Refuse and kerbside recycling collections at Christmas and New Year
The Waste team are offering a number of different collections to help make your Christmas a little more environmentally friendly.
Christmas Collections
Public Holidays | Alternative Collection Day |
| Christmas Day Thursday 25th December | Saturday - 27th December |
| New Years Day - 1st January | Saturday - 3rd January |
Please note that collection times can and will vary during the festive period please be sure to have your container out for collection by 7:30am on your designated collection day.
Recycling Centres
The four Recycling Centres at Greenbank Crescent, Bankhead Avenue, Pitmedden Road, Dyce and Scotstown Road, will be closed on Christmas Day and New Years Day only. All the sites are open Monday to Friday 10am to 4.45pm and Saturday and Sunday 9am to 4.45pm.
Christmas tree Collections
Christmas Tree Collections will take place again this year and residents are asked to recycle their tree by putting it out with your wheeled bin or with your communal bin on your usual collection day commencing 7th January 2009. See Christmas Tree Collections for more detailed information about Christmas tree collections.
Additional Christmas tree recycling
Civic Amenity Sites
Residents can also recycle their Christmas trees at any of the four Recycling Centres within the City: Greenbank Crescent, Bankhead Avenue, Pitmedden Road Dyce and Scotstown Road.
Recycle your Christmas Cards
Aberdeen City Council would like to encourage residents to recycle their Christmas Cads for the Woodland Trust. Cards are accepted for recycling at any WH Smith, TK Max or Tesco Store's. For more information please log onto www.woodland-trust.org.uk.
Don't Waste Your Christmas - Home Page
Back to the Waste Aware Aberdeen home page.
Further Information
- Why bother about reducing waste this Christmas?
- Simple Steps to a slimmer bin this Christmas
- Your Christmas tree can go a long, long way…but only if you remember to recycle it!
- Refuse and kerbside recycling collections at Christmas and New Year
- Waste Aware Christmas Events
- Waste Aware Team - How to contact us
