 2nd January 2025.
- If you require a collection for November & December 2024, or January 2025 please contact 01253 658658 to book.
Christmas Recycling Information
- Always rinse your glass bottles/jars, cans, plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays and foil trays, as we cannot recycle any items containing food waste
- Ensure all items are placed loose inside the blue and brown wheeled bins, as plastic bags can’t be recycled
- Household batteries can be recycled in the battery bag or a clear sandwich bag. Please place on top of the blue or brown bin for collection
- Visit www.fylde.gov.uk/whichbin for a full list of recyclable items
Each new year, the recycled Christmas trees are used by the Fylde Sand Dune Project to provide improved coastal defence against sand and sea for residents of Lytham, St Anne’s and Blackpool. The Christmas trees play a vital role as the branches and pines from the trees stick out of the beach towards the prevailing wind direction and trap sand particles as they drift ashore, helping sand to accumulate and eventually build new embryo dunes.
The annual Christmas tree planting event occurs every year, and is usually a three-day event taking place at the beginning of February.
Find out about our 2025 Christmas Tree Planting Details here.
