Christmas and New Year bin collections

Changes to bin collections over Christmas and New Year's

If your bin is due to be collected on:

• Tuesday 23 December, it will be collected on Monday 22 December
• Wednesday 24 December, it will be collected on Tuesday 23 December
• Thursday 25 December, it will be collected on Wednesday 24 December
• Friday 26 December, it will be collected on Saturday 27 December
• Thursday 1 January, it will be collected on Friday 2 January
• Friday 2 January, it will be collected on Saturday 3 January

There is no change if your bin is due to be collected on:

• Tuesday 30 December
• Wednesday 31 December

All collections will be back to normal on Tuesday 6 January 2026.

Household Waste Recycling Centres (Tidy Tips)

The opening and closing times of both Tidy Tips on Progress Way and Eaton Green Road are:

• Christmas Eve (Wednesday 24 December 2025) - open from 9am to 4pm
• Christmas Day (Thursday 25 December 2025) - closed
• Boxing Day (Friday 26 December 2025) - closed
• New Year's Day (Thursday 1 January 2026) - closed

Check our Tidy Tips festive opening hours before visiting us. Do not forget to bring your ID and proof of address.

Christmas Recycling Tips

We all get carried away over the festive period, but there is so much that can be recycled and waste avoided at Christmas. Just follow those few easy steps:

• Love Food, Hate Waste this Christmas, to prevent food waste, save money and better plan your portions, do not panic buy
• reuse last year’s Christmas cards as gift tags
• use your black box or bottle banks to recycle glass bottles and jars
• Recycle Right this Christmas by putting the correct materials in your green recycling bin, do not use black sacks for your recycling
• recycle extra glass you can find your nearest local recycling centre
• recycle your Christmas tree at the Keech Hospice Christmas tree recycling scheme
• safely recycle small electricals and batteries at Recycle your electricals

For more information and to check your bin collection day, download the Luton Bins app.