Residents in Cambridge are being urged to make sure their bins are put out on the right date to ensure collection.

Thursday collections on 25 December have been rescheduled for Saturday 20 December – five days early – while collections falling on Boxing Day and New Year’s Day will be carried out a day later than normal.

Friday collections falling on 26 December and 2 January are now scheduled for Saturday 27 December and Saturday 3 January respectively.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday collections remain the same as usual throughout the Christmas and New Year period.

With an increase in household waste during the festive period, residents are encouraged to recycle as much as possible using the blue bins or by visiting recycling points or centres for a wider range of materials.

For more information about collection dates, materials collected, recycling points and centres, please visit www.cambridge.gov.uk/bins-and-recycling

Which bin? A guide to recycling your festive fare in Cambridge

• Christmas cards – put in blue recycling bin or box
• Wrapping paper (except plastic/foil type giftwrap) – put in blue recycling bin or box
• Crackers – put the cardboard type in blue recycling bin or box
• Large sweet or biscuit tins – put in blue recycling bin or box
• Real Christmas trees – cut up and put in your green bin, or take to Cherry Hinton Hall car park to be shredded for mulch until 18 January 2014.
• Leftover food – visit www.lovefoodhatewaste.com for loads of inspiration for using up typical Christmas leftovers as well as a portion calculator to help you plan how much to cook. Any uneaten food can be wrapped in paper and put in your green bin.

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