Household bin/recycling collection days to change
Check your new dates
🗑️ Your household bin collection schedules will change from late December as part of the Christmas and New Year period 🎄♻️ Short term disruption at this time of year is expected.
From Thursday 25 December, collection days will move by two working days and remain in place until March 2026, when they may change again.
If your current collection day is:
Monday, it will move to Wednesday.
Tuesday, it will move to Thursday.
Wednesday, it will move to Friday.
Thursday, it will move to Monday.
Friday, it will move to Tuesday.
Check your new collection timetable by entering your address 🔗 https://www.swindon.gov.uk/info/20122/rubbish_and_recycling_collection_days
This change creates a 16 day gap between collections before the new routine begins.
❓Are you comfortable with collection days changing annually, or would you prefer a consistent model with only short term festive changes?
❓Who looks out for when neighbours have put their bins out, especially when collection days keep changing each year?