Published: Thursday, 6th November 2025

Residents are being reminded about changes to their regular waste collection days over the festive period.

You can use the table below to see your normal and revised collection day.

Normal collection day

Revised collection day

Christmas week 

Monday, 22 December

Normal collection day

Tuesday, 23 December

Normal collection day

Wednesday, 24 December

Normal collection day

Thursday, 25 December

Saturday, 27 December

Friday, 26 December

Monday, 29 December

New Year week

Monday, 29 December

Tuesday, 30 December

Tuesday, 30 December

Wednesday, 31 December

Wednesday, 31 December

Friday, 2 January

Thursday, 1 January

Saturday, 3 January

Friday, 2 January

Monday, 5 January

January week

Monday, 5 January

Tuesday, 6 January

Tuesday, 6 January

Wednesday, 7 January

Wednesday, 7 January

Thursday, 8 January

Thursday, 8 January

Friday, 9 January

Friday, 9 January

Saturday, 10 January

Bulky waste and brown bin collections will also stop from Friday, 19 December.

Your regular collection day, and bulky waste and brown bin collections, will restart from Monday, 12 January. You will also be able to leave your real Christmas tree out with your brown bin to be collected from the same date.

Medway’s Household Waste and Recycling Centres (HWRCs) will remain open as usual, however, they will be closed on Thursday, 25 December, Friday, 26 December and Thursday, 1 January.

You will still need to book your slot before visiting one of our HWRCs, which you can do on our website here.

You can also stay up to date with the latest winter collection information on our Winter Collections page.

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